What happend on 24th August

23.08
25.08
1931

Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.

1931

France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.

1929

Turkey and Persia sign a friendship treaty.

1914

World War I: German troops capture Namur.

1912

Alaska becomes a United States territory.

1909

Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

1891

Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

1858

In Richmond, Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.

1857

The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.

1853

Potato chips are first prepared.