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08-23-2010, 08:38 PM
jseal
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August 24th
1456
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The printing of the
Gutenberg Bible
was completed.
1880
~
Birthday of
Joshua Lionel Cowen
, inventor of the toy electric train.
1929
~
Birthday of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader.
1932
~
Amelia Earhart
became the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop.
1939
~
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (also known as Nazi-Soviet Pact) was signed.
1960
~
Birthday of Cal Ripken, Jr., baseball player.
1979
~
Death of
Hanna Reitsch
, German test pilot.
1993
~
Michael
Jackson was accused of child abuse
.
1992
~
Hurricane Andrew
hit South Florida.
2006
~
"Planet" was redefined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) such that
Pluto is no longer considered a planet
.
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