On This Day: 24 August

24 August in Indian history

• 1781American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.India

24 August in world history

• 2001Air Transat Flight 236 loses all engine power over the Atlantic Ocean, forcing the pilots to conduct an emergency landing in the Azores.
• 1992Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida.
• 1989Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
• 1970Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
• 1963Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ng
• 1942World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied victory.
• 1941The Holocaust: Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
• 1938Kweilin incident: A Japanese warplane shoots down the Kweilin, a Chinese civilian airliner, killing 14. It is the first recorded instance of a civilian airliner being shot down.
• 1937Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
• 1909Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• 1889The New Zealand Native football team, predominantly comprising Māori players, concluded their 107-game tour, the longest in rugby union history.
• 1857The New York City branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. collapsed following widespread embezzlement, leading to a severe recession that caused about 5,000 businesses to fail.
• 1821The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
• 1814British troops capture Washington, D.C. and set the Presidential Mansion, Capitol, Navy Yard and many other public buildings ablaze.
• 1662The 1662 Book of Common Prayer was legally enforced as the liturgy of the Church of England, precipitating the Great Ejection of Dissenter ministers from their benefices.
• 1643A Dutch expedition (depicted) arrived at the mouth of the Valdivia River, in present-day Chile, to establish a new colony in the ruins of the abandoned Spanish settlement of Valdivia.
• 49 BCCaesar's Civil War: Forces loyal to Julius Caesar led by Gaius Scribonius Curio were defeated by Pompeian Republicans under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia.

Born on 24 August

• 1987Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player
• 1947Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
• 1927Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (died 2014)India
• 1918Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2004)India
• 1908Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (died 1931)India
• 1899Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)

Died on 24 August

• 2017Jay Thomas, American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (born 1948)
• 1983Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (born 1883)
• 1967Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (born 1882)
• 1946James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (born 1862)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 24 August in history?

2001: Air Transat Flight 236 loses all engine power over the Atlantic Ocean, forcing the pilots to conduct an emergency landing in the Azores. 1992: Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida. 1989: Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government. 1970: Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.

What happened on 24 August in Indian history?

1781: American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.

Which famous people were born on 24 August?

Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player (1987); Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral (1947); Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (died 2014) (1927); Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2004) (1918).

Which day is observed on 24 August?

Flag Day (Liberia); Independence Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991.; International Strange Music Day; National Waffle Day (United States); Nostalgia Night (Uruguay).