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August 24 is the 236th day of the year(237th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 129 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

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Up to 1900

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79–Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroyingPompeii,Herculaneum andStabiae. The modern city ofNaples now stands on the edge of the disaster area.
410– TheVisigoths under KingAlaric I begin to pillageRome.
455– TheVandals, led by KingGenseric, begin to plunderRome.
1200– KingJohn of England marriesIsabella of Angoulême inBordeaux Cathedral.
1215–Pope Innocent III declaresMagna Carta invalid.
1349– 6000Jews are killed inMainz after being blamed for the Bubonic Plague.
1391– Massacre on theJewish population ofPalma de Mallorca.
1456– Printing of the GutenbergBible is completed.
1482– Thetown andcastle ofBerwick-upon-Tweed are captured fromScotland byEnglish troops.
1516– TheOttoman Empire underSelim I defeats theMamluk Sultanate and captures present–daySyria at theBattle of Maq Dabiq.
1561–William of Orange marriesAnne of Saxony.
1572–St. Batholomew's Day massacre: Start of a massacre ofHuguenots (French Protestants) under the orders of KingCharles IX of France.
1608– The first English representative toIndia lands in Surat.
1662– The Act of Uniformity requiresEngland to accept theBook of Common Prayer.
1682–William Penn adds present–dayDelaware to his colony ofPennsylvania.
1812–Peninsular War: A coalition ofSpanish,British andPortuguese forces succeeds in lifting the two–and–a–half–year–longSiege of Cadiz.
1814– British troops invadeWashington, D.C., burning many buildings, including theWhite House.
1815– The modernConstitution of theNetherlands is signed.
1821– TheTreaty of Cordoba is signed in present–dayVeracruz,Mexico, concluding theMexican War of Independence fromSpain.
1848– TheshipOcean Monarch bursts into flames nearLlandudno, northWales. 208 people are saved by nearby ships, while 178 are killed.
1857– ThePanic of 1857 economic crisis begins in theUnited States.
1875– CaptainMatthew Webb becomes the first man to swim across theEnglish Channel.
1891–Thomas Edison receives apatent for the motion–picture–camera.

1901– 2000

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1909– Workers start pouring concrete for the construction of thePanama Canal.
1912–Alaska becomes aUnited States territory.
1914–World War I: German troops occupyNamur,Belgium.
1929– 67 are killed in a massacre inHebron, leading to the expulsion ofJews from the city.
1931–France and theSoviet Union sign a neutrality/no attacktreaty.
1932–Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly non–stop across theUnited States.
1936– TheAustralian Antarctic Territory is created.
1949– Thetreaty creatingNATO goes into effect.
1954–President of Brazil Getulio Vargas resigns and commitssuicide shortly after.
1954– US PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower signs theCommunist Control Act, which bans theAmerican Communist Party.
1960– At –88.3degrees Celsius, the lowest–evertemperature up until that point, is measured at the Soviet Vostok Research Station inAntarctica. This record stands until1983, when, also at the Vostok Station, the even colder temperature of –89.2 degrees Celsius is measured.
1963– The Germanfootball league, theBundesliga, starts.
1968–France explodes its first hydrogen bomb.
1981–Mark David Chapman is sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for themurder ofJohn Lennon.
1989–Tadeusz Mazowiecki becomesPrime Minister of Poland, becoming the first non–Communist leader ofPoland in the post–World War II period.
1989–Colombian drug barons declare "total war" onColombia'sGovernment.
1989–Cincinnati Reds managerPete Rose is banned frombaseball for gambling, by commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
1991–Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of theSoviet Union'sCommunist party.
1991–Ukraine declares independence from theSoviet Union.
1992–Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in southernFlorida as a Category 5 hurricane. It causes a lot of damage and becomes one of theUS's costliest natural disasters.
1994– Initial accord betweenIsrael and thePalestinian Liberation Organization about partial self–rule in thePalestinians in theWest Bank
1995–MSN is launched.

