On this day in History - Aug 24
49 BC - Julius Caesar's general Gaius Curio is defeated in the 2nd Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio is slain in battle.
0079 - Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.
0079 - Pliny the Elder dies. Polymath
0410 - The Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome for three days.
1113 - Geoffrey Plantagenet was born. Count of Anjou, father of Henry II of England
1103 - Magnus III Berføtt dies. King of Norway (1093-1103)
1198 - Alexander II of Scotland was born (d. 1249)
1215 - Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid.
1313 - Henry VI dies. Holy Roman Emperor(1312-1313)
1349 - 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz because they are blamed for the bubonic plague.
1356 - A cidade de Lisboa é atingida por um violento terramoto.
1358 - King John I of Castile was born (d. 1390)
1391 - Jews massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
1393 - Arthur III, the Justicier was born (d. 1458). Duke of Brittany
1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
0079 - Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.
0079 - Pliny the Elder dies. Polymath
0410 - The Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome for three days.
1113 - Geoffrey Plantagenet was born. Count of Anjou, father of Henry II of England
1103 - Magnus III Berføtt dies. King of Norway (1093-1103)
1198 - Alexander II of Scotland was born (d. 1249)
1215 - Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid.
1313 - Henry VI dies. Holy Roman Emperor(1312-1313)
1349 - 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz because they are blamed for the bubonic plague.
1356 - A cidade de Lisboa é atingida por um violento terramoto.
1358 - King John I of Castile was born (d. 1390)
1391 - Jews massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
1393 - Arthur III, the Justicier was born (d. 1458). Duke of Brittany
1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
1471 - Conquista de Arzila pelas forças portuguesas de D. Afonso V e do príncipe João
1511 - Alfonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers the Sultanate of Malacca.
1540 - Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola dies (b. 1503). Italian painter.
1542 - Gasparo Contarini dies (b. 1483). Italian diplomat and cardinal.
1572 - Gaspard de Coligny dies (b. 1519). French Huguenot leader.
1572 - Pierre de la Ramée dies (b. 1515). French humanist
1572 - Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.
1589 - Nasce a Duquesa de Mântua, vice-rainha de Portugal.
1591 - Robert Herrick was born (d. 1674). English poet
1635 - Peder Griffenfeld was born (d. 1699). Danish statesman.
1608 - The first official British representative to India lands in Surat.
1662 - Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
1511 - Alfonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers the Sultanate of Malacca.
1540 - Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola dies (b. 1503). Italian painter.
1542 - Gasparo Contarini dies (b. 1483). Italian diplomat and cardinal.
1572 - Gaspard de Coligny dies (b. 1519). French Huguenot leader.
1572 - Pierre de la Ramée dies (b. 1515). French humanist
1572 - Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.
1589 - Nasce a Duquesa de Mântua, vice-rainha de Portugal.
1591 - Robert Herrick was born (d. 1674). English poet
1635 - Peder Griffenfeld was born (d. 1699). Danish statesman.
1608 - The first official British representative to India lands in Surat.
1662 - Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
1666 - Morre D. Francisco Manuel de Melo (n. 1608). Escritor português ( Obras Métricas
(1665), Auto do Fidalgo Aprendiz, Carta de Guia de Casados , Obras Morales, Epanáforas de Vária História Portuguesa)
1669 - Alessandro Marcello was born (d. 1747). Italian composer.
1679 - Jean François Paul de Gondi dies (b. 1614). Cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator.
1680 - Thomas Blood dies. Thief of the British Crown Jewels
1682 - William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
1683 - John Owen dies (b. 1616). English non-conformist theologian.
1690 - Calcutta, India is founded.
1724 - George Stubbs was born. English painter.
1792 - Nasce Joaquim António de Aguiar, político português.
1759 - William Wilberforce was born (d. 1833). Campaigner against slavery
1772 - King William I of the Netherlands was born (1814-1840)
1779 - Kosmas Aitolos dies. Christian martyr of the Greek Orthodox Church
1787 - James Weddell was born (d. 1834). Antarctica explorer
1814 - British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy was born (d. 1875). Novelist, poet and dramatist.
1820 - Tem início no Porto a Revolução Liberal.
