It happened on this day, August 24th.
Events:
1516 – The “Battle of Marj Dabiq” takes place between the Mamluks and the Ottomans.
1572 – The “Saint Bartholomew's Massacre” took place, in which approximately 4,000 French Protestants were killed. This massacre was orchestrated by the King of Spain, Philip II, the Pope, and some Catholics. Catholics considered this massacre a Catholic victory.
1821 – Mexican Declaration of Independence.
1912 – Alaska joins the United States and becomes a U.S. territory.
1922 – Palestinians reject the British Mandate over Palestine at the “Nablus Conference”.
1954 – The US Congress passes the Anti-Communist Act, fearing the communist threat.
✴️ Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas resigns from his post and subsequently commits suicide due to the growing political crisis in the country.
1982 – Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh founds the General People's Congress Party.
1989 – Musician Yanni releases his fifth album entitled “Niki Nana”, which contains eight tracks.
1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as leader of the Soviet Communist Party.
✴️ Ukraine declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1994 – Terrorist attacks shake Morocco, at the Atlas Asni hotel in Marrakech.
1995 – Windows 95 is released.
2006 – The International Astronomical Union announces that Pluto has left the solar system and been demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet.
2011 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigns from his position.
2016 – Discovery of an exoplanet called Proxima Centauri b in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, which is the closest star to the Sun.
✴️ A devastating earthquake hits central Italy near the town of Norcia, killing at least 260 people and injuring 380.
2018 – Scott Morrison becomes the new Prime Minister of Australia, succeeding Malcolm Turnbull.
2020 – Two bombings in the city of Jolo, Philippines, killing 15 people and injuring about 75, with the Abu Sayyaf group suspected of being behind the attack.
2021 – Tunisian President Kais Saied issues a presidential decree extending the “exceptional measures” he took a month ago “until further notice.”
✴️ Algeria announces the severance of its relations with Morocco, and the latter describes this move as unjustified.
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Births:
1759 – William Wilberforce, British politician.
1787 – James Waddell, English explorer.
1865 – King Ferdinand I, King of Romania.
1880 – Miles Lampson, British diplomat.
1881 – Muhammad Salim al-Jundi, Syrian linguist, professor and poet.
1899 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer.
** Albert Claude, Belgian biologist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1974.
1922 – Howard Zinn, American historian.
1924 – Ahmadu Ahigo, President of Cameroon.
1927 – Anjali Devi, Indian actress.
** Harry Markowitz, American economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990.
1931 – Abdulaziz Al-Namash, Kuwaiti actor famous for his role as a woman.
1939 – Raouf Abbas Hamed, Egyptian historian.
1947 – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian writer.
1957 – Stephen Fry, English actor, director and screenwriter.
1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor.
1962 – David Koechner, American actor.
1963 – Hideo Kojima, Japanese game designer, director and producer.
1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress.
1967 – Jan Eriksson, Swedish footballer.
1970 – Tugay Kerimoglu, Turkish footballer.
1973 – Gray DeLisle, American singer.
1976 – Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor.
1977 – Denilson de Oliveira Araujo, Brazilian footballer.
** Robert Enke, German football goalkeeper.
** Jürgen Machu, Austrian footballer.
** John Green, American author.
1979 – Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer.
1982 – Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer.
1983 – Maher Abu Rmeileh, Palestinian judoka
1984 – Kim Jong Won (Yi Sung), member of the boy band Super Junior.
1986 – Fabiano Santacroce, Italian footballer.
1988 – Rupert Grint, English actor.
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Death:
1832 – Sadi Carnot, French physicist and military engineer.
1888 – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist.
1889 – Ibrahim Al-Gharawi, Jaafari jurist and Iraqi poet.
1954 – Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil.
2003 – Amina Rizk, Egyptian actress. Wilfred Thesiger, British traveler.
2007 – Abdul Rahman Arif, former President of Iraq.
2010 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime director, writer and mangaka.
2017 – Hussein Jassim, Kuwaiti singer.
2020 – Soraya Gibran, Moroccan actress.
2021 – Hissène Habré, President of the Republic of Chad (1982 – 1990).
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Public holidays and occasions:
⬅️ National holiday in Ukraine.
