August, 24th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 24, 2005:
2005 - Peruvian airliner TANS's Flight 204 crashes in Pucallpa, killing at least 60 people.

Tuesday 24, 2004:
Two airliners in Russia, carrying a total of 89 passengers, crash within minutes of each other after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow, leaving no survivors. Authorities suspect suicide attacks by rebels from the breakaway republic of Chechnya to be the cause of the crashes.

Sunday 24, 2003:
US Spacecraft Voyager 2 is 71 astronomical units distant from Earth and escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.3 AU per year (ca. 15 km/s). It will be approximately 40,000 years before Voyager 2 approaches another planetary system.

Friday 24, 2001:
Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from New York) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.

Monday 24, 1998:
The Netherlands is selected as the site for the trial of the two Libyan suspects of the 1988 PanAm bombing.

Thursday 24, 1995:
Windows 95 is released.

Wednesday 24, 1994:
Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.

Monday 24, 1992:
Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida

Saturday 24, 1991:
Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.

Friday 24, 1990:
Sinéad 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.

Thursday 24, 1989:
Voyager 2 passes Neptune.

Monday 24, 1981:
Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.

Friday 24, 1979:
In Central Park, New York a concert is given by cars.

Saturday 24, 1968:
France explodes its first hydrogen bomb, thus becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.

Saturday 24, 1963:
The 200-metre freestyle is swum in less than 2 minutes for the first time by Don Schollander (1:5.

Wednesday 24, 1960:
A temperature of −88°C (−127°F) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica — a world-record low.

Tuesday 24, 1954:
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commit suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.

Thursday 24, 1950:
Edith Sampson becomess the first black U.S. delegate to the UN.

Wednesday 24, 1949:
The treaty creating NATO goes into effect.

Thursday 24, 1944:
World War II: French and Allied troops start the attack on Paris.

Monday 24, 1942:
World War II: The Battle of the East Solomon Islands. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho is sunk.

Monday 24, 1936:
The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.

Wednesday 24, 1932:
Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).

Monday 24, 1931:
Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.

Saturday 24, 1929:
Turkey and Persia sign a friendship treaty.

Monday 24, 1914:
World War I: German troops capture Namur.

Saturday 24, 1912:
Alaska becomes a United States territory.

Tuesday 24, 1909:
Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

Monday 24, 1891:
Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

Tuesday 24, 1858:
In Richmond, Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.

Monday 24, 1857:
The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.

Wednesday 24, 1853:
Potato chips are first prepared.

Tuesday 24, 1847:
Charlotte Brontë finishes Jane Eyre.

Wednesday 24, 1831:
Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.

Friday 24, 1821:
The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.

Wednesday 24, 1814:
British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.

Thursday 24, 1690:
Calcutta, India is founded.

Monday 24, 1682:
William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.

Thursday 24, 1662:
Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.

Sunday 24, 1608:
The first official British representative to India lands in Surat.

Thursday 24, 1572:
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.

Thursday 24, 1511:
Alfonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers the Sultanate of Malacca.

Sunday 24, 1456:
The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.

Wednesday 24, 1391:
Jews massacred in Palma de Mallorca.

Sunday 24, 1349:
Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz because they are blamed for the bubonic plague.

Monday 24, 1215:
Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid.

Tuesday 24, 410:
The Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome for three days.

Thursday 24, 79:
Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.

Tuesday 24, -49:
Julius Caesar's general Gaius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio is slain in battle.

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People born on August 24

1990:
Michael Ruemmele, American guitarist (b: August 24, 1990) (Biography of Michael Ruemmele)

1988:
Rupert Grint, English actor and Tony McGee (b: August 24, 1988) (Biography of Rupert Grint)

1984:
Rade Kovand?i? (b: August 24, 1984) (Biography of Rade Kovand?i?)

1983:
Christopher Parker, British actor (b: August 24, 1983) (Biography of Christopher Parker)

1981:
Chad Michael Murray, American actor (b: August 24, 1981) (Biography of Chad Michael Murray)

1978:
Rafael Furcal, Dominican Major League Baseball player (b: August 24, 1978) (Biography of Rafael Furcal)

1974:
Jennifer Lien, American actress (b: August 24, 1974) (Biography of Jennifer Lien)

1973:
Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor (b: August 24, 1973) (Biography of Carmine Giovinazzo)
David Chappelle, American actor and comedian (b: August 24, 1973) (Biography of David Chappelle)
Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer (b: August 24, 1973) (Biography of Inge de Bruijn)

1968:
Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler (b: August 24, 1968) (Biography of Shoichi Funaki)

1965:
Marlee Matlin, American actress (b: August 24, 1965) (Biography of Marlee Matlin)
Reggie Miller, American basketball player (b: August 24, 1965) (Biography of Reggie Miller)
Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura) (b: August 24, 1965) (Biography of Andreas Kisser)

1964:
Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut (b: August 24, 1964) (Biography of Salizhan Sharipov)

1963:
John Bush, American singer (Anthrax) (b: August 24, 1963) (Biography of John Bush)
Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director (b: August 24, 1963) (Biography of Hideo Kojima)

1962:
Craig Kilborn, American talk show host (b: August 24, 1962) (Biography of Craig Kilborn)
David Koechner, American Actor (Waiting) (b: August 24, 1962) (Biography of David Koechner)

1960:
Cal Ripken, Jr., baseball player (b: August 24, 1960) (Biography of Cal Ripken, Jr.)

