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  On August - 24 cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies   

1970  Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison on August - 24.   

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

1972  On this day in history 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  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  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 August - 24.   

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  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 August - 24 sTS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather   

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

1987  Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes on August - 24.   

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

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

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 August - 24.   

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

1990  On this day in history iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City   

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

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

1994  Jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23 on August - 24.   

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

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

1198  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

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

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  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

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

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  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

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