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August 24, 2006 Pluto is demoted to a 'dwarf planet' August 24, 1997 97th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Joel Kribel August 24, 1997 Colleen Wakjer wins Star Bank LPGA Classic August 24, 1997 Greg Norman wins World Series of Golf shooting 273 August 24, 1997 Mark Calcavecchia wins Greater Vancouver Golf Open shooting 265 August 24, 1997 Saint Luke's Senior Golf Classic August 24, 1995 Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island August 24, 1995 Windows 95 debuts August 24, 1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66) August 24, 1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00) August 24, 1994 Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism August 24, 1993 Mars Observer comes closest to Mars August 24, 1993 Padres scores 14 in 1st vs. Cardinals August 24, 1992 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field) August 24, 1992 Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings August 24, 1992 Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die August 24, 1992 Screw magazine superimposed a gunsight over a picture of Larry Flint August 24, 1991 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation August 24, 1991 Gorbachev resigns as head of U.S.S.R. Communist Party August 24, 1991 Silky Stallone, wins the Cane Pace at Yonkers Raceway August 24, 1991 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0 August 24, 1991 Ukraine declares independence from U.S.S.R. August 24, 1990 3,500 peacekeepers arrive in Liberia August 24, 1990 Iraqi troops surround U.S. and other embassies in Kuwait City August 24, 1989 British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain August 24, 1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling August 24, 1989 Voyager 2 flies past Neptune August 24, 1987 Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes August 24, 1986 Juli Inkster wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic August 24, 1985 STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather August 24, 1984 Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver August 24, 1983 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745 August 24, 1982 KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record August 24, 1981 American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel August 24, 1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon's murder August 24, 1980 Beth Daniel wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic August 24, 1980 Jozef Pinkovski replaces Poland premier Babiuch August 24, 1979 Cars play concert in New York Central Park August 24, 1979 NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new August 24, 1979 U.N.'s Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps August 24, 1978 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test August 24, 1976 Soyuz 21 returns to Earth August 24, 1975 Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then thrown out stealing August 24, 1975 Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open August 24, 1975 Papadopoulos/Pattakos/Makarezos sentenced to death in Athens August 24, 1975 San Francisco Giant Ed Halick no-hits New York Giants, 6-0 August 24, 1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup August 24, 1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open August 24, 1973 Garry Sobers scores 26th and last Test Cricket ton 150 vs. Eng Lord's August 24, 1973 John Adams and his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium August 24, 1972 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1 August 24, 1972 Dennis Amiss scores 1st one-day int century, 103 vs. Australia August 24, 1972 Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame August 24, 1971 India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms August 24, 1970 Bomb kills 1 at University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison August 24, 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Tournament of Champs Golf Tournament August 24, 1969 Peru nationalizes U.S. oil interests August 24, 1968 France became world's 5th thermonuclear power, explodes on Mururoa August 24, 1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon August 24, 1964 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 6-4 August 24, 1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58) August 24, 1963 John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17' August 24, 1962 Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds August 24, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 24, 1961 Windward Islands' Airways International (Winair) forms August 24, 1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) August 24, 1960 -127 degrees F (-88 degrees C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record) August 24, 1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil August 24, 1959 England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India August 24, 1959 Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii) August 24, 1958 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open August 24, 1958 Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR) August 24, 1957 British soccer player Jimmy Greaves' (17) 1st game for Chelsea August 24, 1956 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Washington D.C. August 24, 1954 Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party August 24, 1954 International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China August 24, 1954 William Heatherton's "Reluctant Debutante," premieres in London August 24, 1951 Bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on August 24, 1950 1st U.S. Negro delegate to United Nations appointed-ES Sampson August 24, 1950 Edith Sampson named 1st black U.S. delegate to U.N. August 24, 1950 Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews August 24, 1949 NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, goes into effect August 24, 1945 Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from Navy and strike out 12 August 24, 1944 Gen LeClercs troops open assault on Paris August 24, 1943 Philadelphia A's drop AL record tying 20th game in a row, win the 2nd game August 24, 1942 Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands August 24, 1942 Transport nr 23 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 24, 1940 Luftwaffe bombs London August 24, 1940 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 August 24, 1939 Germany and U.S.S.R. sign 10-year non-aggression pact August 24, 1938 England beat Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval August 24, 1938 Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game August 24, 1937 Republican offensive near Belchite Spain August 24, 1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created August 24, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists and communists August 24, 1932 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart August 24, 1931 France and U.S.S.R. sign neutrality/no attack treaty August 24, 1929 43rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62) August 24, 1929 Palestinians attack orthodox Jews in Jerusalem August 24, 1929 Turkey and Persia signs friendship treaty August 24, 1925 39th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats K McKane (36 60 62) August 24, 1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2) August 24, 1922 1st Phillie to hit for cycle (Cy Williams) August 24, 1921 Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece August 24, 1921 British airship R-38 crashes in Humber, 44 die August 24, 1919 Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning August 24, 1918 Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) August 24, 1918 Sect Baker grants extended exemption to World Series players August 24, 1914 Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops August 24, 1914 German troops occupy Namur Belgium August 24, 1914 Jerome Kern and Michael E Rourles musical premieres in New York City August 24, 1912 New York City ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious U.S. olympians August 24, 1912 Territory of Alaska organizes August 24, 1912 U.S. passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition government August 24, 1911 Manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal August 24, 1909 Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal August 24, 1908 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title August 24, 1908 New York Giants scores shown on electric diamonds known as "Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at MSG August 24, 1906 Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game August 24, 1905 Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings August 24, 1904 24th U.S. Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97) August 24, 1904 Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian August 24, 1893 Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die August 24, 1891 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera August 24, 1876 Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed August 24, 1869 Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron August 24, 1858 Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning August 24, 1854 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland August 24, 1853 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs New York) August 24, 1847 Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" August 24, 1833 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina August 24, 1831 John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle August 24, 1828 Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea August 24, 1826 Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens August 24, 1814 British forces captured Washington, D.C., and burned down many landmarks August 24, 1787 Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526 August 24, 1751 Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch August 24, 1704 Sea battle at Malaga August 24, 1690 Job Charnock founds Calcutta India August 24, 1682 Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn August 24, 1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer August 24, 1658 Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish August 24, 1654 Louis II Conde disbands ends of Atrecht August 24, 1608 1st English convoy lands at Surat India August 24, 1572 King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants August 24, 1561 Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon August 24, 1542 Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain August 24, 1516 Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria August 24, 1511 Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka August 24, 1391 Jews of Palma Majorca massacred August 24, 1349 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz August 24, 1349 Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism August 24, 1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France August 24, 1215 Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid August 24, 410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire August 24, 79 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die |