Historical Events In August - 24

1968  On August - 24 france became world's 5th thermonuclear power   

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

1968  On August - 24 cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

1976  Soyuz 21 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

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

1978  On this day in history louis Prima, singer, dies at 66   

1979  On this day in history 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  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.   

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  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  Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes on this day in history.   

1987  Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1988  Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 on this day in history.   

1989  On August - 24 cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.   

1989  On August - 24 pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling   

1989  Voyager 2 flies past Neptune on August - 24.   

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

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

1991  On August - 24 ukraine declares independence from the USSR   

1991  On this day in history 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  Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74 on August - 24.   

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

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

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

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

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

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

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

0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded