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August 24: Feast day of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle (Western Christianity); Independence Day in Ukraine (1991)

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

49 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Forces loyal to Julius Caesar led by Gaius Scribonius Curio were defeated by Pompeian Republicans under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia.
1643 – A Dutch expedition arrived at the mouth of the Valdivia River, in present-day Chile, to establish a new colony in the ruins of the abandoned Spanish settlement of Valdivia.
1662 – The 1662 Book of Common Prayer was legally enforced as the liturgy of the Church of England, precipitating the Great Ejection of Dissenter ministers from their benefices.
1963 – Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (pictured) 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.
2006 – The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf planet.

Zhang Ye (d. 948)
Magnus Barefoot (d. 1103)
Lavinia Fontana (bapt. 1552)
Anna Lee Fisher (b. 1949)

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Maria Zubreeva

According to various sources, including Wikipedia, her birthday was on August 21st, not 24th. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.241.219.93 (talk) 03:42, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 16:18, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]