From 2001

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2001– Air Transat Flight 236 runs out offuel over the mid–Atlantic Ocean, making a safe emergency landing on theisland of Terceira,Azores.
2004– 89 people die in explosions on two jets atMoscow's DomodedovoAirport.
2006– The definition of the wordplanet is changed, therefore strippingPluto of its planet status, making it adwarf planet.
2008– The2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing end. The host nation, thePeople's Republic of China, wins the mostgold medals, ahead of theUnited States.
2011–Steve Jobs resigns asCEO ofApple Inc.. He dies six weeks later.
2012– Americancyclist Lance Armstrong announces that he is no–longer fightingdoping allegations, and is stripped of the sevenTour de France titles he won by the World Anti–Doping Agency.
2012–Anders Behring Breivik is declared sane by a court inOslo, and sentenced to 21 years inprison for the2011 Norway attacks, in which he had killed 77 people.
2016– A majorearthquake hits CentralItaly, killing 276 people.
2016– The discovery of "Proxima Centauri b", aplanet orbiting around the starProxima Centauri, is announced.
2018–Scott Morrison becomes the 30thPrime Minister of Australia, after defeatingPeter Dutton in a contest to replaceMalcolm Turnbull.

Births

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Up to 1900

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1113–Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (d.1151)
1198– KingAlexander II of Scotland (d.1249)
1358– KingJohn I of Castile (d.1390)
1393–Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d.1458)
1552–Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d.1614)
1591–Robert Herrick, Englishpoet (d.1674)
1635–Peder Griffenfeld, Danishstatesman (d.1699)
1669–Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d.1747)
1750–Letizia Ramolino, mother ofNapoleon Bonaparte (d.1836)
1758–Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen ofDenmark andNorway (d.1790)
1759–William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (d.1833)
1772– KingWilliam I of the Netherlands (d.1840)
1787–James Weddell, EnglishAntarctic explorer (d.1834)
1792–Joaquim Antonio de Aguiar, Portuguese politician (d.1884)
1815–Bartolomé Calvo, Colombianstatesman (d.1889)
1816–Daniel Gooch, English railway pioneer and mechanical engineer (d.1889)
1824–Antonio Stoppani, Italiangeologist and scholar (d.1891)
1831–Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Swedish royal (d.1873)
1837–Theodore Dubois, Frenchcomposer,organist andmusic teacher (d.1924)
1855–Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (d.1944)
1865– KingFerdinand II of Romania (d.1927)
1872–Max Beerbohm, Britishcaricaturist (d.1956)
1886–William Gibbs, American naval architect (d.1967)
1887–Harry Hooper, Americanbaseball player (d.1974)
1890–Duke Kahanamoku,Hawaiian–American athlete (swimming andsurfing) (d.1968)
1890–Jean Rhys,Dominican–English writer (d.1979)
1893–Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German–bornIsraeli biochemist (d.1978)
1895–Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan,Malaysian king (d.1960)
1895–Richard Cushing,Archbishop ofBoston, Massachusetts (d.1970)
1897–Gertrude Bambrick, American actress (d.1974)
1899–Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d.1986)
1899–Albert Claude, Frenchbiologist (d.1983)
1900–Leonardo Conti, Germanphysician andNazi war criminal (d.1945)

1901– 1950

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1902–Fernand Braudel, Frenchhistorian (d.1985)
1903–Karl Hanke, GermanSS leader (d.1945)
1904–Alice White, American actress (d.1983)
1905–Arthur Crudup, Americanblues musician (d.1976)
1905–Siaka Stevens,President ofSierra Leone (d.1988)
1907–Bruno Giacometti, Italiansculptor (d.2012)
1908–Shivaram Rajguru, Indianactivist (d.1931)
1915–James Tiptree, Jr., American writer and psychologist (d.1987)
1916–Léo Ferré, Frenchsinger,composer andpoet (d.1993)
1916–Hal Smith, American actor (d.1994)
1918–Sikander Bakht,Governor ofKerala (d.2004)
1918–Abdallah Ibrahim,Prime Minister ofMorocco (d.2005)
1918–Avery Dulles, Americancardinal (d.2008)
1919–Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy,President of Ecuador (d.2004)
1919–Drs. P, Swiss–Dutchsinger-songwriter,poet andwriter (d.2015)
1921–Ercole Rabitti, Italianfootballer (d.2009)
1922–René Lévesque, Canadian politician (d.1987)
1922–Howard Zinn, American historian (d.2010)
1924–Ahmadou Ahidjo,President ofCameroon (d.1989)
1927–Harry Markowitz, American economist
1927–Anjali Devi, Indianactress andproducer (d.2014)
1927–Guido Ceronetti, Italian journalist and poet (d.2018)
1929–Yasser Arafat, leader of thePalestinian Authority (d.2004)
1932–Cormac Murphy-O'Connor,Archbishop ofWestminster andcardinal (d.2017)
1934–Kenny Baker, English actor (d.2016)
1935–Tsutomu Hata,Prime Minister of Japan (d.2017)
1936–Kenny Guinn, 27thGovernor ofNevada (d.2010)
1936–A. S. Byatt, English writer
1939–Michael E. Phelps, Americanbiophysicist
1940–Francine Lalonde, Canadian politician (d.2014)
1941–Jürgen Eschert, German canoeist
1942–Max Cleland, American politician (d.2021)
1943–John Cipollina, Americanguitarist (d.1995)
1943–Dafydd Iwan, Welshsinger andpolitician
1944–Bill Goldsworthy, Canadianice hockey player (d.1996)
1944–Gregory Jarvis, Americanastronaut (d.1986)
1945–Vince McMahon, AmericanProfessional Wrestling promoter
1945–Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep)
1945–Ronee Blakley, Americansinger-songwriter,producer andactress
1946–Vic Akers, Englishfootball coach
1946–Rick Loomis, American game designer (d.2019)
1946–Manfred Zapf, Germanfootballer
1947–Paulo Coelho, Brazilian writer
1947–Joe Manchin, American politician, formerGovernor ofWest Virginia
1947–Steve Pearce, American politician
1947–Anne Archer, American actress
1947–Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
1948–Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician
1948–Alexander McCall Smith, Scottish writer andprofessor
1948–Sauli Niinistö, 12thPresident ofFinland
1949–Stephen Paulus, American composer (d.2014)

