Famous birthdays, deaths and events of August 24
Birthdays
- 1113 - Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
- 1198 - King Alexander II of Scotland, (d. 1249)
- 1358 - King John I of Castile, (d. 1390)
- 1393 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
- 1552 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
- 1580 - John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)
- 1591 - Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
- 1635 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
- 1669 - Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1747)
- 1707 - Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
- 1750 - Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
- 1758 - Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)
- 1759 - William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (d. 1833)
- 1772 - King William I of the Netherlands, (d. 1840)
- 1787 - James Weddell, English explorer of Antarctica (d. 1834)
- 1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
- 1837 - Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (d. 1924)
- 1845 - James C. Calhoun, American soldier
- 1851 - Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
- 1852 - Deacon White, American baseball player (d. 1919)
- 1863 - Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918)
- 1865 - King Ferdinand I of Romania, (d. 1927)
- 1872 - Max Beerbohm, British caricaturist (d. 1956)
- 1880 - Joshua Lionel Cowen, American entrepreneur (d. 1965)
- 1884 - Earl Derr Biggers, American author (d. 1933)
- 1887 - Harry Hooper, American baseball player (d. 1974)
- 1890 - Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian swimmer and surfer (d. 1968)
- 1890 - Jean Rhys, British writer (d. 1979)
- 1895 - Richard Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston (d. 1970)
- 1897 - Fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954)
- 1898 - Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic (d. 1989)
- 1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d. 1986)
- 1899 - Albert Claude, Belgian biologist
- 1899 - Gaylord DuBois, American comic book writer (d. 1993)
- 1901 - Preston Foster, American actor (d. 1970)
- 1902 - Fernand Braudel, French historian (d. 1985)
- 1902 - Carlo Gambino, Sicilian-born American mafioso (d. 1976)
- 1903 - Karl Hanke, Nazi official (d. 1945)
- 1904 - Alice White, American actress (d. 1983)
- 1905 - Arthur Crudup, American singer and guitarist (d. 1976)
- 1905 - Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
- 1909 - Ronald Grieveson, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
- 1911 - Lofty England, English automotive engineer and race team manager (d.1995)
- 1912 - Durward Kirby, American television personality (d. 2000)
- 1915 - James Tiptree, Jr.
- 1916 - Léo Ferré, French composer and singer (d. 1993)
- 1916 - Hal Smith, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1917 - Dennis James, American game show host (d. 1997)
- 1918 - Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (d. 2004)
- 1919 - Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Alex Colville, Canadian painter
- 1921 - Sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver
- 1922 - René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
- 1922 - Howard Zinn, American historian and activist
- 1923 - Arthur Jensen, American psychologist
- 1927 - David Ireland, Australian author
- 1927 - Harry Markowitz, American economist
- 1929 - Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader (d. 2004)
- 1932 - Robert D. Hales, LDS apostle
- 1934 - Kenny Baker, English actor
- 1936 - A. S. Byatt, English novelist
- 1936 - Kenny Guinn, American Governor
- 1937 - Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian politician (d. 1998)
- 1938 - Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician
- 1938 - David Freiberg, American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship)
- 1938 - Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
- 1940 - Francine Lalonde, Quebec politician
- 1942 - Max Cleland, American politician
- 1942 - Howard Jacobson, British novelist and newspaper columnist
- 1943 - John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1989)
- 1943 - Pini Zahavi, Israeli football agent
- 1944 - Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)
- 1944 - Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (d. 1986)
- 1944 - Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1945 - Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep)
- 1945 - Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter
- 1947 - Anne Archer, American actress
- 1947 - Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author
- 1947 - Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
- 1947 - Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
- 1948 - Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician
- 1948 - Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force
- 1949 - Joe Regalbuto, American actor
- 1949 - Charles Rocket, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1950 - Tim White, American anthropologist
- 1951 - Orson Scott Card, American writer
- 1951 - Oscar Hijuelos, American author
- 1952 - Bob Corker, American politician
- 1952 - Mike Shanahan, American football coach
- 1953 - Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist
- 1954 - Philippe Cataldo, French singer
- 1954 - Alain Daigle, French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 - Mike Huckabee, American politician
- 1956 - John Culberson, American politician
- 1956 - Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter
- 1957 - Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer and singer (Shalamar)
- 1957 - Stephen Fry, English comedian and actor
- 1958 - Steve Guttenberg, American actor
- 1958 - Tracy Harris, American artist
- 1958 - Chris Offutt, American author
