History Events on August 24
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History Events on August 24
 
  
           Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
#Sovereign_Council_of_Asturias_and_León
 
            In 1937 
           
 
           
  
           The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
#Act_of_Uniformity_1662
 
            In 1662 
           
 
           
  
           Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane, causing up to $25 billion (1992 USD) in damages.
#Hurricane_Andrew
 
            In 1992 
           
 
           
  
           William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
#William_Penn
 
            In 1682 
           
 
           
  
           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.
#American_Revolutionary_War
 
            In 1781 
           
 
          The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
#Treaty_of_Córdoba
 
            In 1821 
           
 
           
  
           Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
#Mikhail_Nikolayevich_Muravyov
 
            In 1898 
           
 
           
  
           In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
#San_Fernando,_Tamaulipas
 
            In 2010 
           
 
           
  
           A Dutch fleet establishes a new colony in the ruins of Valdivia in southern Chile.
#Dutch_expedition_to_Valdivia
 
            In 1643 
           
 
           
  
           Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
#Cincinnati_Reds
 
            In 1989 
           
 
           
  
           Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at Yichun Lindu Airport in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, killing 44 out of the 96 people on board.
#Henan_Airlines_Flight_8387
 
            In 2010 
           
 
           
  
           The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane.
#Crescent_(train)
 
            In 1933 
           
 
           
  
           Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father.
#Gratian
 
            In 367 AD 
           
 
           
  
           The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
#Wolseley_expedition
 
            In 1870 
           
 
           
  
           The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq.
#Ottoman_Empire
 
            In 1516 
           
 
           
  
           Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
#Getúlio_Vargas
 
            In 1954 
           
 
           
  
           The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
#Panic_of_1857
 
            In 1857 
           
 
           
  
           An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence.
#August_2016_Central_Italy_earthquake
 
            In 2016 
           
 
           
  
           The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is written.
#Graffito_of_Esmet-Akhom
 
            In 394 
           
 
           
  
           Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
#Tadeusz_Mazowiecki
 
            In 1989 
           
 
           
  
           Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
#Amelia_Earhart
 
            In 1932 
           
 
           
  
           Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
#Peninsular_War
 
            In 1812 
           
 
           
  
           The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
#International_Astronomical_Union
 
            In 2006 
           
 
           
  
           British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze.
#Burning_of_Washington
 
            In 1814 
           
 
           
  
           Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
#Spanish_Civil_War
 
            In 1937 
           
 
           
            In 1998 
           
 
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