August 24: Independence Day in Ukraine (1991)
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Lance Armstrong
- 410 – Rome was sacked for the first time in 800 years, by the Visigoths under Alaric I.
- 1456 – The oldest known version of the Gutenberg Bible, the first major book produced on a printing press, was completed.
- 1821 – The Treaty of Córdoba was signed in Córdoba, Veracruz, ratifying the Plan of Iguala and concluding Mexico's War of Independence from Spain.
- 1941 – Adolf Hitler ordered the official termination of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of the war.
- 2012 – American cyclist Lance Armstrong (pictured) was banned from all competitions and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for using illicit performance-enhancing drugs.
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