- 1959 - Adrian Kuiper, South African cricketer
- 1960 - Kim Christofte, Danish footballer
- 1960 - Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
- 1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 1961 - Ingrid Berghmans, Belgian judoka
- 1961 - Jared Harris, English actor
- 1962 - Craig Kilborn, American talk show host
- 1962 - David Koechner, American actor
- 1963 - John Bush, American singer (Anthrax)
- 1963 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director
- 1964 - Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
- 1964 - Salizhan Sharipov, Russian cosmonaut
- 1965 - Marlee Matlin, American actress
- 1965 - Reggie Miller, American basketball player
- 1965 - Brian Rajadurai, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1967 - Michael Thomas, English footballer
- 1968 - Benoît Brunet, French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1968 - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura)
- 1968 - Tim Salmon, American baseball player
- 1970 - Dan Henderson, American Mixed martial artist
- 1970 - Tugay Kerimoğlu, Turkish footballer
- 1971 - Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
- 1972 - Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier
- 1973 - Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Dave Chappelle, American actor and Comedian
- 1973 - Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
- 1973 - Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor
- 1974 - Orla Fallon, Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman
- 1974 - Jennifer Lien, American actress
- 1975 - Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
- 1976 - Nordin Wooter, Dutch footballer
- 1977 - Denílson, Brazilian footballer
- 1977 - Robert Enke, German footballer
- 1977 - Per Gade, Danish footballer
- 1977 - John Green, American author/Nerdfighter
- 1977 - Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer
- 1978 - Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
- 1978 - Derek Morris, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer
- 1979 - Michael Redd, American basketball player
- 1979 - Orlando Engelaar, Dutch International Footballer
- 1980 - Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress
- 1981 - Jiro Wang Dong Cheng, Taiwanese singer
- 1981 - Chad Michael Murray, American actor
- 1981 - Mercedes Scelba,
- 1982 - Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer
- 1983 - Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player
- 1983 - Christopher Parker, British actor
- 1984 - Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
- 1985 - Destiny Davis, American model and Playboy Playmate
- 1986 - Nick Adenhart, American baseball player
- 1987 - Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player
- 1987 - Jon Scheyer, American basketball player
- 1988 - Rupert Grint, English actor
- 1995 - Runa Tsukishima, Japanese child model
- 2003 - Alexandre Coste, son of Albert II
Deaths
- 79 - Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)
- 1042 - Michael V, Byzantine Emperor) (b. 1015)
- 1103 - King Magnus III of Norway, (b. 1073)
- 1217 - Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (bc. 1170)
- 1540 - Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)
- 1542 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)
- 1572 - Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:,
- 1572 - Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (b. 1519)
- 1572 - Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (b. 1515)
- 1572 - Charles de Téligny, French Huguenot soldier (bc. 1535)
- 1595 - Thomas Digges, English astronomer (b. 1546)
- 1647 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
- 1664 - Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)
- 1679 - Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz
- 1680 - Thomas Blood, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels (b. 1618)
- 1683 - John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)
- 1759 - Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (b. 1715)
- 1779 - Saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714)
- 1798 - Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)
- 1831 - August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
- 1832 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
- 1841 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author (b. 1788)
- 1888 - Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (b. 1822)
- 1921 - Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)
- 1940 - Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German television pioneer (b. 1860)
- 1943 - Simone Weil, French philosopher and social activist (b. 1909)
- 1946 - James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1862)
- 1954 - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (b. 1882)
- 1956 - Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898)
- 1958 - Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (b. 1876)
- 1967 - Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (b. 1882)
- 1967 - Lam Bun, Hong Kong radio commentator (murdered) (b. 1930)
- 1974 - Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (b. 1894)
- 1977 - Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
- 1978 - Louis Prima, American band leader (b. 1910)
- 1979 - Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (b. 1912)
- 1979 - Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk and wonder-worker (b. 1898)
- 1980 - Yootha Joyce, British actress (b. 1927)
- 1982 - Félix-Antoine Savard, French Canadian catholic priest and novelist (b. 1896)
- 1985 - Paul Creston, American composer (b. 1906)
- 1987 - Malcolm Kirk, English wrestler (b. 1936)
- 1990 - Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b. 1941)
- 1990 - Gailli AbedElrhman, Sudanese writer (b. 1931)
- 1991 - Bernard Castro, Italian inventor (b. 1904)
