International observance days, weeks, and months for August 24, 2027. Plus historical events and birthdays.
August 24, 2027 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.
Sicilian crime boss who was the leader of the Gambino crime family in his death in 1976.
Acclaimed delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Actor who is fondly remembered for his role as Otis on The Andy Griffith Show.
Chemical engineer who invented Styrofoam.
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.
Allied troops begin the attack on Paris to liberate the city from German occupation.
Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations, serving on the UN Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party of its legal rights, and placed restrictions on labor unions.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Microsoft debuts Windows 95 to the public, selling 7 million copies in its first five weeks on the market.