August 24 in History

Historical Events on August 24

1781 American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.

1914 World War I: German troops capture Namur.

1931 France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.

1937 Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.

1942 World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of 7 officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USS Enterprise is heavily damaged.

1970 Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.

1989 Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.

1991 Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.

1994 Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.

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Famous Birthdays on August 24

1945 Vince McMahon

1947 Joe Manchin

1957 Stephen Fry

1988 Maya Yoshida

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Famous Deaths on August 24

1943 Simone Weil

1954 Getúlio Vargas

1983 Scott Nearing

2015 Justin Wilson (racing driver)

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