Tuesday, 24 August 2010
On This Day - 24th August
1890 - Duke Kahanamoku born
1912 - Durward Kirby born
1929 - Yasser Arafat born
1954 - Brazilian president Getulio Vargas resigns under pressure from the military and then commits suicide just hours later.
1958 - Steve Guttenberg born
1960 - Cal Ripken born
1962 - Craig Kilborn born
1965 - Marlee Matlin born
1967 - Two penguins from Chessington Zoo are taken on a day trip to a local ice-rink to cool off during sweltering London temperatures.
1973 - Dave Chappelle born
1981 - Chad Michael Murray born
1985 - Five year old John Shorthouse is shot dead in a police raid on his home in Birmingham.
1988 - Rupert Grint born
1990 - The Irish hostage, Brian Keenan, is released in Beirut after more than four years in captivity.
1993 - Police in Los Angeles investigate allegations of child abuse made against singer Michael Jackson.
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