1821 - The Treaty of Córdoba was signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
1831 - Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.
1832 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot dies. Mathematician
1837 - Théodore Dubois was born (d. 1924). Composer and teacher
1841 - Theodore Edward Hook dies. English author.
1847 - Charlotte Brontë finishes Jane Eyre.
1852 - Deacon White, was born (d. 1919). Major league baseball player
1853 - Potato chips first prepared.
1857 - Beginning of the Panic of 1857, one of the most severe economic crises in US history.
1858 - In Richmond, Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.
1863 - Dragutin Lerman was born (d. 1918). Croat explorer of Africa.
1865 - King Ferdinand I of Romania was born (d. 1927)
1872 - Max Beerbohm was born (d. 1956). Theater critic
1880 - Joshua Lionel Cowen was born (d. 1965). Inventor of the toy electric train.
1884 - Earl Derr Biggers was born (d. 1933). Author.
1887 - Harry Hooper was born (d. 1974). Baseball Hall of Famer
1890 - Duke Kahanamoku was born (d. 1968). Swimmer, surfer.
1890 - Jean Rhys was born. (d. 1979). Dominican writer.
1891 - Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
1894 - Morre Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (n. 30 Abr 1845). Sociólogo e historiador português.
1898 - Malcolm Cowley was born (d. 1989). Literary critic, writer, editor.
1899 - Jorge Luis Borges was born (d. 1986). Argentine writer.
1901 - Preston Foster was born. Actor.
1902 - Fernand Braudel was born. French historian.
1903- Graham Sutherland was born. English painter.
1904 - Alice White was born (d. 1983). American film actress.
1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
1911 - Em Portugal, Manuel Arriaga é eleito primeiro Presidente da República, por um mandato de quatro anos. A França reconhece a República portuguesa, sendo o primeiro país europeu a fazê-lo.
1912 - Alaska becomes a United States territory.
1912 - Morre, em Monte da Caparica, Raimundo Bulhão Pato (n. 3 Mar 1829 em Bilbau). Escritor português.
1914 - German troops capture Namur.
1915 - James Tiptree, Jr. was born (d. 1987). Writer
1916 - Hal Smith was born (d. 1994). American actor and voice artist.
1922 - Howard Zinn was born. Leftist historian and activist.
1923 - Arthur Jensen was born. Educational psychologist.
1924 - Nascimento de Ahmadou Ahidjo. Presidente de Camarões (1960-1982)
1929 - Yasser Arafat was born (d. 2004). Palestinian leader.
1929 - Turkey and Persia sign a friendship treaty.
1931 - France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.
1931 - Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
1932 - Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
1934 - Kenny Baker was born. Actor.
1936 - A. S. Byatt was born. Novelist.
1936 - The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
1938 - David Freiberg was born. American musician, bassist with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Starship
1938 - Halldór Blöndal was born. Icelandic politician
1940 - Paul Gottlieb Nipkow dies. Television pioneer
1942 - World War II: The Battle of the East Solomon Islands. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho is sunk.
1943 - John Cipollina was born (d. 29 May 1989). American musician, guitarist with Quicksilver Messenger Service
1943 - Morte da escritora francesa Simone Weil
1944 - World War II: French and Allied troops start the attack on Paris.
1945 - Ken Hensley was born. Rock musician (Uriah Heep)
1945 - Vince McMahon was born. Professional wrestling entrepreneur
1946 - James Clark McReynolds dies (b. 1816). U.S. Supreme Court justice.
1947 - Paulo Coelho was born. Brazilian author
1948 - Jean-Michel Jarre was born. Musician
1949 - The treaty creating NATO goes into effect.
1950 - Edith Sampson is the first black U.S. delegate to the UN.
1950 - Morte de Arturo Alessandri Palma. Presidente do Chile (1920-1925 e 1932-1938)
1951 - Orson Scott Card was born. Novelist
1954 - The Communist Control Act goes into effect. The American Communist Party is outlawed. 1954 - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commit suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
1954 - Getúlio Vargas dies. President of Brazil
1956 - Kenji Mizoguchi dies (b. 1898). Japanese film director.
