The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane. Date: August 24, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Australian Antarctic Territory is created. Date: August 24, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)

Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón. Date: August 24, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)

Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement. Date: August 24, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)

Kweilin incident: A Japanese warplane shoots down the Kweilin, a Chinese civilian airliner, killing 14. It is the first recorded instance of a civilian airliner being shot down. Date: August 24, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Holocaust: Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war. Date: August 24, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1941…

World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USS Enterprise is heavily damaged. Date: August 24, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On…

World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris. Date: August 24, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)

The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect. Date: August 24, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)

Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations. Date: August 24, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)