At this time is Sunday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2025. There are 129 days left within the yr.
At this time in historical past:
On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida; the storm resulted in 65 deaths and brought on greater than $26 billion in harm throughout Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas.
Additionally on this date:
In 1814, throughout the Battle of 1812, British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fireplace to the still-under-construction Capitol and the White Home, in addition to different public buildings.
In 1912, Congress handed a measure creating the Alaska Territory.
In 1932, Amelia Earhart launched into a 19-hour flight from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, making her the primary lady to fly solo, continuous, from coast to coast.
In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty got here into drive.
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Communist Management Act, outlawing the Communist Social gathering in the US.
In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to twenty years to life in jail for murdering John Lennon.
In 1989, Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti (juh-MAH’-tee) banned Pete Rose from the sport for betting on his personal crew, the Cincinnati Reds.
In 1991, in response to a coup try by hardline Communist leaders making an attempt to reassert management over the Soviet Union, Ukrainian parliamentarians voted to approve a Declaration of Independence for the state of Ukraine.
In 2006, the Worldwide Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was now not a full-fledged planet, demoting it to the standing of a “dwarf planet.”
In 2012, a Norwegian court docket discovered Anders Behring Breivik responsible of terrorism and premeditated homicide for twin attacks on July 22, 2011, that killed 77 people; he acquired a 21-year jail sentence that may be prolonged so long as he’s thought of harmful to society.
In 2018, the household of Arizona Sen. John McCain announced that he had discontinued medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer; McCain died the next day.
In 2019, police in Aurora, Colorado, responding to a report of a suspicious individual, used a chokehold to subdue Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man; he suffered cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital and was later declared mind lifeless and brought off life help.
In 2020, Republicans formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second time period on the opening day of a scaled-down conference; throughout a go to to the conference metropolis of Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump instructed delegates that “ the only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election. ”
At this time’s Birthdays:
- Composer-musician Mason Williams is 87.
- R&B singer Marshall Thompson (The Chi-Lites) is 83.
- WWE co-founder Vince McMahon is 80.
- Writer Paulo Coelho is 78.
- Actor Anne Archer is 78.
- Writer Alexander McCall Smith is 77.
- Composer Jean-Michel Jarre is 77.
- Writer Orson Scott Card is 74.
- Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson is 73.
- Actor Kevin Dunn is 70.
- Former Arkansas governor and political commentator Mike Huckabee is 70.
- Actor-writer Stephen Fry is 68.
- Actor Steve Guttenberg is 67.
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. is 65.
- Actor Jared Harris is 64.
- Discuss present host Craig Kilborn is 63.
- Actor Marlee Matlin is 60.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Reggie Miller is 60.
- Movie director Ava DuVernay is 53.
- Actor-comedian Dave Chappelle is 52.
- Actor James D’Arcy is 51.
- Actor Carmine Giovinazzo (jee-oh-vihn-AH’-zoh) is 52.
- Actor Alex O’Loughlin is 49.
- Writer John Inexperienced is 48.
- Actor Chad Michael Murray is 44.
- Actor Rupert Grint is 37.
- Basketball participant Kelsey Plum is 31.
