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 August - 24.  

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

1970  On August - 24 bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison  

1972  On this day in history gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame  

1972  Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59 on August - 24.  

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  Soyuz 21 returns to Earth on August - 24.  

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

1978  On August - 24 louis Prima, singer, dies at 66  

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

1981  On this day in history mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon  

1981  On this day in history 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 August - 24.  

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

1983  Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64 on August - 24.  

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

1985  On this day in history paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78  

1987  On this day in history announcement of possible Martian tornadoes  

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

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 this day in history.  

1989  Voyager 2 flies past Neptune on August - 24.  

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  Ukraine declares independence from the USSR on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1992  On August - 24 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 this day in history.  

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

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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy  

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)  

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

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

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

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

1217  On this day in history 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 August - 24 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  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.