At present is Saturday, Aug. 24, the 237th day of 2024. There are 129 days left within the 12 months.
At present in historical past:
On August 24, 1932, Amelia Earhart launched into a 19-hour flight from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, making her the primary lady to fly solo, continuous, from coast to coast.
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In 1814, throughout the Warfare of 1812, British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting hearth to the still-under-construction Capitol and the White Home, in addition to different public buildings.
In 1912, Congress handed a measure creating the Alaska Territory.
In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty got here into drive.
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Communist Management Act, outlawing the Communist Occasion in america.
In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to twenty years to life in jail for murdering John Lennon.
In 1989, Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti (juh-MAH’-tee) banned Pete Rose from the sport for betting on his personal group, the Cincinnati Reds.
In 1991, in response to a coup try by hardline Communist leaders trying to reassert management over the Soviet Union, Ukrainian parliamentarians voted to approve a Declaration of Independence for the state of Ukraine.
In 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida; the storm resulted in 65 deaths and triggered greater than $26 billion in harm throughout Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas.
In 2006, the Worldwide Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was not a full-fledged planet, demoting it to the standing of a “dwarf planet.”
In 2012, a Norwegian court docket discovered Anders Behring Breivik responsible of terrorism and premeditated homicide for twin assaults on July 22, 2011 that killed 77 individuals; he obtained a 21-year jail sentence that may be prolonged so long as he’s thought-about harmful to society.
In 2018, the household of Arizona Sen. John McCain introduced that he had discontinued medical remedy for an aggressive type of mind most cancers; McCain died the next day.
In 2019, police in Aurora, Colorado, responding to a report of a suspicious individual, used a chokehold to subdue Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man; he suffered cardiac arrest on the best way to the hospital and was later declared mind lifeless and brought off life help.
In 2020, Republicans formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second time period on the opening day of a scaled-down conference; throughout a go to to the conference metropolis of Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump instructed delegates that “ the one manner they’ll take this election away from us is that if it is a rigged election. ”
At present’s Birthdays:
- Composer-musician Mason Williams is 86.
- R&B singer Marshall Thompson (The Chi-Lites) is 82.
- WWE co-founder Vince McMahon is 79.
- Creator Paulo Coelho is 77.
- Actor Anne Archer is 77.
- Creator Alexander McCall Smith is 76.
- Composer Jean-Michel Jarre is 76.
- Creator Orson Scott Card is 73.
- Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson is 72.
- Actor Kevin Dunn is 69.
- Former Arkansas governor and political commentator Mike Huckabee is 69.
- Actor-writer Stephen Fry is 67.
- Actor Steve Guttenberg is 66.
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. is 64.
- Actor Jared Harris is 63.
- Speak present host Craig Kilborn is 62.
- Actor Marlee Matlin is 59.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Reggie Miller is 59.
- Movie director Ava DuVernay is 52.
- Actor-comedian Dave Chappelle is 51.
- Actor James D’Arcy is 50.
- Actor Carmine Giovinazzo (jee-oh-vihn-AH’-zoh) is 51.
- Actor Alex O’Loughlin is 48.
- Creator John Inexperienced is 47.
- Actor Chad Michael Murray is 43.
- Actor Rupert Grint is 36.
- Basketball participant Kelsey Plum is 30.