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24 Aug 1925
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39th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats K McKane (36 60 62)
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| 75 years anniversary |
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24 Aug 1950
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birth
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Frank Murray: Australian field hockey national coach (1992, 96 Olympics - Silver Medalist)
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24 Aug 1950
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death
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Ernst Wiechert: Writer, dies at 63
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24 Aug 1950
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1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
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24 Aug 1950
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Edith Sampson named 1st black US delegate to UN
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24 Aug 1950
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event
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Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews
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24 Aug 1950
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event
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1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
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24 Aug 1950
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Operation Magic Carpet-45,000 Yemenite Jews move to Israel
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| 50 years anniversary |
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24 Aug 1975
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death
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Charles H Revson: US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69
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24 Aug 1975
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event
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Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then thrown out stealing
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24 Aug 1975
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event
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Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
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24 Aug 1975
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event
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Papadopoulos / Pattakos / Makarezos sentenced to death in Athens
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24 Aug 1975
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event
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Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup
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24 Aug 1975
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music
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Queen started recording 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at Rockfield studio's in Monmouth, Wales, (the song was recorded over three weeks). Freddie Mercury had mentally prepared the song beforehand and directed the band throughout the sessions. May, Mercury, and Taylor sang their vocal parts continually for ten to twelve hours a day, resulting in 180 separate overdubs.
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24 Aug 1975
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event
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SF Giant Ed Halick no-hits NY Giants, 6-0
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24 Aug 1975
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event
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Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup
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| 20 years anniversary |
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24 Aug 2005
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music
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Justin Timberlake accepted libel damages for a fabricated story that he had an affair behind girlfriend Cameron Diaz's back. A News of the World article in July 2004 alleged Mr Timberlake had sexual relations with model Lucy Clarkson. The singer's solicitor Simon Smith told London's High Court Ms Clarkson had admitted lying to the newspaper. Under the headline "Exclusive: Bad News for Cameron as model reveals lover's secret fling", Ms Clarkson went into detail about several dates they had before spending the night together in a hotel. Timberlake donated the "substantial" damages paid by the newspaper and Ms Clarkson to charity.
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| 15 years anniversary |
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24 Aug 2010
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music
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George Michael pleaded guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court in London to driving under the influence of drugs. The singer had been arrested in July when he was returning home from the London Gay Pride parade and crashed his car into the front of a Snappy Snaps store in Hampstead, North London.
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