Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for August 24, 2021
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Please note all holidays and observances listed as “National” days are American holidays and observances unless it is stated otherwise.
On This Day
- William Wilberforce Day
- 1215: Pope Innocent III declared the Magna Carta invalid
- 1349: 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, were killed in Mainz
- 1349: Jews in Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism
- 1391: Jews in Palma, Mallorca were massacred
- 1456: The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed
- 1572: The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics began in Paris and later spread to French provinces
- 1635: The Great Colonial Hurricane affected the Virginia Colony at Jamestown
- 1751: Thomas Colley was executed in England for drowning a supposed witch
- 1789: The French National Assembly proclaimed freedom of speech as part of the French Revolution
- 1816: The Treaty of St. Louis was signed by the US and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi tribes in St. Louis, Missouri
- 1857: The “Panic of 1857” began, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in US history.
- 1858: Richmond’s “Daily Dispatch” reported 90 black Americans were arrested for “learning”
- 1876: 2 people were killed in a Riot that caused the abolition of fairs in Amsterdam
- 1893: A tornado destroyed the coasts of Savannah and Charleston causing about 1000 people’s deaths
- 1912: The US passed an Anti-Gag Law stating federal employees have the right to petition the government
- 1929: Palestinians attacked orthodox Jews in Jerusalem
- 1929: Turkey and Persia signed a friendship treaty
- 1931: France and the USSR signed a neutrality/no attack treaty
- 1936: US President FDR gave the FBI the authority to pursue fascists and communists
- 1939: Germany and the USSR signed a 10-year non-aggression pact
- 1954: US President Eisenhower signed The Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party, at McCarthyism’s peak
- 1968: Northern Ireland’s first civil rights march was held
- 1969: Peru nationalized US oil interests
- 1991: Ukraine declared independence from the USSR
- 1992: Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida causing the deaths of 44 people and $25 billion in recorded damage
- 1992: Diplomatic relations were established between the People’s Republic of China and South Korea
- 1994: Israel and the PLO signed an accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in the West Bank in matters of education, health, taxation, social welfare, and tourism
- 2012: Monsoon rains and floods killed 26 people in Pakistan
- 2016: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy killing 268 people and injuring 400 more
Weekly Holidays and Observances including August 24, 2021
- Minority Enterprise Development Week (August 18-24)
August Monthly Holidays and Observances
- American Indian Heritage Month
- Black Business Month
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Fall of Empires Month
- Happiness Happens Month
- Home Business Month
- National Canning Month
- National FAS Disorders Awareness Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- National Inventors Month
- National Publish Your eBook Month
- National Runaway Prevention Month
- National Water Quality Month
- National Wellness Month
- National Win With Civility Month
- Professional Speakers Month
- What Will Be Your Legacy Month