Historical Events In August - 24

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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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

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

1531  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

0079  On August - 24 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 August - 24.   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded