A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on August 24 throughout history.
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Events
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Births
79 Believed until 2018 to be the date of the massive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, killing untold thousands, latest evidence suggests the eruption occurred after 17 October [1] [2]
Rome is overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for the first time in nearly 800 years, seen as the fall of the Western Roman Empire
Battle of Marj Dabiq: Ottoman forces decisively defeat the Mamluk Sultanate near Aleppo, ending Egyptian control in the Middle East
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris with the murder by defenestration of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and later spreads to the French provinces
The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism.
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812.
France becomes the world's fifth thermonuclear power with a detonation at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific
24th Venice Film Festival: "Hands Over the City," directed by Francesco Rosi, wins the Golden Lion
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his violin and piano sonata in A, K526
Summer Olympics in Beijing become the most-watched event on TV ever, with nearly 5 billion viewers, 70% of the world's population
King John of England (32) marries Isabella of Angoulême (12) in Bordeaux, despite her engagement to Hugh de Lusignan, Count of La Marche, prompting a rebellion
William I of Orange (28) weds for a second time to Anna, Duchess of Saxony (16); divorce in 1571
American businessman James Cash Penney (24) weds Bertha Alva Hess (29ish), until her death in 1910
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (59) divorces her sixth husband, toy inventor Jack Ryan (49) after 1 year of marriage
American actor Eddie Cibrian (36) divorces TV personality Brandi Glanville (35) due to irreconcilable differences
49 BC Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture
K'an Ak (Precious Peccary) ascends to the throne of the Maya city of Tikal as its twelfth ruler, succeeding his father Sihyaj Chan K'awiil (Stormy Sky) [1]
The Battle of Sandwich, also called the Battle of Dover took place on 24 August 1217 as part of the First Barons' War.
Albert I of Habsburg (German: Albrecht I.) (July 1255 – 1 May 1308) was a Duke of Austria and Styria from 1282 and King of Germany from 1298 until his assassination.
On 31 March 1492, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, issued the Alhambra Decree, ordering all unconverted Jews to leave their kingdoms and...
The Gutenberg Bible, also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42, was the earliest major book printed in Europe using mass-produced metal movable type.
Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain
First English East India convoy to the Mughal court, headed by William Hawkins, lands in Surat, India
The Great Colonial Hurricane affects the Virginia Colony at Jamestown
Job Charnock sets up the East India Company headquarters camp by Kalikata village (modern Kolkata)
Battle of Málaga: largest naval battle in the War of the Spanish Succession; tactically indecisive but a strategic victory for the Grand Alliance
Thomas Colley is executed in England for drowning a supposed witch
French Revolution: The National Assembly proclaims freedom of speech
The Treaty of St. Louis is signed by the USA and the united tribes of Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi in St. Louis, Missouri
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe.
Netherlands' South Willems Port (Bosch-Liege) opens
Dutch army captures Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
HMS Beagle reaches Bahía Blanca, Argentina
First potato chips are prepared by chef George Crum at Moon's Lake House near Saratoga Springs, New York (popular legend says he invents them, though earlier recipes exist)
National Emigration Convention meets in Cleveland
The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history
Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 Black individuals arrested for learning
Liberia adopts a national flag designed and hand-stitched by a committee of seven women chaired by Susannah Elizabeth Lewis; all of the women are born in the US
American inventor Cornelius Swarthout patents a stovetop waffle iron
The Red River Rebellion (French: Rébellion de la rivière Rouge), also known as the Red River Resistance, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion, was the sequence of events that led up to the...
Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam; kills two people
John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 – August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, lawyer and controversial folk icon. Hardin often got into trouble with the law from an early age.
Tornado destroys the coast of Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina; about 1,000 people die
Battle of Liao-Yang: 200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russians; Japanese achieve a tactical victory
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers 1-0 in a 7-inning game
Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal
Manuel d'Arriaga elected first president of Portugal
The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959.
Battle of Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian and British troops
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
Frank King's daily comic strip "Gasoline Alley" is distributed nationwide by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, appearing in The New York Daily News among other newspapers
The Kingdom of Greece was the Greek monarchy established in 1832 and was the successor to the First Hellenic Republic.
Battle of Sakarya begins between Turkey and Greece and lasts for 21 days as Turkish forces eventually hold the final defensive line before Ankara
Palestinians attack Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem
The first Yser Tower ("Ijzertoren) is unveiled in Diksmuide, Belgium, as a memorial to the Flemish soldiers who lost their lives in the front line
France and the USSR sign a neutrality and non-aggression treaty
Australian Antarctic Territory is created
Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement during the Spanish Civil War
England beats Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and also known as the Hitler–Stalin Pact, the Berlin–Moscow Pact and...
At the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, which was during World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world, and Japan's naval air service was...
Philadelphia A's drop AL record-tying 20th game in a row, then win the second game
The history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) begins in the immediate aftermath of World War II.
Edith Spurlock Sampson (October 13, 1901 – October 8, 1979) was an American lawyer, diplomat and civil rights advocate known for being the first African American to officially represent the United...
International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes People's Republic of China
First non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrives in Washington, D.C.
At 17, future England soccer striker Jimmy Greaves scores on his First Division debut for Chelsea against Tottenham Hotspur in a 1–1 draw at White Hart Lane
Sergei Popov wins the Stockholm Marathon with a time of 2:15:17.0, setting a world record
England completes a 5-0 series sweep of India
-127°F (-88°C) recorded in Vostok, Antarctica; world record low temperature at the time, surpassed in 1983
The first modern humans are believed to have inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago.
Missions to the Moon have been numerous and represent some of the earliest endeavours in space missions, with continuous exploration of the Moon beginning in 1959. The first partially successful...
Peru nationalizes US oil interests
Bomb kills one at University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket.
One Day International (ODI) cricket is played between international cricket teams affiliated to the International Cricket Council (ICC), the global governing body of cricket.
John Adams and his bass drum become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium
Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then is thrown out stealing
Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
USSR performs an underground nuclear test
60,916 NFL fans choose the old Patriots logo over the new
Józef Pinkowski replaces Poland's Premier Babiuch
Charles "Charlie the Tuna" Chapman is an American distance swimmer specializing in the butterfly stroke, who in 1981 became the first Black swimmer to successfully cross the English channel, and in...
KC's John Wathan steals his 31st base en route to 36 for a catcher's record
STS 51-I mission is scrubbed at T-5 minutes due to bad weather
American scientist Peter Schultz announces the possibility of Martian tornadoes
British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.
Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea
Padres score 14 in the first inning against Cardinals
Israel and the PLO initial an accord granting autonomy to Palestinians in the West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare, and tourism
Fire that wipes out 6,000 acres begins in the Hamptons on Long Island
The 1997 United States Open Championship was the 97th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the Blue Course of Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C.
British Professor Kevin Warwick is the first human to receive an RIFD (radio-frequency identification) microchip implant to interact with electronic systems
Argon fluorohydride, the first Argon compound ever known, is discovered at the University of Helsinki by Finnish scientists
Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean due to a fuel leak and makes a successful emergency landing in the Azores, saving all 306 people on board
Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May team up to win the women's beach volleyball gold at the Athens Olympics beating Brazilian pair Shelda Bede & Adriana Behar 21–17, 21–11
Dániel Varga and Péter Biros score 3 goals each as Hungary wins the men's water polo gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, their third consecutive Olympic gold medal
Kenneth Mobley "Lee" Brice Jr. is an country music singer and songwriter, signed to Curb Records.
A US jury in California finds Samsung guilty of patent infringement and awards over US$1 billion in damages to Apple, while in a South Korean court, both are found guilty of patent infringement
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.
