Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/August 24
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* 1814 - British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings. | * 1814 - British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings. | ||
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* 1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal. | * 1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal. | ||
* 1912 - Alaska becomes a United States territory. | * 1912 - Alaska becomes a United States territory. | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 17 August 2009
- August 24:
- 1814 - British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
- 1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
- 1912 - Alaska becomes a United States territory.
- 1929 - Turkey and Persia sign a friendship treaty.
- 1990 - A judge rules that Judas Priest are not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.
- 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
