August 24

is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian_Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining.

Events

  • 49_BC - Julius_Caesar's general Gaius Curio is defeated in the Battle_of_the_Bagradas_River by the Pompeians under Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio is slain in battle.
  • 79 - Mount_Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.
  • 410 - The Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome for three days
  • 1215 - Pope_Innocent_III declares the Magna_Carta invalid.
  • 1349 - 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz because they are blamed for the bubonic_plague.
  • 1391 - Jews massacred in Palma_de_Mallorca.
  • 1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg_Bible is completed.
  • 1511 - The Portuguese conquer Malacca.
  • , a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.
  • 1608 - The first official British representative to India lands in Surat.
  • 1662 - Act_of_Uniformity requires England to accept the Book_of_Common_Prayer
  • 1682 - William_Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
  • 1690 - Calcutta, India is founded
  • 1814 - British troops invade Washington,_D.C. and burn down the White_House and several other buildings.
  • 1831 - Charles_Darwin is asked to travel on the HMS ''Beagle''.
  • 1847 - Charlotte_Brontë finishes ''Jane Eyre''.
  • 1853 - Potato_chips first prepared.
  • 1857 - Beginning of the Panic_of_1857, one of the most severe economic crises in US history.
  • 1858 - In Richmond,_Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.
  • 1891 - Thomas_Edison patents the motion picture camera.
  • 1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama_Canal.
  • 1912 - Alaska becomes a United_States territory
  • 1914 - German troops capture Namur.
  • 1929 - Turkey and Persia sign a friendship treaty.
  • 1931 - France and the Soviet_Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.
  • 1932 - Amelia_Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United_States non-stop (from Los_Angeles to Newark,_New_Jersey).
  • 1936 - The Australian_Antarctic_Territory is created.
  • . Japanese aircraft_carrier ''Ryuho'' is sunk.
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  • 1949 - The treaty creating NATO goes into effect.
  • 1950 - Edith_Sampson is the first black US delegate to the UN.
  • 1954 - The Communist Control Act goes into effect. The American_Communist_Party is outlawed.
  • 1960 - A temperature of -88°C (-127°F) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica - a world-record low.
  • 1963 - The 200 meter freestyle is swum in less than 2 minutes for the first time (Don_Schollander in 1:58).
  • 1968 - France explodes its first hydrogen_bomb, thus becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.
  • 1979 - In Central_Park, New_York a concert is given by cars.
  • 1981 - Mark_David_Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John_Lennon.
  • 1989 - Colombian drugs barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
  • 1989 - Cincinnati_Reds manager Pete_Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A._Bartlett_Giamatti
  • 1989 - Voyager_2 passes Neptune.
  • 1990 - A judge rules that Judas_Priest is not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.
  • 1990 - Sinead O'Connor refuses to perform at the Garden State Arts Plaza in Holmdel,_New_Jersey if The_Star_Spangled_Banner is played before her show, as is customary.
  • 1991 - Mikhail_Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union.
  • 1991 - Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet_Union.
  • 1992 - Diplomatic relations are established between the People's_Republic_of_China and South_Korea.
  • 1992 - Hurricane_Andrew hits South Florida
  • 1994 - Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West_Bank.
  • 1995 - Windows_95 becomes available.
  • 1998 - The Netherlands is selected as the site for the trial of the two Libyan suspects of the 1988 PanAm bombing.

    Births

  • 1113 - Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, father of Henry_II_of_England
  • 1198 - Alexander_II_of_Scotland
  • 1358 - King John_I_of_Castile
  • 1393 - Arthur III, the Justicier, Duke_of_Brittany
  • 1591 - Robert Herrick, English poet
  • 1669 - Alessandro_Marcello, composer (d. 1747)
  • 1759 - William_Wilberforce, campaigner against slavery
  • 1772 - King William_I_of_the_Netherlands (1814-1840)
  • 1787 - James_Weddell, Antarctica explorer (d. 1834)
  • 1817 - Aleksei_Tolstoi, novelist and poet
  • 1837 - Théodore_Dubois, composer and teacher (d. 1924)
  • 1863 - Dragutin_Lerman, Croatian Africa explorer (d. 1918)
  • 1865 - King Ferdinand_I_of_Romania
  • 1873 - Max_Beerbohm, theater critic (d. 1956)
  • 1880 - Joshua_Lionel_Cowen, inventor of the toy electric train
  • 1884 - Earl_Derr_Biggers, author (d. 1933)
  • 1890 - Duke_Kahanamoku, swimmer, surfer (d. 1968)
  • 1898 - Malcolm_Cowley, literary critic, writer, editor (d. 1989)
  • 1899 - Jorge_Luis_Borges, Argentinian writer (d. 1986)
  • 1901 - Preston_Foster, actor
  • 1915 - James_Tiptree,_Jr., writer
  • 1929 - Yasser_Arafat, Palestinian leader
  • 1934 - Kenny_Baker, actor
  • 1936 - A._S._Byatt, novelist
  • 1938 - David_Freiburg, bass guitar player (Jefferson_Starship)
  • 1943 - John_Cipollina
  • 1944 - Jim_Capaldi, singer
  • 1945 - Ken_Hensley, rock musician (Uriah Heep)
  • 1945 - Vince_McMahon, professional_wrestling entrepreneur
  • 1951 - Orson_Scott_Card, novelist
  • 1952 - Joe_Strummer, musician
  • 1957 - Stephen_Fry, English comedian, author, and actor
  • 1958 - Steve_Guttenberg, actor
  • 1960 - Cal_Ripken,_Jr., baseball player
  • 1962 - Craig_Kilborn, talk show host
  • 1963 - John_Bush, singer (Anthrax)
  • 1963 - Hideo_Kojima, video_game director
  • 1965 - Marlee_Matlin, Academy_Award winning actress
  • 1965 - Reggie_Miller, basketball star
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  • 1988 - Rupert_Grint, actor

    Deaths

  • 79 - Pliny_the_Elder, polymath
  • 1103 - Magnus III Berføtt, king of Norway (1093-1103)
  • 1313 - Henry_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor, (1312-1313)
  • 1680 - Thomas_Blood, thief of the British Crown Jewels
  • 1832 - Nicolas_Léonard_Sadi_Carnot, mathematician
  • 1841 - Theodore_Edward_Hook, English author
  • 1940 - Paul_Nipkow, television pioneer
  • 1967 - Henry_Kaiser, industrialist
  • 1967 - Brian_Epstein, manager of The_Beatles
  • 1975 - Eamon_de_Valera, Irish politician and patriot
  • 1978 - Louis_Prima, band leader
  • 1985 - Paul_Creston, composer
  • 1991 - Bernard_Castro, inventor of the convertible couch
  • 1998 - E.G._Marshall, actor
  • 2002 - Hoyt_Wilhelm, Baseball_Hall_of_Fame member

    Holidays and observances

  • Liberia: Flag Day
  • Sierra_Leone: President's Birthday
  • Ukraine: National Holiday ---- August_23 - August_25 - July_24 - September_24 -- listing of all days
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