Page 7: Historical Events In August - 24

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

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

1968  Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies on August - 24.   

1970  Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 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  Royal Commission in Australia finds women in public service work in poor conditions and are underpaid and had limited promotion prospect on August - 24.   

1975  Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69 on August - 24.   

1976  On this day in history soyuz 21 returns to Earth   

1976  On August - 24 michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76   

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

1979  UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps on August - 24.   

1981  Mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon on August - 24.   

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

1981  On August - 24 mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison.   

1982  On this day in history jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies   

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 August - 24.   

1985  Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78 on August - 24.   

1987  On this day in history announcement of possible Martian tornadoes   

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

1988  Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 on this day in history.   

1989  Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti on August - 24.   

1989  Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling on this day in history.   

1989  Voyager 2 flies past Neptune on this day in history.   

1990  Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City on August - 24.   

1991  On this day in history gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party   

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  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 this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history 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 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  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 August - 24.   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

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  On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded