Today in History
24 August
204 births · 104 deaths · 73 events recorded
Notable Births
All 204 ›
Griffin Gluck
b. 2000
American actor (born 2000)
Sofia Richie
b. 1998
American model and media personality (born 1998)
Alan Walker
b. 1997
Norwegian DJ and music producer (born 1997)
Karoline Leavitt
b. 1997
White House press secretary (born 1997)
John Bush (singer)
b. 1963
American heavy metal singer
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
b. 1932
English Catholic prelate (1932–2017)
Jorge Luis Borges
b. 1899
Argentine writer (1899–1986)
Albert Claude
b. 1899
Belgian-American cell biologist (1899–1983)
Notable Deaths
All 104 ›
Christoph Daum
d. 2024
German football manager (1953–2024)
Bray Wyatt
d. 2023
American professional wrestler (1987–2023)
Charlie Watts
d. 2021
British drummer (1941–2021)
Gail Sheehy
d. 2020
American writer
Jay Thomas
d. 2017
American actor (1948–2017)
Walter Scheel
d. 2016
President of Germany from 1974 to 1979
Charlie Coffey
d. 2015
American football player and coach (1934–2015)
Justin Wilson (racing driver)
d. 2015
British racing driver (1978–2015)
On This Day in History
All 73 ›
2023
Japan officially begins discharging treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean, sparking international concerns and condemnation.
Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
2020
Erin O'Toole is elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Erin O'Toole
2017
The National Space Agency of Taiwan successfully launches the observation satellite Formosat-5 into space.
List of government space agencies
2016
An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence. Around 300 people are killed.
August 2016 Central Italy earthquake
2016
Proxima Centauri b, the closest exoplanet to Earth, is discovered by the European Southern Observatory.
Proxima Centauri b
2014
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989.
2014 South Napa earthquake
2012
Anders Behring Breivik, perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, is sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention.
Anders Behring Breivik
2010
In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
San Fernando, Tamaulipas