Various events that happened on August 24

The significant events of daily life become history in time. Those events take place there, which are good, which are first, which are the curse-blessing of mankind.

The agenda of history has always been important to people. Keeping this importance in mind, Bangladesh regularly organizes 'Today's History' for its readers.

Today is 24 August 2024, Saturday. Take a look at the important events that happened on this day in history, the birth and death dates of prominent people and other important things.

History:

1608 – First official English delegation arrives in Surat, India.

1690 – English businessman Job Charnock flies the national flag of England on cotton cloth. The day is considered as Pattana Day of Calcutta city.

1814 – British troops occupy Washington DC and burn the White House.

1815 – The modern constitution of the Netherlands is adopted on this day.

1821 – Mexico gained independence from Spain.

1875 – Captain Matthew Webb swims across the English Channel for the first time.

1902 – The statue of Joan of Arc is unveiled in Saint-Pierre-les-Bains.

1913 – France and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact on this day.

1914 – German forces capture Namur in World War I.

1929 – Nudba wall movement started in Baitul Moqaddas.

1944 – Paris is liberated from the Germans.

1949 – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is formed.

1966 – Indian swimmer Mihir Sen crossed the Strait of Gibraltar.

1972 – Panama and Uruguay recognized Bangladesh as an independent country.

1974 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed became the fifth President of India.

1988- ist, writer Abu Zafar Shamsuddin passed away.

1989 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki becomes Prime Minister of Poland after 45 years of communist rule.

1991 – Declaration of sovereignty of Turkmenya.

1991 – The Eastern European country of Ukraine gained independence from the former Soviet Union.

Birth:

1808 – Jayakrishna Mukhopadhyay Bengali philanthropist and educationist.

1851 – Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer.

1893 – Krishnachandra Dey, the origin and legend of Bengali music, legendary vocalist.

1898 – Albert Klunde, Belgian-American physician and cell biologist, Nobel laureate.

1899 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer.

1908 – Shivram Rajguru, Indian independence movement revolutionary.

1911 – Veena Das was an anti-British revolutionary and firebrand of the Indian subcontinent.

1928 – Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and football manager.

1929 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

1947 – Anne Archer, American actress.

1959 – Adrian Kuyper, South African cricketer.

1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress, writer and social activist.

1991 – Poonam Yadav, Indian cricketer.

Death:

1894 – The first Bengali architect Neelmani Mitra.

1927 – Egypt's national leader Saad Jaglul Pasha.

1950 – Arturo Alessandri, President of Chile.

1954 – Brazilian dictator Getulio Burgas.

1956 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director and screenwriter.

1968 – Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer.

1988 – Leonard Frey, American actor.

2004 – Ivy Rahman, Bangladeshi politician and social activist.

2013 – Newton de Sardi, Brazilian footballer.

2014 – Richard Attonbara English film actor, director, producer.

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