24TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST BARTHOLOMEW; THE MARTYRS OF
UTICA; & ST AUDENOEUS OR OUEN." |
| 24TH |
79ad |
MOUNT VESUVIUS ERUPTS & BURIES THE CITIES OF POMPEII
& HERCULANEUM IN HOT VOLCANIC ASH. |
| 24TH |
1572 |
"KING CHARLES IX" ORDERS THE
MASSACRE OF THOUSANDS OF FRENCH PROTESTANTS. |
| 24TH |
1751 |
"THOMAS COLLEY" IS EXECUTED IN ENGLAND FOR DROWNING
A WITCH. |
| 24TH |
1814 |
BRITISH TROOPS CAPTURE WASHINGTON DC
& SET THE WHITE HOUSE ON FIRE. |
| 24TH |
1853 |
POTATO CHIPS ARE PREPARED BY CHEF "GEORGE CRUM" AT
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK. |
| 24TH |
1857 |
SS CHAMPION COLLIDES WITH SS LADY
BIRD OFF CAPE OTWAY, VICTORIA, & SINKS WITH THE LOSS OF 32 LIVES. |
| 24TH |
1869 |
WAFFLE IRON INVENTED. |
| 24TH |
1891 |
"THOMAS EDISON" PATENTS
MOTION PICTURE CAMERA. |
| 24TH |
1932 |
‘AMELIA EARHARDT’ IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY
NON-STOP ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. |
| 24TH |
1934 |
MILDURA, VICTORIA, PROCLAIMED A CITY. |
| 24TH |
1936 |
AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY IS CREATED. |
| 24TH |
1939 |
THE LAST HANGING IN N.S.W. |
| 24TH |
1949 |
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION (NATO) IS ESTABLISHED. |
| 24TH |
1960 |
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -88oc
IS RECORDED AT VOSTOK, ANTARCTICA. |
| 24TH |
1972 |
‘NEIL DIAMOND,’ RECORDED HIS CLASSIC DOUBLE ALBUM
"HOT AUGUST NIGHT" AT THE GREEK THEATRE IN LOS ANGELES. |
| 24TH |
1981 |
"MARK DAVID CHAPMAN" IS
SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS TO LIFE FOR THE MURDER OF "JOHN LENNON. |
| 24TH |
1981 |
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN AUSTRALIA IS RENAMED THE ANGLICAN
CHURCH. |
| 24TH |
1988 |
"CRAIG MINOGUE" &
"STANLEY TAYLOR" WERE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR THE BOMBING OF
MELBOURNE’S RUSSELL STREET HEADQUARTERS. |
| 24TH |
1989 |
ALL 1,645 PILOTS FROM AUSTRALIA’S DOMESTIC AIRLINES
RESIGN AS AIRLINES MOVE TO SACK THEM OVER A DISPUTE. |
| 24TH |
1991 |
‘MIKHAIL GORBACHEV’ RESIGNED
AS LEADER OF THE ‘SOVIET COMMUNIST PARTY’, AND SUGGESTED THE PARTY BE DISSOLVED. |
| 24TH |
1998 |
RUSSIA’S "PRESIDENT YELTSIN," REPLACES HIS
CABINET IN AN EFFORT TO PROP UP THE NATION’S FAILING ECONOMY. |
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