What are the important events that happened on August 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 24: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 24 is the 237th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 129 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 11, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,740,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatriacontaheptagon’ day.
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Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 158 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,264 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 24 Historical Events
- 49 BC –Julius Caesar’s general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.
- 1456 –The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
- 1608 –The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
- 1814 –British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
- 1831 –Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.
- 1891 –Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
- 1914 –World War I: German troops capture Namur.
- 1954 –Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
- 1989 –Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
- 1991 –Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
Who were born on August 24?
- 1907 –Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect
- 1934 –Kenny Baker, English actor
- 1940 –Francine Lalonde, Quebec politician
- 1944 –Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1947 –Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
- 1948 –Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force
- 1967 –Michael Thomas, English footballer
- 1973 –Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor
- 1983 –Christopher Parker, British actor
- 1988 –Dávid Verrasztó, Hungarian swimmer
Who died on August 24?
- 1103 –King Magnus III of Norway (b. 1073)
- 1572 –Victims of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre: Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (b. 1519)
- 1798 –Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)
- 1967 –Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (b. 1882)
- 1983 –Scott Nearing, American writer, educator and activist (b. 1883)
- 1987 –Malcolm Kirk, English wrestler (b. 1936)
- 1995 –Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photographer (b. 1898)
- 1997 –Werner Abrolat, German actor (b. 1924)
- 2001 –Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2007 –Andrée P. Boucher, Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)
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