International observance days, weeks, and months for August 24, 2026. Plus historical events and birthdays.
August 24, 2026 celebrates International Strange Music Day. International Strange Music Day on August 24th encourages people to listen to a type of music they don’t usually listen to. It’s also a day to discover strange and bizarre kinds of music.
Read the full story →People born on August 24
Geographer and geologist who helped developed methods for teaching geography through field work and experimentation.
Co-founder of WWE.
Chemical engineer who invented Styrofoam.
Author who wrote The Fault in Our Stars, which was later turned into an award winning movie.
Actor who is fondly remembered for his role as Otis on The Andy Griffith Show.
Events that occurred on August 24 throughout history
British troops capture Washington, D.C. and set the Presidential Mansion, Capitol, Navy Yard and many other public buildings ablaze.
Cornelius Swarthout patents the stove-top waffle iron.
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly non-stop across the U.S., traveling 2,477 miles for 19 hours and 5 minutes from Los Angeles to New Jersey.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover authorization to begin gathering domestic intelligence on the activities of fascist and communist groups in the U.S. after having concerns that foreign political movements were trying to destroy American democracy.
Adolf Hitler orders the stop of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program. The order was intended to euthanize the mentally ill and the handicapped. Killings continued for the remainder of the war despite public protest.