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  On August - 24 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 August - 24.  

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

1973  On this day in history 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  

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1976  On this day in history michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76  

1978  Louis Prima, singer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1979  On August - 24 uN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps  

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

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 August - 24 jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies  

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  Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78 on August - 24.  

1987  Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes on this day in history.  

1987  On this day in history bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77  

1988  On this day in history leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49  

1989  On August - 24 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 this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1992  On August - 24 andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74  

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

1994  On this day in history jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23  

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.  

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)  

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

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.  

1393  On this day in history 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  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.  

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  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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.