How long until August 24, 2021 ?
There are 215 days until August 24, 2021
Famous birthdays of August 24
- (2011) David Lucca: Family Member.
- (2005) Poet Goldberg: American child of noted family, actress...
- (2003) Alexandre Coste Grimaldi
- (2003) Aaron Lockhart: American child of noted parents, his...
- (2003) Alexandre Coste: French child of noted family, his father...
Holidays and feasts of August 24
- Liberia: Flag Day
- RC Saints - Feast day of Saint Bartholomew
- Roman festivals - first of the 3 days on which the mundus was opened
- Ukraine: National Holiday, independence from Russia (1991)
- Sierra Leone: President's Birthday
Facts of August 24
- (1938) Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game
- (2008) 2008 South Ossetia War:: A train carrying oil products hits a landmine and catches fire. A Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman blamed Russia for the blast. (CNN)The United States Navy's destroyer, the USS McFaul, arrives at the Black Sea port of Batumi to deliver aid for Georgia. (Bloomberg)United States warns that Russia is establishing permanent facilities in Georgia. (Xinhua)
- (2014) After more than 18 months of requests, Turkey comes under heavy international pressure to secure its borders to the influx of foreign fighters, oil, and weapons crossing into Syria to fight for ISIS. ISIS fighters have been moving towards the Turkey-Syria border using armored cars looted from Iraqi military bases. (The Guardian)
- (2016) One British woman is killed and two others are wounded in a stabbing attack on a North Queensland backpacker hostel, Australia. (News.com) (ABC News Australia)
- (1918) Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended September 2)
August 24 over the years: how did the world look like on August 24 in the past 120 years ?
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