Saturday August 24, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

August 24: Day of the Week

August 24, 2024 is the 237th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 129 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

August 24 Historical Event(s)

410
The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
1561
Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
1820
Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal.
1912
Alaska becomes a United States territory.
1931
France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.
1931
Resignation of the United Kingdom’s Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
1933
The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
1942
World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk and US carrier USS Enterprise heavily damaged.
1954
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
1994
Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.

Who were born on August 24?

1635
Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
1824
Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar (d. 1891)
1884
Earl Derr Biggers, American author (d. 1933)
1893
Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-born Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize (d. 1978)
1901
Preston Foster, American actor (d. 1970)
1904
Alice White, American actress (d. 1983)
1958
Tracy Harris, American artist
1979
Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer
1986
Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1986
Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, Indian Tamil actor

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