Page 7: Historical Events In August - 24

1968  France became world's 5th thermonuclear power on August - 24.   

1968  France becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific on August - 24.   

1968  Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies on August - 24.   

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

1973  Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76 on August - 24.   

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

1976  On August - 24 soyuz 21 returns to Earth   

1976  On this day in history 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 August - 24.   

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

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

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 August - 24 jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64   

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

1985  Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 24 leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49   

1989  On this day in history cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.   

1989  Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling on August - 24.   

1989  On August - 24 voyager 2 flies past Neptune   

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

1991  Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party on August - 24.   

1991  Ukraine declares independence from the USSR on August - 24.   

1991  On August - 24 abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99   

1992  On August - 24 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  On August - 24 professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101   

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

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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 August - 24.   

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

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

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

1420  On August - 24 birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.