All Events

Historical Events on August 24

  • American Revolutionary War

    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.

  • World War I

    1914

    World War I: German troops capture Namur.

  • Soviet Union

    1931

    France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.

  • Spanish Civil War

    1937

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

  • World War II

    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.

  • Vietnam War

    1970

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

  • Colombia

    1989

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

  • Ukraine

    1991

    Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.

  • Israel

    1994

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

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Famous Deaths on August 24

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