Nurse William Pooley flies back to the UK for emergency treatment after contracting the Ebola virus while attempting to treat patients in Sierra Leone
China stock market's "Black Monday" sees the Shanghai Composite lose 8.5%, sending other international markets lower
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes central Italy, northeast of Rome, killing 268 and injuring 400
Largest-ever lottery jackpot win in the US: $758.7 million won by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusetts in the US Powerball Jackpot
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler sends a cease-and-desist letter to US President Trump, demanding he stop using the band's songs at rallies
First documented case of a person being reinfected with COVID-19 a second time, a Hong Kong man four months after first infection
16th Paralympic Games opens in Tokyo, Japan
British-Belgian teen Mack Rutherford (17) becomes the youngest person to fly solo around the world, landing in Sofia, Bulgaria, after a five-month journey across 52 countries [1]
BRICS meeting of emerging nations in South Africa agrees to invite six new nations to join in an attempt to balance the global power of the US and Europe [1]
Russian-French Telegram boss and founder Pavel Durov is arrested in France and later charged with failing to prevent illicit activity on the app [1]
Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh hits two home runs, including his 49th, breaking MLB season record for a catcher in 11-4 win over visiting Oakland A's
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer, known for argentine writer, was born on 1899-08-24.
Carlo Gambino, Italian mobster, known for american mobster, was born on 1902-08-24.
Howard Zinn, American historian and socialist philosopher, known for american historian and socialist philosopher, was born on 1922-08-24.
Yasser Arafat is born
Marsha P. Johnson lgbtq activist, sex worker, and performer, known for american lgbtq activist, sex worker, and performer, was born on 1945-08-24. Marsha P.
Stephen Fry, British actor, comedian and presenter, known for english actor, comedian and presenter, was born on 1958-08-24.
Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game designer, known for japanese video game designer, was born on 1964-08-24.
Mark Cerny, American video game designer, known for american video game designer, was born on 1965-08-24.
Marlee Matlin, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1966-08-24. Marlee Matlin is an American actress.
Dave Chappelle, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, was born on 1974-08-24.
Rupert Grint, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1989-08-24. Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor.
Mike Shanahan, American athlete, known for american football coach, was born on 1953-08-24.
Cal Ripken Jr athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1961-08-24.
49 BC Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture
79 Believed until 2018 to be the date of the massive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, killing untold thousands, latest evidence suggests the eruption occurred after 17 October [1] [2]
Rome is overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for the first time in nearly 800 years, seen as the fall of the Western Roman Empire
K'an Ak (Precious Peccary) ascends to the throne of the Maya city of Tikal as its twelfth ruler, succeeding his father Sihyaj Chan K'awiil (Stormy Sky) [1]
King John of England (32) marries Isabella of Angoulême (12) in Bordeaux, despite her engagement to Hugh de Lusignan, Count of La Marche, prompting a rebellion
The Battle of Sandwich, also called the Battle of Dover took place on 24 August 1217 as part of the First Barons' War.
Albert I of Habsburg (German: Albrecht I.) (July 1255 – 1 May 1308) was a Duke of Austria and Styria from 1282 and King of Germany from 1298 until his assassination.
On 31 March 1492, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, issued the Alhambra Decree, ordering all unconverted Jews to leave their kingdoms and...
The Gutenberg Bible, also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42, was the earliest major book printed in Europe using mass-produced metal movable type.
Battle of Marj Dabiq: Ottoman forces decisively defeat the Mamluk Sultanate near Aleppo, ending Egyptian control in the Middle East
Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain
William I of Orange (28) weds for a second time to Anna, Duchess of Saxony (16); divorce in 1571
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris with the murder by defenestration of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and later spreads to the French provinces
First English East India convoy to the Mughal court, headed by William Hawkins, lands in Surat, India
The Great Colonial Hurricane affects the Virginia Colony at Jamestown
The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism.
Job Charnock sets up the East India Company headquarters camp by Kalikata village (modern Kolkata)
Battle of Málaga: largest naval battle in the War of the Spanish Succession; tactically indecisive but a strategic victory for the Grand Alliance
Thomas Colley is executed in England for drowning a supposed witch
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his violin and piano sonata in A, K526
French Revolution: The National Assembly proclaims freedom of speech
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812.
