Historical Events In August - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies on August - 24.
1970 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1972 On this day in history carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59
1973 Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1975 On August - 24 royal Commission in Australia finds women in public service work in poor conditions and are underpaid and had limited promotion prospect
1975 On this day in history charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69
1976 On August - 24 soyuz 21 returns to Earth
1976 Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76 on August - 24.
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 August - 24.
1981 On August - 24 mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder
1981 Mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison on August - 24.
1982 Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies on August - 24.
1983 Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64 on August - 24.
1985 STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78
1987 On August - 24 announcement of possible Martian tornadoes
1987 Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49
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 On this day in history voyager 2 flies past Neptune
1990 On August - 24 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 Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99 on August - 24.
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 this day in history.
1993 On August - 24 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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