1958:
Steve Guttenberg, American actor (b: August 24, 1958) (Biography of Steve Guttenberg)
Tracy Harris, American artist (b: August 24, 1958) (Biography of Tracy Harris)

1957:
Stephen Fry, English comedian, author, and actor (b: August 24, 1957) (Biography of Stephen Fry)

1956:
John Culberson, American politician (b: August 24, 1956) (Biography of John Culberson)

1954:
Libby Mooney,British Science educator (b: August 24, 1954) (Biography of Libby Mooney)

1951:
Orson Scott Card, American novelist (b: August 24, 1951) (Biography of Orson Scott Card)

1948:
Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician (b: August 24, 1948) (Biography of Jean-Michel Jarre)

1947:
Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author (b: August 24, 1947) (Biography of Paulo Coelho)

1945:
Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep) (b: August 24, 1945) (Biography of Ken Hensley)
Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling entrepreneur (b: August 24, 1945) (Biography of Vince McMahon)

1943:
John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b: August 24, 1943 ; d: May 29, 1989) (Biography of John Cipollina)

1938:
David Freiberg, American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship) (b: August 24, 1938) (Biography of David Freiberg)
Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician (b: August 24, 1938) (Biography of Halldór Blöndal)

1936:
A. S. Byatt, English novelist (b: August 24, 1936) (Biography of A. S. Byatt)

1934:
Kenny Baker, English actor (b: August 24, 1934) (Biography of Kenny Baker)

1929:
Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader (b: August 24, 1929 ; d: November 11, 2004) (Biography of Yasser Arafat)

1923:
Arthur Jensen, American psychologist (b: August 24, 1923) (Biography of Arthur Jensen)

1922:
Howard Zinn, American historian and activist (b: August 24, 1922) (Biography of Howard Zinn)
René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (b: August 24, 1922 ; d: November 1, 1987) (Biography of René Lévesque)

1916:
Hal Smith, American actor and voice actor (b: August 24, 1916 ; d: January 28, 1994) (Biography of Hal Smith (actor))

1915:
James Tiptree, Jr., American writer (b: August 24, 1915) (Biography of James Tiptree, Jr.)

1904:
Alice White, American film actress (b: August 24, 1904 ; d: February 19, 1983) (Biography of Alice White)

1901:
Preston Foster, American actor (b: August 24, 1901) (Biography of Preston Foster)

1899:
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b: August 24, 1899 ; d: November 9, 1986) (Biography of Jorge Luis Borges)

1898:
Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic, writer, and editor (b: August 24, 1898) (Biography of Malcolm Cowley)

1890:
Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian swimmer and surfer (b: August 24, 1890 ; d: January 22, 1968) (Biography of Duke Kahanamoku)
Jean Rhys, Dominican writer (b: August 24, 1890) (Biography of Jean Rhys)

1887:
Harry Hooper, baseball player (b: August 24, 1887 ; d: December 18, 1974) (Biography of Harry Hooper)

1884:
Earl Derr Biggers, American author (b: August 24, 1884) (Biography of Earl Derr Biggers)

1880:
Joshua Lionel Cowen, American inventor and entrepreneur (b: August 24, 1880) (Biography of Joshua Lionel Cowen)

1865:
King Ferdinand I of Romania (b: August 24, 1865) (Biography of Ferdinand I of Romania)

1863:
Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b: August 24, 1863 ; d: July 12, 1918) (Biography of Dragutin Lerman)

1852:
Deacon White, baseball player (b: August 24, 1852) (Biography of Deacon White)

1837:
Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (b: August 24, 1837 ; d: June 11, 1924) (Biography of Théodore Dubois)

1817:
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (b: August 24, 1817 ; d: October 10, 1875) (Biography of Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy)

1787:
James Weddell, Antarctica explorer (b: August 24, 1787) (Biography of James Weddell)

1759:
William Wilberforce, English campaigner against slavery (b: August 24, 1759 ; d: July 29, 1833) (Biography of William Wilberforce)

1669:
Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (b: August 24, 1669 ; d: June 19, 1747) (Biography of Alessandro Marcello)

1635:
Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (b: August 24, 1635 ; d: March 12, 1699) (Biography of Peder Griffenfeld)

1591:
Robert Herrick, English poet (b: August 24, 1591) (Biography of Robert Herrick (poet))

1580:
John Taylor, English poet (b: August 24, 1580) (Biography of John Taylor (poet))

1552:
Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b: August 24, 1552 ; d: August 11, 1614) (Biography of Lavinia Fontana)

1393:
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b: August 24, 1393 ; d: December 26, 1458) (Biography of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany)

1358:
King John I of Castile (b: August 24, 1358) (Biography of John I of Castile)

1198:
King Alexander II of Scotland (b: August 24, 1198 ; d: July 6, 1249) (Biography of Alexander II of Scotland)

1113:
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and father of Henry II of England (b. 1113) (b: August 24, 1113 ; d: September 7, 1151) (Biography of Geoffrey of Anjou)

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