The Treaty of St. Louis is signed by the USA and the united tribes of Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi in St. Louis, Missouri
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe.
Netherlands' South Willems Port (Bosch-Liege) opens
Dutch army captures Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
HMS Beagle reaches Bahía Blanca, Argentina
First potato chips are prepared by chef George Crum at Moon's Lake House near Saratoga Springs, New York (popular legend says he invents them, though earlier recipes exist)
National Emigration Convention meets in Cleveland
The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history
Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 Black individuals arrested for learning
Liberia adopts a national flag designed and hand-stitched by a committee of seven women chaired by Susannah Elizabeth Lewis; all of the women are born in the US
American inventor Cornelius Swarthout patents a stovetop waffle iron
The Red River Rebellion (French: Rébellion de la rivière Rouge), also known as the Red River Resistance, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion, was the sequence of events that led up to the...
Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam; kills two people
John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 – August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, lawyer and controversial folk icon. Hardin often got into trouble with the law from an early age.
Tornado destroys the coast of Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina; about 1,000 people die
American businessman James Cash Penney (24) weds Bertha Alva Hess (29ish), until her death in 1910
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer, known for argentine writer, was born on 1899-08-24.
Carlo Gambino, Italian mobster, known for american mobster, was born on 1902-08-24.
Battle of Liao-Yang: 200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russians; Japanese achieve a tactical victory
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers 1-0 in a 7-inning game
Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal
Manuel d'Arriaga elected first president of Portugal
The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959.
Battle of Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian and British troops
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
Frank King's daily comic strip "Gasoline Alley" is distributed nationwide by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, appearing in The New York Daily News among other newspapers
The Kingdom of Greece was the Greek monarchy established in 1832 and was the successor to the First Hellenic Republic.
Battle of Sakarya begins between Turkey and Greece and lasts for 21 days as Turkish forces eventually hold the final defensive line before Ankara
Howard Zinn, American historian and socialist philosopher, known for american historian and socialist philosopher, was born on 1922-08-24.
Palestinians attack Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem
Yasser Arafat is born
The first Yser Tower ("Ijzertoren) is unveiled in Diksmuide, Belgium, as a memorial to the Flemish soldiers who lost their lives in the front line
France and the USSR sign a neutrality and non-aggression treaty
Australian Antarctic Territory is created
Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement during the Spanish Civil War
England beats Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and also known as the Hitler–Stalin Pact, the Berlin–Moscow Pact and...
At the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, which was during World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world, and Japan's naval air service was...
Philadelphia A's drop AL record-tying 20th game in a row, then win the second game
Marsha P. Johnson lgbtq activist, sex worker, and performer, known for american lgbtq activist, sex worker, and performer, was born on 1945-08-24. Marsha P.
The history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) begins in the immediate aftermath of World War II.
Edith Spurlock Sampson (October 13, 1901 – October 8, 1979) was an American lawyer, diplomat and civil rights advocate known for being the first African American to officially represent the United...
Mike Shanahan, American athlete, known for american football coach, was born on 1953-08-24.
International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes People's Republic of China
First non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrives in Washington, D.C.
At 17, future England soccer striker Jimmy Greaves scores on his First Division debut for Chelsea against Tottenham Hotspur in a 1–1 draw at White Hart Lane
Sergei Popov wins the Stockholm Marathon with a time of 2:15:17.0, setting a world record
Stephen Fry, British actor, comedian and presenter, known for english actor, comedian and presenter, was born on 1958-08-24.
England completes a 5-0 series sweep of India
-127°F (-88°C) recorded in Vostok, Antarctica; world record low temperature at the time, surpassed in 1983
The first modern humans are believed to have inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago.
Cal Ripken Jr athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1961-08-24.
24th Venice Film Festival: "Hands Over the City," directed by Francesco Rosi, wins the Golden Lion
Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game designer, known for japanese video game designer, was born on 1964-08-24.
Mark Cerny, American video game designer, known for american video game designer, was born on 1965-08-24.
