August 24 in history
Events on August 24
Notable events that happened on August 24 in past years.
- 2023
Japan officially begins discharging treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean, sparking international concerns and condemnation.
Wikipedia article: Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant - 2014
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989.
Wikipedia article: 2014 South Napa earthquake - 2008
A Cessna 208 Caravan crashes in Cabañas, Zacapa, Guatemala, killing 11 people.
Wikipedia article: Cessna 208 Caravan - 1995
Microsoft releases Windows 95 to the public in North America.
Wikipedia article: Microsoft - 1989
Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
Wikipedia article: Tadeusz Mazowiecki - 1954
The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.
Wikipedia article: Communist Control Act of 1954 - 1942
World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USS Enterprise is heavily damaged.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1936
The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
Wikipedia article: Australian Antarctic Territory - 1914
World War I: German troops capture Namur.
Wikipedia article: World War I - 1857
The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
Wikipedia article: Panic of 1857 - 1814
British troops capture Washington, D.C. and set the Presidential Mansion, Capitol, Navy Yard and many other public buildings ablaze.
Wikipedia article: Burning of Washington - 1690
Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
Wikipedia article: Job Charnock - 1608
The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
Wikipedia article: Surat - 1215
Pope Innocent III issues a bull declaring Magna Carta invalid.
- 367
Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father.
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