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| August 24th |
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| About August 24st is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 129 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1922 - Howard Zinn, historian, author (A People's History of the United States) 1945 - Vince McMahon, professional wrestling promoter, entertainer 1947 - Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator (West Virginia) 1952 - Bob Corker, U.S. Senator (Tennessee) 1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr., Hall of Fame shortstop 1970 - David Gregory, journalist, television show host (Meet The Press) Deaths 1946 - James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supeme Court Justice 1967 - Henry J. Kaiser, industrialist, shipbuilder Events 2006 - Pluto is downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union. 2008 - Three suspects are in arrested in Denver, Colorado after an alleged assassination plot against presidential candidate Barack Obama. |
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