1951– 1975

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1951–Oscar Hijuelos, American writer (d.2013)
1951–Orson Scott Card, American writer
1952–Bob Corker, American politician,United States Senator forTennessee
1952–Linton Kwesi Johnson,Jamaican poet
1953–Sam Torrance, Scottishgolfer
1955–Mike Huckabee, American politician, formerGovernor ofArkansas and Presidential candidate
1956–John Culberson, American politician
1956–Gerry Cooney, American boxer
1957–Stephen Fry, English actor, comedian, presenter and writer
1957–Marcel Vanthilt, Belgiansinger andtelevision host
1958–Steve Guttenberg, American actor
1959–Meg Munn, English politician
1960–Takashi Miike, Japanesedirector,producer,writer andactor
1960–Cal Ripken, Jr., Americanbaseball player
1960–Steven Lindsey, Americanastronaut
1961–Jared Harris, English actor
1963–Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game creator
1963–Yrsa Sigurdardottir,Icelandic writer
1964–Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
1964–Salizhan Sharipov,Kyrgyz cosmonaut
1965–Marlee Matlin, American actress
1965–Reggie Miller, Americanbasketball player
1968–Shoichi Funaki, Japaneseprofessional wrestler
1968–James Toney, American boxer
1969–Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
1972–Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier
1973–Andrew Brunette, Canadianice hockey player
1973–Dave Chappelle, American comedian and actor
1973–Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
1973–Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor and musician
1974–Takuya Yamada, Japanesefootballer
1975–Mark de Vries,Surinamese–Dutch footballer

From 1976

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1976–Yang Yang (A), Chinese short–track speed skater
1976–Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor
1977–Robert Enke,German footballgoalkeeper (d.2009)^[1]
1977–Jürgen Macho,Austrian football goalkeeper
1977–Denilson, Brazilian footballer
1979–Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer
1979–Kaki King, Americanguitarist andcomposer
1979–Yelena Chernykh, Russiantheatre actress (d.2011)
1981–Jiro Wang,Taiwanese singer andactor
1981–Chad Michael Murray, American actor
1982–José Bosingwa, Portuguese footballer
1982–Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer
1984–Charlie Villanueva,Dominican–American basketball player
1986–Fabiano Santacroce, Brazilian–Italian footballer
1986–Joseph Akpala,Nigerian footballer
1986–Stewart McDonald, Scottish politician
1987–Daichi Miura, Japanesesinger–songwriter,dancer andchoreographer
1987–Jon Scheyer, Americanbasketball player
1988–Rupert Grint, British actor
1988–Maya Yoshida, Japanesefootballer
1989–Richie Gray, Scottishrugby union player
1997–Alan Walker, English–Norwegian music producer
1998–Robin, Finnish singer
2003–Alexandre Coste, son ofAlbert II, Prince of Monaco

