What happend on 24th August

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1991

Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.

1991

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1990

Sinéad O'Connor refuses to perform at the Garden State Arts Plaza in Holmdel, New Jersey if "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played before her show, as is customary.

1990

A judge rules that Judas Priest are not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.

1989

Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.

1989

Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti

1989

Voyager 2 passes Neptune.

1981

Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.

1979

In Central Park, New York a concert is given by cars.

1968

France explodes its first hydrogen bomb, thus becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.