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24 Aug 0079
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Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die
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24 Aug 0410
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Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire
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24 Aug 1215
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Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid
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24 Aug 1217
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Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France
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24 Aug 1349
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6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz
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24 Aug 1349
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Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism
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24 Aug 1391
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Jews of Palma Majorca massacred
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24 Aug 1511
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Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka
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24 Aug 1516
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Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria
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24 Aug 1542
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Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain
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24 Aug 1561
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Willem of Orange marries Duchess Anna of Saxon
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24 Aug 1572
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King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
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24 Aug 1608
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1st English convoy lands at Surat India
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24 Aug 1658
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Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish
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24 Aug 1662
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Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer
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24 Aug 1682
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Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn
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24 Aug 1682
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DE awarded to William Penn
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24 Aug 1690
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Job Charnock founds Calcutta India
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24 Aug 1704
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Sea battle at Malaga
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24 Aug 1751
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Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch
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24 Aug 1787
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Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526
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24 Aug 1814
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British forces captured Washington, DC, and burned down many landmarks
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24 Aug 1814
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British sack Washington, DC, White House burned
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24 Aug 1828
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Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
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24 Aug 1831
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John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle
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24 Aug 1833
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HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina
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24 Aug 1847
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Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"
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24 Aug 1853
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1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)
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24 Aug 1854
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National emigration convention meets in Cleveland
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24 Aug 1858
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Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning
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24 Aug 1869
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Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron
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24 Aug 1869
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Waffle iron invented
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24 Aug 1876
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Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed
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24 Aug 1891
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Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
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24 Aug 1893
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Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die
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24 Aug 1904
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24th US Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97)
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24 Aug 1904
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Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian
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24 Aug 1905
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Chicago Cubs beat the Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings
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24 Aug 1906
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Cincinatti Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game
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24 Aug 1908
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Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
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24 Aug 1909
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Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal
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24 Aug 1912
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New York City ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious US olympians
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24 Aug 1912
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Territory of Alaska organized
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24 Aug 1912
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US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt
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24 Aug 1914
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Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian / British troops
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24 Aug 1914
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German troops occupy Namur Belgium
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24 Aug 1914
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Jerome Kern and Michael E Rourles musical premieres in New York City
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24 Aug 1918
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Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended September 2)
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24 Aug 1918
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Secretary Baker grants extended exemption to World Series players
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24 Aug 1919
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Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning
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24 Aug 1921
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Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece
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24 Aug 1921
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British airship R-38 crashes in Humber, 44 die
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24 Aug 1922
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1st Phillie to hit for the cycle (Cy Williams)
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24 Aug 1923
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2)
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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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24 Aug 1929
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43rd US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62)
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24 Aug 1929
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Palestinians attack orthodox Jews in Jerusalem
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24 Aug 1929
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Turkey and Persia signs friendship treaty
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24 Aug 1931
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France and the USSR sign neutrality / no attack treaty
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24 Aug 1932
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1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart
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24 Aug 1936
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FDR gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists and communists
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24 Aug 1936
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Australian Antarctic Territory created
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24 Aug 1937
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Republican offensive near Belchite Spain
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24 Aug 1938
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England beat Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval
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24 Aug 1938
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Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game
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24 Aug 1939
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Germany and the USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact
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24 Aug 1940
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Luftwaffe bombs London
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24 Aug 1940
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Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits and 1 run
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24 Aug 1942
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Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands
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24 Aug 1943
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Philadelphia Athletics drop AL record tying 20th game in a row, win the 2nd game
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24 Aug 1944
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Gen LeClercs troops open assault on Paris
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24 Aug 1945
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Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from Navy and strike out 12
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24 Aug 1949
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goes into effect
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24 Aug 1949
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
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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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Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews
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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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Operation Magic Carpet-45,000 Yemenite Jews move to Israel
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24 Aug 1954
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Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party
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24 Aug 1954
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Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism
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24 Aug 1954
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International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China
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24 Aug 1956
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1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Washington DC
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24 Aug 1958
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Fay Crocker wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
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24 Aug 1958
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Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR)
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24 Aug 1959
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England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India
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24 Aug 1959
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Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
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24 Aug 1960
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24 Aug 1960
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60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
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24 Aug 1961
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Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...)
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24 Aug 1962
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Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds
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24 Aug 1963
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1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58)
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24 Aug 1963
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John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17'
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24 Aug 1966
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USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
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24 Aug 1967
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Liberian flag designed
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24 Aug 1968
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France became world's 5th thermonuclear power
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24 Aug 1969
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Tournament of Champs Golf Tournament
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24 Aug 1969
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Peru nationalizes US oil interests
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24 Aug 1970
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Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
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24 Aug 1971
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India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms
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24 Aug 1972
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Dennis Amiss scores 1st one-day int century, 103 vs. Australia
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24 Aug 1972
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8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1
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24 Aug 1972
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Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame
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24 Aug 1973
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John Adams and his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium
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24 Aug 1974
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
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24 Aug 1975
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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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Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
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24 Aug 1975
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Papadopoulos / Pattakos / Makarezos sentenced to death in Athens
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24 Aug 1975
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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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Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup
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24 Aug 1976
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Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
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24 Aug 1979
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Cars play concert in New York Central Park
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24 Aug 1979
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NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new
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24 Aug 1979
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UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps
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24 Aug 1980
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Beth Daniel wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic
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24 Aug 1980
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Jozef Pinkovski replaces Poland Premier Babiuch
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24 Aug 1981
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American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel
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24 Aug 1981
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Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder
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24 Aug 1983
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Cin Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745
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24 Aug 1984
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Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver
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24 Aug 1985
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STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather
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24 Aug 1986
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Juli Inkster wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic
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24 Aug 1987
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Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes
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24 Aug 1989
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British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain
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24 Aug 1989
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Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
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24 Aug 1989
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Voyager 2 flies past Neptune
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24 Aug 1990
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3,500 peacekeepers arrive in Liberia
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24 Aug 1990
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Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City
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24 Aug 1991
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Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
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24 Aug 1991
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Gorbachev resigns as head of the USSR Communist Party
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24 Aug 1991
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Silky Stallone, wins the Cane Pace at Yonkers Raceway
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24 Aug 1991
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Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0
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24 Aug 1991
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Ukraine declares independence from the USSR
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24 Aug 1992
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1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
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24 Aug 1992
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Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings
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24 Aug 1992
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Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die
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24 Aug 1992
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Screw magazine superimposed a gunsight over a picture of Larry Flint
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24 Aug 1993
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Mars Observer comes closest to Mars
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24 Aug 1993
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Padres scores 14 in 1st vs. Cardinals
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24 Aug 1994
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Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism
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24 Aug 1994
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Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66)
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24 Aug 1995
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Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island
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24 Aug 1995
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Windows 95 debuts
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24 Aug 1997
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97th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Joel Kribel
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24 Aug 1997
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Colleen Wakjer wins Star Bank LPGA Classic
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24 Aug 1997
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Greg Norman wins World Series of Golf shooting 273
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24 Aug 1997
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Mark Calcavecchia wins Greater Vancouver Golf Open shooting 265
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