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Day Of The Week: August 24
August 24, 2025 is the 236th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 129 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Virgo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 24
- 1200 –King John of England, signee of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angouleme in Bordeaux Cathedral.
- 1690 –Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city has no birthday).
- 1902 –A statue of Joan of Arc is unveiled in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
- 1931 –Resignation of the United Kingdom’s Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
- 1936 –The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
- 1937 –In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
- 1942 –World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk and US carrier USS Enterprise heavily damaged.
- 1944 –World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
- 1989 –Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
- 1991 –Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
Who were born on August 24?
- 1909 –Ronald Grieveson, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
- 1916 –Léo Ferré, French composer and singer (d. 1993)
- 1917 –Dennis James, American game show host (d. 1997)
- 1922 –Howard Zinn, American historian and activist (d. 2010)
- 1922 –René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
- 1923 –Arthur Jensen, American psychologist
- 1948 –Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force
- 1949 –Pia Degermark, Swedish actress
- 1956 –Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter
- 1986 –Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, Indian Tamil actor
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