August 24: Independence Day in Ukraine (1991)
The White House after having been burned
- 79 – According to estimates based on the Codex Laurentianus Mediceus, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Italian towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae in rock and ash.
- 1814 – War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to various US government buildings, including what is now the White House (damage pictured).
- 1914 – World War I: The Battle of Cer ended as the first Allied victory in the war.
- 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.
- 2006 – The International Astronomical Union redefined the term "planet", reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet since it has not "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit.
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