Public Holidays on August 24

• 🌍 Independence Day (Ukraine)

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On This Day in History — August 24

• 2016 — An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence.
• 2010 — In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
• 2006 — The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
• 2004 — Eighty-nine passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.
• 1998 — First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
• 1995 — Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.

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Notable Births on August 24

• 1996 — Camila Giangreco Campiz, Paraguayan tennis player
• 1992 — Jemerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 — Wang Zhen, Chinese race walker
• 1990 — Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer
• 1989 — Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 — Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer

Notable Deaths on August 24

• 2017 — Jay Thomas, American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (b. 1948)
• 2016 — Walter Scheel, German politician, 4th President of Germany (b. 1919)
• 2015 — Charlie Coffey, American football player and coach (b. 1934)
• 2015 — Joseph F. Traub, German-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2015 — Justin Wilson, English race car driver (b. 1978)
• 2014 — Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923)

Public Holidays on August 25

• 🌍 Eid Milad-un-Nabi (estimated) (Pakistan)
• 🌍 Hari Keputeraan Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. (Malaysia)
• 🌍 Maulid Nabi Muhammad (perkiraan) (Indonesia)
• 🌍 المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري) (Egypt)
• 🌍 عيد المولد النبوي (تقديري) (United Arab Emirates)

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Religious Observances on August 25

• Islamic: Mawlid (Birth) al-Nabi ﷺ
• Islamic: Veiling of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
• Islamic: Birth of Mawlana Shaykh Abdullāh al Dāghestāni ق
• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Abu Yāqub Yūsuf al-Hamadāni ق
• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Abdul Khāliq al-Ghujdawāni ق
• Islamic: Urs of Mawlāna Ubaydullaāh Ahrār ق
• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Muhammad az-Zāhid ق

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On This Day in History — August 25

• 2017 — Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. The storm causes catastrophic flooding throughout much of eastern...
• 2012 — Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
• 2006 — Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
• 2001 — American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
• 1997 — Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
• 1991 — Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.

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Notable Births on August 25

• 1998 — China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
• 1994 — Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1994 — Kajol Aikat, Indian writer & novelist
• 1992 — Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress
• 1992 — Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
• 1989 — Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer

Notable Deaths on August 25

• 2017 — Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (b. 1971)
• 2016 — Marvin Kaplan, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2015 — José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
• 2015 — Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1936)
• 2014 — William Greaves, American director and producer (b. 1926)
• 2014 — Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)