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August 24, 79 in History
Event:
Mount Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die

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Related Year:
79

Related Events:
August 24
 More Notable Events on August 24:
1969 Peru nationalizes U.S. oil interests
1949 NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, goes into effect
1912 Territory of Alaska organizes
1909 Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal
1891 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
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