- 1995 - Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photographer (b. 1898)
- 1998 - E.G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1999 - Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (b. 1929)
- 2001 - Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2002 - Nikolay Guryanov Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest, (b. 1909)
- 2003 - Sir Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer (b. 1910)
- 2004 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. 1926)
- 2005 - Kaleth Morales, Colombian Vallenato singer (b. 1984)
- 2006 - Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (b. 1916)
- 2006 - Cristian Nemescu, Romanian film director (b.1979)
- 2007 - Andrée P. Boucher, Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)
- 2007 - Aaron Russo, American film producer and director (b.1943)
- 2009 - Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine ski racer (born 1935)
Events
- 410 - The Visigoths under Alaric begin to pillage Rome for three days.
- 1200 - John of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral.
- 1215 - Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.
- 1349 - Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.
- 1391 - Jews massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
- 1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
- 1511 - Alfonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
- 1561 - Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
- 1572 - Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.
- 1608 - The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
- 1662 - Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
- 1682 - William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
- 1690 - Calcutta, India is founded.
- 1814 - British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
- 1816 - The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1820 - Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal; see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century.
- 1821 - The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
- 1831 - Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.
- 1857 - The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.
- 1858 - In Richmond, Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.
- 1870 - The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
- 1875 - Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim English Channel
- 1891 - Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
- 1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
- 1912 - Alaska becomes a United States territory.
- 1914 - World War I: German troops capture Namur.
- 1929 - Turkey and Persia sign a friendship treaty.
- 1929 - Riots in Palestine of 1929: 18 Jews in Safed, 67 in Hebron, and 22 in Jerusalem killed by Arab Palestinians.
- 1931 - France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.
- 1931 - Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
- 1932 - Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
- 1936 - The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
- 1937 - In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
- 1939 - The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (also known as Nazi-Soviet Pact) is signed between German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov.
- 1942 - World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk and US carrier Enterprise heavily damaged.
- 1944 - World War II: Allied troops start the attack on Paris.
- 1949 - The treaty creating NATO goes into effect.
- 1950 - Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the UN.
- 1954 - The Communist Control Act goes into effect. The American Communist Party is outlawed.
- 1954 - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
- 1960 - A temperature of −88°C (−127°F) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica — a world-record low.
- 1963 - The 200-metre freestyle is swum in less than 2 minutes for the first time by Don Schollander (1:58).
- 1967 - Led by Abbie Hoffman, a group of hippies temporarily disrupt trading at the NYSE by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing a cease in trading as the brokers scramble to grab them up.
- 1968 - France explodes its first hydrogen bomb, thus becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.
- 1981 - Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
- 1989 - Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
- 1989 - Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
- 1989 - Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
- 1990 - A judge rules that Judas Priest are not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.
- 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1991 - Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
- 1992 - Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea.
- 1992 - Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida as a Category 5 Hurricane.
- 1992 - Jacob Clough was born
- 1994 - Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
- 1998 - The Netherlands is selected as the site for the trial of the two Libyan suspects of the 1988 Pan Am bombing.
- 1998 - First RFID human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
- 2000 - Argon fluorohydride, the first Argon compound ever known, is discovered at the University of Helsinki by Finnish scientists.
- 2001 - Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from Toronto) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.
- 2004 - 89 passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions were caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian Republic of Chechnya.
- 2006 - The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is considered a Dwarf Planet.
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