Page 4: Historical Events In August - 24

1889  Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

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

1891  On this day in history alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer   

1893  On this day in history tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston, about 1000 die   

1894  On this day in history jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark)   

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

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

1898  Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974) on August - 24.   

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

1900  On August - 24 preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger)   

1902  On August - 24 fernand Braudel, French historian (Civililization & Capitalism)   

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  On this day in history chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings   

1905  On this day in history donald Douglas, Scotland, actor (I Love You Again)   

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  On this day in history pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58   

1908  On this day in history tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title   

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

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

1910  Bernhard Heiden, composer on this day in history.   

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

1911  Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister on August - 24.   

1912  Alaska becomes a U.S. territory on August - 24.   

1912  NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians on August - 24.   

1912  Territory of Alaska organized on August - 24.   

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

1912  On this day in history durward Kirby, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show)   

1913  On this day in history dorothy Comingore, [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane)   

1914  On August - 24 battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops   

1915  Alice B[radley] Sheldon, US, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful) on August - 24.   

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

1113  On August - 24 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 this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded