Page 7: Historical Events In August - 24

1968  France became world's 5th thermonuclear power on this day in history.   

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

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

1970  Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 24 gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame   

1972  On August - 24 carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59   

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

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

1975  Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69 on August - 24.   

1976  On August - 24 soyuz 21 returns to Earth   

1976  Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76 on August - 24.   

1978  On this day in history louis Prima, singer, dies at 66   

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

1981  Mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon on this day in history.   

1981  On August - 24 mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder   

1981  On August - 24 mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison.   

1982  Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies on August - 24.   

1983  Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1985  STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather on August - 24.   

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  On this day in history cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.   

1989  On August - 24 pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling   

1989  Voyager 2 flies past Neptune on August - 24.   

1990  Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City on August - 24.   

1991  Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history ukraine declares independence from the USSR   

1991  Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99 on August - 24.   

1992  Hurricane Andrew hits the Florida coast, killing 20 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage on August - 24.   

1992  Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74 on August - 24.   

1993  Professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101 on this day in history.   

1994  Jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.   

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.   

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.   

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  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.   

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded