Page 7: Historical Events In August - 24

1968  On August - 24 france became world's 5th thermonuclear power   

1968  France becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific on this day in history.   

1968  On August - 24 cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies   

1970  Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison on August - 24.   

1972  On August - 24 gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame   

1972  On August - 24 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  Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1976  On August - 24 soyuz 21 returns to Earth   

1976  Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1978  Louis Prima, singer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1979  UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps on this day in history.   

1981  On August - 24 mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon   

1981  Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder on this day in history.   

1981  Mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison on this day in history.   

1982  Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64   

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  Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77   

1988  On August - 24 leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49   

1989  Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling   

1989  On this day in history voyager 2 flies past Neptune   

1990  Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City on this day in history.   

1991  Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party on August - 24.   

1991  Ukraine declares independence from the USSR on August - 24.   

1991  Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99 on August - 24.   

1992  Hurricane Andrew hits the Florida coast, killing 20 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage on August - 24.   

1992  Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74 on August - 24.   

1993  On August - 24 professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101   

1994  Jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23 on August - 24.   

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.   

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

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

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

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

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

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

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  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

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

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

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.