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August 24

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August 24: Encyclopedia - August 24

August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. August 24 - Events. 49 BC - Julius Caesar's general Gaius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio is slain in battle. AD 79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash. 410 - The Visigoths under Alar ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia II - Events

1865 - January. January 31 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. 1865 - February. The only month in any year that might not have had a Full moon. February 17 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. February 22 - Tennessee adopts a new constitution ...

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1865, 1865 - Events, 1865 - January, 1865 - February, 1865 - March, 1865 - April, 1865 - May, 1865 - June, 1865 - July, 1865 - October, 1865 - November, 1865 - December, 1865 - Undated, 1865 - Births, 1865 - Deaths

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August 24: Encyclopedia II - Events

1861 - January. January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States January 9 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil War. January 10 - American Civil War: Florida secedes from the United States January 11 - American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the U ...

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1861, 1861 - Events, 1861 - January, 1861 - February, 1861 - March-April, 1861 - May-June, 1861 - July-August, 1861 - September-October, 1861 - November, 1861 - Unknown dates, 1861 - Births, 1861 - Deaths

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1989

1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The world population growth in absolute numbers is believed to have been the highest ever around this time. [1] 1989 - Events. January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead January 16–18 - Race riots in Overtown, Miami January 10 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola January 10 - Assistant Austra ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1988

1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1988 - Events. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. January 2 - Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 - Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 - Australia celebrates its bicentennial. 1988 - February. ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1998

1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. 1998 - Events. January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths. January 1 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants. January 2 - Russia begins to circulate new rubl ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1931

1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. 1931 - Events. January 4 - Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia January 25 - Mohandas Gandhi released again January 27 - Pierre Laval forms a government in France February 3 - Napier earthquake - mu ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1927

1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). 1927 - Events. January 1 - Cristero War erupts in Mexico when pro-Church rebels attack secular-minded government January 7 - First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London January 9 - Military rebellion crushed in Lisbon January 14 - Paul Doumer elected president of France January 19 - Britain sends troops to China Including:

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1923

1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1923 - Events. January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments 1923 - February. February 16 - Howard Carter unseals the ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1938

1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). 1938 - Events. January 3 - The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 5 - H.R.H. Prince Juan Carlos of Spain is born. January 11 - Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 - Wedding of King Farouk I of Egypt and Queen Farida Zulficar in Cairo January 28 - The first ski tow in America be ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1983

1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. 1983 - Events. January 2 - The musical Annie is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows (Uris Theatre on Broadway, New York City). January 8 - Riot in the Sing Sing prison January 10 - Mafia hitman Roy DeMeo is found dead in a trunk of his own car January 15 - Mafioso Meyer Lansky dies at Mount Sinai hospital January 19 - Klaus B ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1981

1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 1981 - Events. January - Sarawak chamber found January 1 - Greece enters the EEC January 1 - Palau becomes self-governing January 4 - Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 13 - Donna Griffiths, a schoolgirl in Pershore, Worcestershire, UK, begins a uncontrollable series of sneezes that end September 16, 1983 - after 978 days Janua ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1980

1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. It is equivalent to 2733 a.U.c., and to 1359 AH. 1980 - Events. January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom. January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother. January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. January 5 - Hewlett-Packard ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1951

1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. 1951 - Events. January 9 - United Nations headquarters officially opens (New York City). January 15 - Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the Commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in West Germany. January 17 - Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul. January 20 - Avalanches in the Alps - 240 die and 45.000 are ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1947

1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1947 - Events. January 1 - British mines nationalized January 1 - Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time January 10 - United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste January 15 - Elizabeth Short (the "Black Dahlia") is ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1944

1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). 1944 - Events. January 4 - The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 - Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munk. January 14 - The Soviet troops start the offensive at Leningrad and Novgorod. January 17 - British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 17 - Meat Rationing ends in Australia. January 20 - The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 to ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1952

1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). 1952 - Events. January 8 - West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 - Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 - Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. 1952 - February. February 2 - A tropical storm forms just north of Cuba moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southe ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1954

1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1954 - Events. January 1 - Soviet Union no longer demands war reparations from East Germany January 12 - Large-scale avalanches in Austria - over 20 dead January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in KenyaIncluding:

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1956

1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1956 - Events. January 1 - End of Anglo-Egyptian Codominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine. January 26 - 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. January 26 - The United Kingdom bans heroin. January 25-January 26 - Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilian ...

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August 24: Encyclopedia - 1978

1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). 1978 - Events. January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 - Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay - 213 dead. January 4 - Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. January 6 - The Hungarian Holy Crown (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) returned to Hungary from the U ...

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