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On Aug 24:

79 - Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash and killing an estimated 20,000.

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August 24 1932:

Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop across the United States,
traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in just over 19 hours.

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August 25 1825:

Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil.

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August 27 1883:

The island volcano Krakatoa erupted;
the resulting tidal waves claimed some 36,000 lives
on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.

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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 )

His birthday was on the 29th of August.
He was born in Gary, Indiana.
His father was Joseph (Joe) Walter Jackson and his mother was Katherine Scruse. He resided in California.

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August 29 1944:

American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

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August 30 1905:

Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb made his major league debut with the Detroit Tigers.

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On this day in 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur lands in Japan to oversee the formal surrender ceremony and to organize the postwar Japanese government.

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August 31 1997:

Diana, Princess of Wales and her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul died as a result of a car crash in Paris.

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August 31 1969:

Boxer Rocky Marciano died in a plane crash in Iowa at age 45.

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