1956 - John Culberson was born. American politician
1957 - Stephen Fry was born. English comedian, author, and actor
1958 - Stirling Moss (Equipe Vanwall) vence o Grande Prémio do Port, em Fórmula 1
1958 - Steve Guttenberg was born. Actor
1958 - Tracy Harris was born. American Artist
1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr. was boprn. Baseball player
1960 - A temperature of −88°C (−127°F) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica — a world-record low.
1962 - Craig Kilborn was born. Ttalk show host
1963 - John Bush was born. Singer (Anthrax)
1963 - Hideo Kojima was born. Video game director
1963 - The 200 metre freestyle is swum in less than 2 minutes for the first time (Don Schollander in 1:58).
1964 - Salizhan Sharipov was born. Cosmonaut
1965 - Marlee Matlin was born. Academy Award winning actress
1965 - Reggie Miller was born. Basketball star
1967 - Henry J. Kaiser dies. Industrialist
1968 - Andreas Kisser was born. Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura)
1968 - France explodes its first hydrogen bomb, thus becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.
1969 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri assume (pela 2º vez) a presidência da Índia
1679 - Jean François Paul de Gondi dies (b. 1614). Cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator.
1680 - Thomas Blood dies. Thief of the British Crown Jewels
1682 - William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
1683 - John Owen dies (b. 1616). English non-conformist theologian.
1690 - Calcutta, India is founded.
1724 - George Stubbs was born. English painter.
1792 - Nasce Joaquim António de Aguiar, político português.
1759 - William Wilberforce was born (d. 1833). Campaigner against slavery
1772 - King William I of the Netherlands was born (1814-1840)
1779 - Kosmas Aitolos dies. Christian martyr of the Greek Orthodox Church
1787 - James Weddell was born (d. 1834). Antarctica explorer
1814 - British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy was born (d. 1875). Novelist, poet and dramatist.
1820 - Tem início no Porto a Revolução Liberal.
1821 - The Treaty of Córdoba was signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
1831 - Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.
1832 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot dies. Mathematician
1837 - Théodore Dubois was born (d. 1924). Composer and teacher
1841 - Theodore Edward Hook dies. English author.
1847 - Charlotte Brontë finishes Jane Eyre.
1852 - Deacon White, was born (d. 1919). Major league baseball player
1853 - Potato chips first prepared.
1857 - Beginning of the Panic of 1857, one of the most severe economic crises in US history.
1858 - In Richmond, Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.
1863 - Dragutin Lerman was born (d. 1918). Croat explorer of Africa.
1865 - King Ferdinand I of Romania was born (d. 1927)
1872 - Max Beerbohm was born (d. 1956). Theater critic
1880 - Joshua Lionel Cowen was born (d. 1965). Inventor of the toy electric train.
1884 - Earl Derr Biggers was born (d. 1933). Author.
1887 - Harry Hooper was born (d. 1974). Baseball Hall of Famer
1890 - Duke Kahanamoku was born (d. 1968). Swimmer, surfer.
1890 - Jean Rhys was born. (d. 1979). Dominican writer.
1891 - Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
1894 - Morre Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (n. 30 Abr 1845). Sociólogo e historiador português.
1898 - Malcolm Cowley was born (d. 1989). Literary critic, writer, editor.
1899 - Jorge Luis Borges was born (d. 1986). Argentine writer.
1901 - Preston Foster was born. Actor.
1902 - Fernand Braudel was born. French historian.
1903- Graham Sutherland was born. English painter.
1904 - Alice White was born (d. 1983). American film actress.
1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
1911 - Em Portugal, Manuel Arriaga é eleito primeiro Presidente da República, por um mandato de quatro anos. A França reconhece a República portuguesa, sendo o primeiro país europeu a fazê-lo.
1912 - Alaska becomes a United States territory.
1912 - Morre, em Monte da Caparica, Raimundo Bulhão Pato (n. 3 Mar 1829 em Bilbau). Escritor português.
1914 - German troops capture Namur.
1915 - James Tiptree, Jr. was born (d. 1987). Writer
1916 - Hal Smith was born (d. 1994). American actor and voice artist.
1922 - Howard Zinn was born. Leftist historian and activist.
1923 - Arthur Jensen was born. Educational psychologist.
1924 - Nascimento de Ahmadou Ahidjo. Presidente de Camarões (1960-1982)
1929 - Yasser Arafat was born (d. 2004). Palestinian leader.
1929 - Turkey and Persia sign a friendship treaty.
1931 - France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.
1931 - Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
1932 - Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
1934 - Kenny Baker was born. Actor.
1936 - A. S. Byatt was born. Novelist.
1936 - The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
1938 - David Freiberg was born. American musician, bassist with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Starship
1938 - Halldór Blöndal was born. Icelandic politician
1940 - Paul Gottlieb Nipkow dies. Television pioneer
1942 - World War II: The Battle of the East Solomon Islands. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho is sunk.
1943 - John Cipollina was born (d. 29 May 1989). American musician, guitarist with Quicksilver Messenger Service
1943 - Morte da escritora francesa Simone Weil
1944 - World War II: French and Allied troops start the attack on Paris.
1945 - Ken Hensley was born. Rock musician (Uriah Heep)
1945 - Vince McMahon was born. Professional wrestling entrepreneur
1946 - James Clark McReynolds dies (b. 1816). U.S. Supreme Court justice.
1947 - Paulo Coelho was born. Brazilian author
1948 - Jean-Michel Jarre was born. Musician
1949 - The treaty creating NATO goes into effect.
1950 - Edith Sampson is the first black U.S. delegate to the UN.
1950 - Morte de Arturo Alessandri Palma. Presidente do Chile (1920-1925 e 1932-1938)
1951 - Orson Scott Card was born. Novelist
1954 - The Communist Control Act goes into effect. The American Communist Party is outlawed. 1954 - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commit suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
1954 - Getúlio Vargas dies. President of Brazil
1956 - Kenji Mizoguchi dies (b. 1898). Japanese film director.
1956 - John Culberson was born. American politician
1957 - Stephen Fry was born. English comedian, author, and actor
1958 - Stirling Moss (Equipe Vanwall) vence o Grande Prémio do Port, em Fórmula 1
1958 - Steve Guttenberg was born. Actor
1958 - Tracy Harris was born. American Artist
1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr. was boprn. Baseball player
1960 - A temperature of −88°C (−127°F) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica — a world-record low.
1962 - Craig Kilborn was born. Ttalk show host
1963 - John Bush was born. Singer (Anthrax)
1963 - Hideo Kojima was born. Video game director
1963 - The 200 metre freestyle is swum in less than 2 minutes for the first time (Don Schollander in 1:58).
1964 - Salizhan Sharipov was born. Cosmonaut
1965 - Marlee Matlin was born. Academy Award winning actress
1965 - Reggie Miller was born. Basketball star
1967 - Henry J. Kaiser dies. Industrialist
1968 - Andreas Kisser was born. Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura)
1968 - France explodes its first hydrogen bomb, thus becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.
1969 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri assume (pela 2º vez) a presidência da Índia
1971 - É inaugurado o Aeroporto da Horta
1972 - O americano Bobby Fischer sagra-se Campeão mundial de xadrez ao vencer o russo Boris Spassky
1973 - Carmine Giovinazzo was born. Actor
1973 - David Chappelle was born. Actor, comedian
1973 - Inge de Bruijn was born. Dutch swimmer .
1974 - Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed assume a presidência da Índia
1974 - Jennifer Lien was born. Actress (Star Trek: Voyager)
1974 - Jürgen Macho was born. Austrian footballer
1975 - Eamon de Valera dies. Irish politician and patriot
1978 - Louis Prima dies. Band leader
1978 - Rafael Furcal was born. Major League Baseball All-Star
1979 - In Central Park, New York a concert is given by cars.
1979 - Hanna Reitsch dies (b. 1912). German pilot
1981 - Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
1981 - Chad Michael Murray weas born. Actor
1982 - Daniel Daneshrad was born. Associate Analyst
1983 - Christopher Parker weas born. Actor
1985 - Paul Creston dies. Composer
1988 - Rupert Grint was born. Actor.
1989 - Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
1989 - Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti
1989 - Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
1990 - A judge rules that Judas Priest are not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.
