August 24th in History
August 24th in History
- 1981: Mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon
August 24th birthdays
- 1724: George Stubbs, British painter
- 1789: James Wedell, Scottish Antarctic explorer
- 1872: Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist
- 1929: Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader and Nobel Prize winner
- 1948: Jean Michel Jarre, French 'electronic music' musician
- 1957: Stephen Fry, British writer and comedian
