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Historical Events In August - 24

Saturday, 30 September 2023

1968  On this day in history france became world's 5th thermonuclear power  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On August - 24 france becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On this day in history cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  On this day in history bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  On this day in history billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  Royal Commission in Australia finds women in public service work in poor conditions and are underpaid and had limited promotion prospect on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  On this day in history charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On August - 24 soyuz 21 returns to Earth  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76 on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On August - 24 louis Prima, singer, dies at 66  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  On August - 24 mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  On this day in history mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  On this day in history mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  On August - 24 jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  On August - 24 jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  On August - 24 paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  On this day in history announcement of possible Martian tornadoes  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77 on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  On this day in history voyager 2 flies past Neptune  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  Ukraine declares independence from the USSR on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  On this day in history abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  Hurricane Andrew hits the Florida coast, killing 20 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  On this day in history andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1994  On August - 24 jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 24

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 24

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1217  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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