What Happened on August 24?
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EVENTS ON AUGUST 24
Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov
Year:
1898
Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
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Panama Canal
Year:
1909
Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
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Manuel de Arriaga
Year:
1911
Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn in as the first President of Portugal.
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Wolseley expedition
Year:
1870
The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
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Panic of 1857
Year:
1857
The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
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Burning of Washington
Year:
1814
British troops capture Washington, D.C. and set the Presidential Mansion, Capitol, Navy Yard and many other public buildings ablaze.
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Treaty of Córdoba
Year:
1821
The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
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Battle of Cer
Year:
1914
World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
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World War I
Year:
1914
World War I: German troops capture Namur.
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Australian Antarctic Territory
Year:
1936
The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
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BIRTHS ON AUGUST 24
David Ireland (author)
Year of birth:
1927
David Ireland, Australian author and playwright (died 2022)
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Nancy Spero
Year of birth:
1926
Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (died 2009)
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Arthur Jensen
Year of birth:
1923
Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic (died 2012)
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René Lévesque
Year of birth:
1922
René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (died 1987)
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Anjali Devi
Year of birth:
1927
Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (died 2014)
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Betty Dodson
Year of birth:
1929
Betty Dodson, American author and educator (died 2020)
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Richard Meale
Year of birth:
1932
Richard Meale, Australian pianist and composer (died 2009)
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Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Year of birth:
1932
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, English cardinal (died 2017)
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Jackie Brenston
Year of birth:
1930
Jackie Brenston, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (died 1979)
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Roger McCluskey
Year of birth:
1930
Roger McCluskey, American race car driver (died 1993)
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DEATHS ON AUGUST 24
Kate M. Gordon
Year of death:
1932
Kate M. Gordon, American activist (born 1861)
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Frederick Carl Frieseke
Year of death:
1939
Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (born 1874)
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Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
Year of death:
1940
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (born 1860)
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Simone Weil
Year of death:
1943
Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (born 1909)
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Tom Norman
Year of death:
1930
Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (born 1860)
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Year of death:
1923
Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (born 1856)
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Ferenc Kölcsey
Year of death:
1838
Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (born 1790)
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Theodore Hook
Year of death:
1841
Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (born 1788)
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Rudolf Clausius
Year of death:
1888
Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (born 1822)
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Albert F. Mummery
Year of death:
1895
Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (born 1855)
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HOLIDAYS ON AUGUST 24
Independence Day of Ukraine
Independence Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Public holidays in Liberia
Flag Day (Liberia)
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Patrick Grant (composer)
International Strange Music Day
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Waffle Day
National Waffle Day (United States)
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Nostalgia Night
Nostalgia Night (Uruguay)
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August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Audoin (bishop)
Christian feast day: Owen (Audoin)
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Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian feast day: Bartholomew the Apostle (Roman Catholic, Anglican)
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Aurea of Ostia
Christian feast day: Aurea of Ostia
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Abbán
Christian feast day: Abbán of Ireland
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