Historical Events In August - 24

1968  On this day in history france became world's 5th thermonuclear power  

1968  On this day in history france becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.  

1968  On this day in history cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies  

1970  On this day in history bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison  

1972  Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame on this day in history.  

1972  Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1973  On August - 24 billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76  

1975  On this day in history royal Commission in Australia finds women in public service work in poor conditions and are underpaid and had limited promotion prospect  

1975  On this day in history charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69  

1976  Soyuz 21 returns to Earth on August - 24.  

1976  On August - 24 michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76  

1978  Louis Prima, singer, dies at 66 on August - 24.  

1979  UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps on this day in history.  

1981  On August - 24 mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon  

1981  Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder on this day in history.  

1981  Mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison on this day in history.  

1982  On this day in history jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies  

1983  On this day in history jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64  

1985  On this day in history sTS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather  

1985  On August - 24 paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78  

1987  On this day in history announcement of possible Martian tornadoes  

1987  Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77 on August - 24.  

1988  Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 on August - 24.  

1989  Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti on August - 24.  

1989  On this day in history pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling  

1989  Voyager 2 flies past Neptune on this day in history.  

1990  Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City on this day in history.  

1991  On August - 24 gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party  

1991  On August - 24 ukraine declares independence from the USSR  

1991  On this day in history abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99  

1992  On this day in history hurricane Andrew hits the Florida coast, killing 20 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage.  

1992  On this day in history andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74  

1993  Professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101 on August - 24.  

1994  On August - 24 jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23  

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1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy  

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.  

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)  

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.  

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)  

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.  

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.  

0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)  

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.  

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on this day in history.  

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated  

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)  

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)  

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded