08-23-2009, 07:19 PM
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August 24th
1456 ~ 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.
1981 ~ Mark Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
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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