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| August 24th, 2007 (August 24 2007) | Death | Andree P. Boucher, Mayor of Quebec City (born in 1937) | |
| August 24th, 2007 (August 24 2007) | Death | Aaron Russo, American film producer and director (b.1943) | |
| August 24th, 1987 (August 24 1987) | Birth | Jon Scheyer, American basketball player | |
| August 24th, 1987 (August 24 1987) | Birth | Anze Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player | |
| August 24th, 1987 (August 24 1987) | Death | Malcolm Kirk, wrestler (born in 1936) | |
| August 24th, 1977 (August 24 1977) | Birth | Denilson, Brazilian footballer | |
| August 24th, 1977 (August 24 1977) | Birth | Robert Enke, German footballer | |
| August 24th, 1977 (August 24 1977) | Birth | Per Gade, Danish footballer | |
| August 24th, 1977 (August 24 1977) | Birth | John Green, American author/Nerdfighter | |
| August 24th, 1977 (August 24 1977) | Birth | Jurgen Macho, Austrian footballer | |
| August 24th, 1977 (August 24 1977) | Death | Buddy O Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1916) | |
| August 24th, 1967 (August 24 1967) | Event | Led by Abbie Hoffman, a group of hippies temporarily disrupt trading at the NYSE by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing a cease in trading as the brokers scramble to grab them up. | Abbie Hoffman Quotes |
| August 24th, 1967 (August 24 1967) | Death | Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (born in 1882) | |
| August 24th, 1967 (August 24 1967) | Death | Lam Bun, Hong Kong radio commentator (murdered) (born in 1930) | |
| August 24th, 1957 (August 24 1957) | Birth | Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer and singer (Shalamar) | |
| August 24th, 1957 (August 24 1957) | Birth | Stephen Fry, English comedian and actor | |
| August 24th, 1947 (August 24 1947) | Birth | Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author | |
| August 24th, 1947 (August 24 1947) | Birth | Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist | |
| August 24th, 1947 (August 24 1947) | Birth | Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral | |
| August 24th, 1947 (August 24 1947) | Birth | Anne Archer, American Actress | |
| August 24th, 1937 (August 24 1937) | Event | In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santona Agreement. | |
| August 24th, 1937 (August 24 1937) | Birth | Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian politician (died in 1998) | Osho Quotes |
| August 24th, 1927 (August 24 1927) | Birth | Harry Markowitz, American economist, Nobel laureate | |
| August 24th, 1927 (August 24 1927) | Birth | David Ireland, Australian author | |
| August 24th, 1917 (August 24 1917) | Birth | Dennis James, American game show host (died in 1997) | |
| August 24th, 1897 (August 24 1897) | Birth | Fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (died in 1954) | |
| August 24th, 1887 (August 24 1887) | Birth | Harry Hooper, American baseball player (died in 1974) | |
| August 24th, 1857 (August 24 1857) | Event | The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. | |
| August 24th, 1837 (August 24 1837) | Birth | Theodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (died in 1924) | |
| August 24th, 1817 (August 24 1817) | Birth | Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (died in 1875) | |
| August 24th, 1787 (August 24 1787) | Birth | James Weddell, English explorer of Antarctica (died in 1834) | |
| August 24th, 1707 (August 24 1707) | Birth | Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (died in 1791) | |
| August 24th, 1647 (August 24 1647) | Death | Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (born in 1586) | |
| August 24th, 1217 (August 24 1217) | Death | Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (bc. 1170) | |
