This is a list of selected August 24 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Before doing so, please review the selected anniversaries guidelines. If your suggestion is potentially controversial or relates to a day currently or soon to appear on the Main Page, post it on the talk page instead.
Please note:
- Events listed on the Main Page are selected based on article quality and to provide a diverse range of topics, rather than solely on the importance or significance of the events.
- Only four or five events are featured each day; therefore, not all important or significant events can be included.
- An event is generally excluded if it is already the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.
To report an error in content currently on the Main Page, see Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors. If a listed event is inaccurate, please first seek consensus and update the corresponding article before making changes here.
Staging area
Images
Use only ONE image at a time
- Re-created view of Vesuvius from Pompeii
Vesuvius from Pompeii
Hurricane Andrew reached South Florida
Getúlio Vargas
Goodison Park
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 79 – According to estimates based on the Codex Laurentianus Mediceus, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae in Italy. | Aug 24 date is discredited, now believed to be Oct 24 |
| 410 – Rome was sacked for the first time in 800 years, by the Visigoths under Alaric I. | refimprove |
| 1814 – War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to various U.S. government buildings, including what is now the White House. | refimprove |
| 1821 – The Treaty of Córdoba was signed in Córdoba, Veracruz, ratifying the Plan of Iguala and concluding Mexico's War of Independence from Spain. | tagged refimprove , cordoba and iguala stubby |
| 1954 – President Getúlio Vargas of Brazil shot himself to death in the Catete Palace in Rio de Janeiro. | multiple issues: refimprove, original research, weasel words |
| 2004 – About 90 total people died after suicide bombers attacked two airliners flying out of Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport. | tagged with {{refimprove}} |
Eligible
- 1892 – Goodison Park (pictured) in Liverpool, England, one of the world's first purpose-built football grounds, opened.
- 1942 – World War II: Bombers from the United States aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands, helping to lead to an Allied powers victory.
- 1992 – Hurricane Andrew made landfall in South Florida, the third most powerful Category 5 system to hit the United States during the 20th century.
- 2006 – The International Astronomical Union redefined the term "planet", reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet since it has not "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit.
August 24: Independence Day in Ukraine (1991)
- 1690 – East India Company official Job Charnock established his headquarters in a location he called Calcutta.
- 1812 – Peninsular War: Seeing that his army was in danger of being cut off, French commander Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult retreated from Cádiz, ending a 30-month siege.
- 1857 – The New York City branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. collapsed following widespread embezzlement, leading to a severe recession that caused about 5,000 businesses to fail.
- 1941 – Adolf Hitler ordered the official termination of the T4 euthanasia program (propaganda poster pictured) of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of the war.
- 1963 – Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. to encourage South Vietnamese Army officers to oust Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not willingly remove Ngo Dinh Nhu from his unofficial position of power.