Page 4: Historical Events In August - 24

1889  On this day in history simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet   

1889  On this day in history jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies   

1890  Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-12, 20, 24) on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history thomas Edison patents motion picture camera   

1891  On this day in history alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer   

1893  Tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston, about 1000 die on this day in history.   

1894  On August - 24 jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark)   

1895  On this day in history john F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74   

1896  On August - 24 phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose)   

1898  On this day in history albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974)   

1899  Johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons) on August - 24.   

1900  Preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger) on August - 24.   

1902  Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civililization & Capitalism) on August - 24.   

1904  On this day in history 24th US Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97)   

1904  On this day in history rod Redwing, NY, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory)   

1905  On August - 24 chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings   

1905  Donald Douglas, Scotland, actor (I Love You Again) on August - 24.   

1906  Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game on August - 24.   

1906  On this day in history alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies   

1907  Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1908  On August - 24 tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title   

1909  Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal on August - 24.   

1909  On this day in history ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939)   

1910  On this day in history bernhard Heiden, composer   

1911  Manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister   

1912  Alaska becomes a U.S. territory on this day in history.   

1912  On August - 24 nYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians   

1912  Territory of Alaska organized on this day in history.   

1912  US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt on this day in history.   

1912  On August - 24 durward Kirby, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show)   

1913  Dorothy Comingore, [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane) on August - 24.   

1914  On this day in history battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops   

1915  Alice B[radley] Sheldon, US, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful) on this day in history.   

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1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

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