Missions to the Moon have been numerous and represent some of the earliest endeavours in space missions, with continuous exploration of the Moon beginning in 1959. The first partially successful...
Marlee Matlin, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1966-08-24. Marlee Matlin is an American actress.
France becomes the world's fifth thermonuclear power with a detonation at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific
Peru nationalizes US oil interests
Bomb kills one at University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket.
One Day International (ODI) cricket is played between international cricket teams affiliated to the International Cricket Council (ICC), the global governing body of cricket.
John Adams and his bass drum become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium
Dave Chappelle, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, was born on 1974-08-24.
Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then is thrown out stealing
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (59) divorces her sixth husband, toy inventor Jack Ryan (49) after 1 year of marriage
Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
USSR performs an underground nuclear test
60,916 NFL fans choose the old Patriots logo over the new
Józef Pinkowski replaces Poland's Premier Babiuch
Charles "Charlie the Tuna" Chapman is an American distance swimmer specializing in the butterfly stroke, who in 1981 became the first Black swimmer to successfully cross the English channel, and in...
KC's John Wathan steals his 31st base en route to 36 for a catcher's record
STS 51-I mission is scrubbed at T-5 minutes due to bad weather
American scientist Peter Schultz announces the possibility of Martian tornadoes
British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain
Rupert Grint, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1989-08-24. Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor.
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.
Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea
Padres score 14 in the first inning against Cardinals
Israel and the PLO initial an accord granting autonomy to Palestinians in the West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare, and tourism
Fire that wipes out 6,000 acres begins in the Hamptons on Long Island
The 1997 United States Open Championship was the 97th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the Blue Course of Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C.
British Professor Kevin Warwick is the first human to receive an RIFD (radio-frequency identification) microchip implant to interact with electronic systems
Argon fluorohydride, the first Argon compound ever known, is discovered at the University of Helsinki by Finnish scientists
Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean due to a fuel leak and makes a successful emergency landing in the Azores, saving all 306 people on board
Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May team up to win the women's beach volleyball gold at the Athens Olympics beating Brazilian pair Shelda Bede & Adriana Behar 21–17, 21–11
Summer Olympics in Beijing become the most-watched event on TV ever, with nearly 5 billion viewers, 70% of the world's population
Dániel Varga and Péter Biros score 3 goals each as Hungary wins the men's water polo gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, their third consecutive Olympic gold medal
American actor Eddie Cibrian (36) divorces TV personality Brandi Glanville (35) due to irreconcilable differences
Kenneth Mobley "Lee" Brice Jr. is an country music singer and songwriter, signed to Curb Records.
A US jury in California finds Samsung guilty of patent infringement and awards over US$1 billion in damages to Apple, while in a South Korean court, both are found guilty of patent infringement
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.
Nurse William Pooley flies back to the UK for emergency treatment after contracting the Ebola virus while attempting to treat patients in Sierra Leone
China stock market's "Black Monday" sees the Shanghai Composite lose 8.5%, sending other international markets lower
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes central Italy, northeast of Rome, killing 268 and injuring 400
Largest-ever lottery jackpot win in the US: $758.7 million won by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusetts in the US Powerball Jackpot
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler sends a cease-and-desist letter to US President Trump, demanding he stop using the band's songs at rallies
First documented case of a person being reinfected with COVID-19 a second time, a Hong Kong man four months after first infection
16th Paralympic Games opens in Tokyo, Japan
British-Belgian teen Mack Rutherford (17) becomes the youngest person to fly solo around the world, landing in Sofia, Bulgaria, after a five-month journey across 52 countries [1]
BRICS meeting of emerging nations in South Africa agrees to invite six new nations to join in an attempt to balance the global power of the US and Europe [1]
Russian-French Telegram boss and founder Pavel Durov is arrested in France and later charged with failing to prevent illicit activity on the app [1]
Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh hits two home runs, including his 49th, breaking MLB season record for a catcher in 11-4 win over visiting Oakland A's