August 24 On THIS Day in History

79 //// Mt. Vesuvius erupts, burries Pompeii, Herculanaun 15,000 die
1215 //// Pope Innocence III declares Magna Carta invalid
1349 //// 6,000 Jews blamed for plague are killed in Manz
1456 //// Printing of Gutenberg Bible is completed
1572 //// King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
1682 //// Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn
1787 //// Wolfgang A Motzart completes his viola Sonata in A, k526
1847 //// Charlotte Bronte finishes Jane Eyre
1905 //// Chicago Cubs beat Phillies in 20 innings 2-1
1909 //// Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal
1929 //// Palestinians attack Orthodox Jews in Jeruselum
1940 //// Luftwaffe bombs London
1960 //// -127 degrees F in Vostok, Antartica (record)
1976 //// Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
1981 //// Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for murdering John Lennon
1991 //// Gorbachev resigns as head of U.S.S.R.
1995 //// Windows 95 debuts
2000 //// Argon fluorohydride, the first Argon compound ever known, discovered at U. Of Helsinki by a Finnish scientist
2004 //// 84 passengers die after 2 airlines explode after flying out of Domodedove Airport near Moscow. caused by 2 suicide bombers from Chechnya
2011 /// Steve Jobs, head of Apple, resigns

On THIS Day in history

Sunday August 21 On THIS Day in History

1321 --- 100 Jews of Chicon, France burned at the stake
1680 --- Pueblo Indians take possession of Santa Fe from Spanish
1821 --- Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship Eliza Francis
1858 --- First Lincoln-Douglas debate
1879 --- The Virgin Mary along with Saint Joseph and St. John the evangelist appears to the people of Knock, Ireland
1897 --- Oldsmobile begins operation as General Motors Corp. Division
1915 --- Italy declares war on Turkey in WWI
1931 --- Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run
1942 --- WWII A Nazi flag is installed on Mt. Elbrus
1956 --- WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, Indiana begins broadcasting
1965 --- Gemini 5 launched in Earth orbit
1972 --- First hot air balloon flight over Alps
1986 --- Lake Nios volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746 people
1989 --- Voyager 2 begins a flyby of Planet Neptune
1996 --- Netscape Browser 3 released
2017 --- Next solar eclipse visible from North America

August 20th On THIS Historic Day

7 --/-- Venus-Jupiter in conjunction .... Star of Bethlehem
1000 --/-- Hungary is established by Stephen I as a Christian kingdom
1741 --/-- Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering
1781 --/-- George Washington beginS to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis
1852 --/-- Steamer "Atlantic" collides with fishing boat and sinks with 250 on board.
1866 --/-- President Andrew Johnson declares end to Civil War
1882 --/-- Tchaikowsky's 1812 Overture opens in Moscow
1900 --/-- Japan's primary school law is amended to provide 4 years of mandatory schooling
1914 --/-- German General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians
1920 --/-- Preliminary meeting in Akron, to form American Professional Football League
1947 --/-- Boston Braves hit 1,000,000 attendance for the first time
1961 -//-- East Germany begins erecting five foot high wall along its western border
1964 --/-- LBJ signs anti-poverty measure totaling 1 billion dollars
1972 --/-- USSR performs underground nuclear test
1989 --/-- Janet Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle in 8:16:22
1994 --/-- 109.8F in Cordoba, Spain
1998 --/-- U.S. Embassy bombings. U.S. Military launches cruise missile bombings against al-Quida in Afghanistan
2002 --/-- Group of Iraqis opposed to Sadam Hussein take over Iraqi Embassy in Berlin for five hours before releasing hostages and surrendering.

On THIS Historic Day

August 19th On This Historic Day

1458 -/-/ Aenea Silvio Piccolomeni chosen as pope
1692 -/-/ 5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem, Mass
1768 -/-/ Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia
1888 -/-/ 1st beauty contest in Spa, Belgium
1914 -/-/ German fleet bombs English coast
1957 -/-/ NY Giants vote 8-1 to move franchise to SF.
2010 -/-/ Operation Iraqi Freedom ends.


All happened On This Historic Day!