Page 4: Historical Events In August - 24

1889  Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet on August - 24.   

1889  Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies on this day in history.   

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

1891  Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera on this day in history.   

1891  On August - 24 alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer   

1893  On August - 24 tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston, about 1000 die   

1894  Jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark) on this day in history.   

1895  John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 on August - 24.   

1896  Phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose) on August - 24.   

1898  Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974) on this day in history.   

1899  On August - 24 johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons)   

1900  On this day in history preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger)   

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

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

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

1905  Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings on August - 24.   

1905  Donald Douglas, Scotland, actor (I Love You Again) on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game   

1906  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1910  On August - 24 bernhard Heiden, composer   

1911  On this day in history manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal   

1911  On August - 24 karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister   

1912  On August - 24 alaska becomes a U.S. territory.   

1912  On this day in history nYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians   

1912  Territory of Alaska organized on August - 24.   

1912  US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt on August - 24.   

1912  Durward Kirby, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show) on this day in history.   

1913  On August - 24 dorothy Comingore, [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane)   

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

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

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.   

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

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

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

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  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.   

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

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

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  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.