Saturday August 24, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is a leap year

Historical Event(s)

49 BC
Julius Caesar’s general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.
1456
The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
Resignation of the United Kingdom’s Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xa Loi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the US Embassy in Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not remove his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu.
Colombian drug barons declare “total war” on the Colombian government.
Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.

Who were born on ?

Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)
David Koechner, American actor
James Toney, Professional boxer
Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier
Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player
Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer
Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player

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