August 24
Today is the 237th day of 2016, there are 129 days left in the year.
79 - Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash. An estimated 20,000 people were killed.
1572 - The slaughter of nearly 70,000 French Protestants at the hands of Catholics began in Paris.
1814 - British forces invaded Washington, D.C. and set fire to the Capitol and the White House.
1821 - Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba.
1857 - The New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. failed, sparking the Panic of 1857.
1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop across the United States, traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey in just over 19 hours.
1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.
1954 - The Communist Control Act went into effect, virtually outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.
1968 - France became the world's fifth thermonuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.
1970 - A bomb planted by anti-war extremists exploded at the University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison, killing a researcher.
1981 - Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for the murder or rock musician John Lennon.
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the general-secretary of the Communist Party after a failed coup attempt against him.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida, causing record damage; 55 deaths in Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas were blamed on the storm.
2006 - The International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a planet, demoting it to the status of a "dwarf planet".
2007 - A judge in Inverness, Florida sentenced John Evander Couey to death for kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raping her, and burying her alive.
2007 - James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced to three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in Mississippi.
2011 - Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple Inc.
Birthdays
21 - Justine Skye (R&B singer)
28 - Rupert Grint (actor)
30 - Arian Foster (football player)
33 - Brett Gardner (baseball player)
35 - Chad Michael Murray (actor)
40 - Alex O'Loughlin (actor)
43 - Dave Chappelle (comedian)
51 - Reggie Miller (basketball player)
51 - Marlee Matlin (actress)
56 - Cal Ripken Jr. (baseball player)
59 - Stephen Fry (actor)
71 - Vince McMahon (WWE owner and chairman)
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Today in Sports History - August 24
1905 - The Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings.
1912 - New York City hold ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious US Olympic athletes.
1922 - Cy Williams of the Philadelphia Phillies hits for the cycle.
1963 - John Pennel is the first person to break the 17-foot barrier in the pole vault.
1972 - Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
1975 - Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers set a major league record when he stole his 38th consecutive base.
1984 - Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for lowest 9-hole score with a 28 in Denver.
1989 - Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti banned Pete Rose from the major leagues for gambling.
2002 - #10 Nebraska defeated Arizona State 48-10 to open the season.
2007 - The NFL suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick for his involvement in dogfighting.
2008 - The Olympic Games close in Beijing, China. The United States won the total medal count with 110, narrowly edging out China who earned 100. The Chinese did take the most golds however, with 51. The U.S. was second with 36.
Today is the 237th day of 2016, there are 129 days left in the year.
79 - Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash. An estimated 20,000 people were killed.
1572 - The slaughter of nearly 70,000 French Protestants at the hands of Catholics began in Paris.
1814 - British forces invaded Washington, D.C. and set fire to the Capitol and the White House.
1821 - Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba.
1857 - The New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. failed, sparking the Panic of 1857.
1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop across the United States, traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey in just over 19 hours.
1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.
1954 - The Communist Control Act went into effect, virtually outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.
1968 - France became the world's fifth thermonuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.
1970 - A bomb planted by anti-war extremists exploded at the University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison, killing a researcher.
1981 - Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for the murder or rock musician John Lennon.
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the general-secretary of the Communist Party after a failed coup attempt against him.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida, causing record damage; 55 deaths in Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas were blamed on the storm.
2006 - The International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a planet, demoting it to the status of a "dwarf planet".
2007 - A judge in Inverness, Florida sentenced John Evander Couey to death for kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raping her, and burying her alive.
2007 - James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced to three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in Mississippi.
2011 - Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple Inc.
Birthdays
21 - Justine Skye (R&B singer)
28 - Rupert Grint (actor)
30 - Arian Foster (football player)
33 - Brett Gardner (baseball player)
35 - Chad Michael Murray (actor)
40 - Alex O'Loughlin (actor)
43 - Dave Chappelle (comedian)
51 - Reggie Miller (basketball player)
51 - Marlee Matlin (actress)
56 - Cal Ripken Jr. (baseball player)
59 - Stephen Fry (actor)
71 - Vince McMahon (WWE owner and chairman)
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Today in Sports History - August 24
1905 - The Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings.
1912 - New York City hold ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious US Olympic athletes.
1922 - Cy Williams of the Philadelphia Phillies hits for the cycle.
1963 - John Pennel is the first person to break the 17-foot barrier in the pole vault.
1972 - Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
1975 - Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers set a major league record when he stole his 38th consecutive base.
1984 - Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for lowest 9-hole score with a 28 in Denver.
1989 - Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti banned Pete Rose from the major leagues for gambling.
2002 - #10 Nebraska defeated Arizona State 48-10 to open the season.
2007 - The NFL suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick for his involvement in dogfighting.
2008 - The Olympic Games close in Beijing, China. The United States won the total medal count with 110, narrowly edging out China who earned 100. The Chinese did take the most golds however, with 51. The U.S. was second with 36.
