08-24-2005, 05:41 AM
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August 24th
79 ~ Mount Vesuvius erupted. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae were buried in volcanic ash.
1456 ~ The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.
1814 ~ British troops invaded Washington, D.C. and burnt down the White House and several other buildings.
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 (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
1951 ~ Birthday of Orson Scott Card, novelist.
1960 ~ Birthday of Cal Ripken, Jr., baseball player.
1989 ~ Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose was banned from baseball for gambling.
1992 ~ Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida.
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