Page 7: Historical Events In August - 24

1968  On this day in history france became world's 5th thermonuclear power   

1968  France becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific on August - 24.   

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

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  On this day in history carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59   

1973  On this day in history billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76   

1975  Royal Commission in Australia finds women in public service work in poor conditions and are underpaid and had limited promotion prospect on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69   

1976  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon   

1981  On August - 24 mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder   

1981  Mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison on this day in history.   

1982  Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64   

1985  On August - 24 sTS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather   

1985  On August - 24 paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78   

1987  On August - 24 announcement of possible Martian tornadoes   

1987  Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77 on August - 24.   

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

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

1989  On this day in history pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling   

1989  On August - 24 voyager 2 flies past Neptune   

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  Ukraine declares independence from the USSR on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23   

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1113  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

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

1420  On August - 24 birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

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