Deaths

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Up to 1900

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79–Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b.23)
1042–Michael V,Byzantine Emperor (b.1015)
1103– KingMagnus III of Norway (b.1073)
1217–Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate
1313–Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b.1278)
1540–Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b.1503)
1542–Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b.1483)
1572– Victims of theSt. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:
- Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (b.1519)
- Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (b.1515)
- Charles de Téligny, French Huguenot soldier
1595–Thomas Digges, English astronomer (b.1546)
1617–Rose of Lima,Peruvian saint (b.1586)
1647–Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b.1586)
1664–Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer
1679–Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b.1614)
1680–Thomas Blood, Irish–born thief of the British crown jewels (b.1618)
1683–John Owen, English non–conformist theologian (b.1616)
1759–Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (b.1715)
1779–Kosmas Aitolos, Greek Orthodox martyr (b.1714)
1831–August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b.1760)
1832–Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b.1796)
1841–Theodore Edward Hook, English writer (b.1788)
1856–William Buckland, Englishgeologist (b.1784)
1883–Henri, Count of Chambord, claimant to the French throne (b.1820)
1888–Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (b.1822)
1897–Mutsu Munemitsu, Japanese politician (b.1844)

1901– 2000

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1921–Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b.1886)
1940–Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German television pioneer (b.1860)
1943–Simone Weil, Frenchphilosopher and social activist (b.1909)
1946–James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b.1862)
1950–Arturo Alessandri,President of Chile (b.1868)
1954–Getúlio Vargas,President of Brazil (b.1882)
1956–Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese movie director (b.1898)
1957–Ronald Knox, Britishtheologian andcrime fiction writer (b.1888)
1961–Günter Litfin, first shooting victim at theBerlin Wall (b.1937)
1967–Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (b.1882)
1974–Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian–Americanaviator,author andinventor (b.1894)
1975–Éamon de Valera,President of Ireland (b.1882)
1978–Louis Prima, American band leader (b.1910)
1979–Hanna Reitsch, German pilot (b.1912)
1985–Paul Creston, American composer (b.1906)
1990–Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b.1941)
1991–Bernard Castro, Italian inventor (b.1904)
1995–Alfred Eisenstaedt, German–born photographer (b.1898)
1998–E.G. Marshall, American actor (b.1910)
1999–Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b.1916)
2000–Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (b.1964)

From 2001

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2001–Jane Greer, American actress (b.1924)
2002–Hoyt Wilhelm, Americanbaseball player (b.1922)
2003– SirWilfred Thesiger, British explorer (b.1910)
2004–Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss–born psychiatrist (b.1926)
2005–Ambrogio Fogar, Italian sailor, writer, rally driver and all–round adventurer and television presenter (d.1941)
2007–Andrée Boucher, 39thMayor ofQuebec City (b.1937)
2009–Toni Sailer, Austrian skier (b.1935)
2012–Pauli Ellefsen, 6thPrime Minister of theFaroe Islands (b.1936)
2012–Steve Franken, American actor (b.1923)
2012–Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilianfootballer (b.1937)
2013–Julie Harris, American actress (b.1925)
2013–Newton de Sordi, Brazilian footballer (b.1931)
2014–Richard Attenborough, Englishactor andmovie director (b.1923)
2014–Leonid Stadnyk, Ukrainian claimant to world's tallest man title (b.1970)
2015–Justin Wilson, English racing driver (b.1978)
2015–Cees van Kooten, Dutchfootballer (b.1948)
2015–Chico Maki, Canadianice hockey player (b.1939)
2016–Henning Voscherau, German politician (b.1941)
2016–Walter Scheel, German politician,President of the Federal Republic of Germany (b.1919)
2016–Roger Y. Tsien, Chinese–American biologist (b.1952)
2017–Cecil D. Andrus, American politician,Governor ofIdaho (b.1931)
2017–Alan Boswell, Englishfootballer (b.1943)
2017–Charlie Robertson, American politician (b.1934)
2017–Jay Thomas, American actor (b.1948)
2017–Amelyn Veloso, Filipino journalist and broadcaster (b.1974)
2018–Lawrence J. DeNardis, American politician (b.1938)
2018–Tom Frost, American rock climber (b.1938)
2018–Robin Leach, British writer and television host (b.1941)
2018–Princeton Lyman, American diplomat (b.1935)
2018–Javier Ochoa Palacios, Spanish cyclist (b.1974)
2018–Aleksei Paramonov, Soviet–Russianfootballer (b.1925)
2018–Valentina Rastvorova, Soviet–Russian fencer (b.1933)
2018–Ciril Zlobec, Slovenian poet, writer and politician (b.1925)
2019–Arun Jaitley, Indian politician (b.1952)
2019–Sidney Rittenberg, American journalist andlinguist (b.1921)

Observances

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National Day ofUkraine
Christian Feast Day ofSaint Bartholomew
Night of Nostalgia, Eve of Independence Day (Uruguay)

References

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↑"Famous Birthdays on 24th August". History Orb. 2009-08-04.

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