Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 24

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This is a list of selected August 24 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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AD 79 – According to estimates based on the Codex Laurentianus Mediceus, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Italian towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae in rock and ash. single source sections
1482Anglo-Scottish Wars: The border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and its castle were captured by English forces. different dates found in different sources
1516 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeated the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq. multiple issues
1690East India Company official Job Charnock established his headquarters in a location he called Calcutta. refimprove section
* 1812Peninsular War: Seeing that his army was in danger of being cut off, French commander Jean-de-Dieu Soult retreated from Cádiz, Spain, ending a 30-month siege. Unsourced section
1892Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, one of the world's first purpose-built football grounds, opened. unreliable sources
1929Palestine riots: Arabs began attacking Jews in Hebron, killing more than sixty people in two days. Refimprove section
1954 – Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas shot himself to death in the Catete Palace in Rio de Janeiro. refimprove, lots of {{cn}} tags
* 2006 – The International Astronomical Union redefined the term planet, thus reclassifying Pluto (pictured) as a dwarf planet due to not having "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit. Citation issues
2012 – American cyclist Lance Armstrong was banned from all competitions and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for using illicit performance-enhancing drugs. refimprove section
* 1821 – The Treaty of Córdoba was signed, ratifying the Plan of Iguala and concluding the Mexican War of Independence with Spain. Date not cited
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor|d|1313| Lots of cn tags
Satoshi Kon |d|2010 Orange banner for section with no citations
Hideo Kojima |b|1963| Lots of cn tags

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Notes

August 24: Feast day of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle (Western Christianity); Independence Day in Ukraine (1991)

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
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