August 24: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

(Page last edited 10/12/2017)

1. In 79, Mt Vesuvius erupts and buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, and 15,000 die.
2. In 1682, Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn.
3. In 1816 , the Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
4. In 1853 , the first potato chips were prepared by Chef George Crum in Saratoga Springs, NY.
5. In,1891,Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
6. In 1932 , the first transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart, was started.
7. In 1962, the US performs a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site.
8. In 1963, John Pennel is the first to pole-vault 17 feet.
9. In 1978, the USSR performs an underground nuclear test.
10. In 1995 , Windows 95 debuts.
11. Famous Birthdays: - Franz Vienboeck (cosmonaut), Cal Ripkin Jr (all-star shortstop), John Bush (US heavy metal singer), Shoichi Funaki (Japanese professional wrestler), Barret Oliver, actor (Never Ending Story, Secret Garden)

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