1990 - Sinéad O'Connor refuses to perform at the Garden State Arts Plaza in Holmdel, New Jersey if "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played before her show, as is customary.
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1991 - Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1991 - Bernard Castro dies. Inventor of the convertible couch
1992 - Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida
1992 - Brasil: Uma comissão parlamentar acusa o presidente brasileiro Collor de Mello de corrupção passiva e desprezo pela Constituição.
1994 - Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
1995 - Windows 95 becomes available.
1995 - Alfred Eisenstaedt dies. Photographer
1998 - E.G. Marshall dies. Actor.
1998 - The Netherlands is selected as the site for the trial of the two Libyan suspects of the 1988 PanAm bombing.
2001 - Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from New York) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.
2002 - Hoyt Wilhelm dies. Baseball player
2003 - Sir Wilfred Thesiger dies. British explorer
2003 - US Spacecraft Voyager 2 was 71 astronomical units distant from Earth and is escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.3 AU per year (ca. 15 km/s). It will be approximately 40,000 years before Voyager 2 approaches another planetary system.
2004 - Two airliners in Russia, carrying a total of 89 passengers, crash within minutes of each other after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow, leaving no survivors. Authorities suspect suicide attacks by rebels from the breakaway republic of Chechnya to be the cause of the crashes.
2004 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross dies (b. 1926). Swiss-born psychiatrist.
2004 - Víctor L. Urquidi dies (b. 1919). Mexican economist.
Feast day of Saint Bartholomew
Liberia: Flag Day
Sierra Leone: President's Birthday
Ukraine: National Holiday
1973 - Carmine Giovinazzo was born. Actor
1973 - David Chappelle was born. Actor, comedian
1973 - Inge de Bruijn was born. Dutch swimmer .
1974 - Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed assume a presidência da Índia
1974 - Jennifer Lien was born. Actress (Star Trek: Voyager)
1974 - Jürgen Macho was born. Austrian footballer
1975 - Eamon de Valera dies. Irish politician and patriot
1978 - Louis Prima dies. Band leader
1978 - Rafael Furcal was born. Major League Baseball All-Star
1979 - In Central Park, New York a concert is given by cars.
1979 - Hanna Reitsch dies (b. 1912). German pilot
1981 - Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
1981 - Chad Michael Murray weas born. Actor
1982 - Daniel Daneshrad was born. Associate Analyst
1983 - Christopher Parker weas born. Actor
1985 - Paul Creston dies. Composer
1988 - Rupert Grint was born. Actor.
1989 - Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
1989 - Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti
1989 - Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
1990 - A judge rules that Judas Priest are not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.
1990 - Sinéad O'Connor refuses to perform at the Garden State Arts Plaza in Holmdel, New Jersey if "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played before her show, as is customary.
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1991 - Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1991 - Bernard Castro dies. Inventor of the convertible couch
1992 - Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida
1992 - Brasil: Uma comissão parlamentar acusa o presidente brasileiro Collor de Mello de corrupção passiva e desprezo pela Constituição.
1994 - Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
1995 - Windows 95 becomes available.
1995 - Alfred Eisenstaedt dies. Photographer
1998 - E.G. Marshall dies. Actor.
1998 - The Netherlands is selected as the site for the trial of the two Libyan suspects of the 1988 PanAm bombing.
2001 - Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from New York) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.
2002 - Hoyt Wilhelm dies. Baseball player
2003 - Sir Wilfred Thesiger dies. British explorer
2003 - US Spacecraft Voyager 2 was 71 astronomical units distant from Earth and is escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.3 AU per year (ca. 15 km/s). It will be approximately 40,000 years before Voyager 2 approaches another planetary system.
2004 - Two airliners in Russia, carrying a total of 89 passengers, crash within minutes of each other after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow, leaving no survivors. Authorities suspect suicide attacks by rebels from the breakaway republic of Chechnya to be the cause of the crashes.
2004 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross dies (b. 1926). Swiss-born psychiatrist.
2004 - Víctor L. Urquidi dies (b. 1919). Mexican economist.
Feast day of Saint Bartholomew
Liberia: Flag Day
Sierra Leone: President's Birthday
Ukraine: National Holiday
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