Daily Calendar for Thursday, August 24, 2023

Born

  • Geoffrey Plantagenet (Count of Anjou) –
  • Alexander II of Scotland –
  • RenΓ© LΓ©vesque (Quebec premier) –
  • Louis Teicher (pianist) –
  • A. S. Byatt (novelist) –
  • Steve Guttenberg (actor) –
  • Cal Ripken Jr. (baseball player) –
  • Marlee Matlin (actress) –
  • Reggie Miller (basketball player) –
  • Chad Michael Murray (actor) –
  • Rupert Grint (actor) –

Died

  • E. G. Marshall (actor) –
  • Jerry Clower (Grand Ole Opry humorist) –
  • Richard Attenborough (actor) –

Events

  • British troops set the White House on fire during the War of 1812–
  • Treaty of Cordoba signed, granting Mexico independence from Spain–
  • Cornelius Swartwout patented the waffle iron –
  • Mark David Chapman sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of John Lennon–
  • For the final episode of CBS’s first Survivor program, approximately 51 million people (41% of America’s viewing public) watched Richard Hatch win the $1 million prize–
  • Julie Krone became the first female jockey to win a million-dollar race in the U.S. when she finished first in the Pacific Classic in Del Mar, CA, mounted atop her horse Candy Ride–
  • GPS navigation signals off by up to 3 feet for 3 hours due to rocket-made ionospheric hole–

Weather

  • The temperature at Saint Cloud, Minnesota, was 37 degrees F–
  • Thunderstorms dropped five to seven inches of rain on Long Island, New York, closing major highways–
  • Hurricane Andrew came ashore damaging South Florida–
  • Twisters, heavy rain, and hail as big as grapefruit struck the Dakotas–

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