Page 7: Historical Events In August - 24
Friday, 21 February 2025
1968 France became world's 5th thermonuclear power on August - 24.
1968 France becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific on this day in history.
1968 On this day in history cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies
1970 On August - 24 bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
1972 Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame on August - 24.
1972 Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1973 Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76 on August - 24.
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 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 August - 24.
1979 On this day in history uN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps
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 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 August - 24.
1985 Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party on this day in history.
1991 Ukraine declares independence from the USSR on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99
1992 On August - 24 hurricane Andrew hits the Florida coast, killing 20 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage.
1992 On August - 24 andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74
1993 Professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101 on August - 24.
1994 On this day in history jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23
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