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Today in History: Wednesday, August\u00a0 24, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida, causing record damage; 55 deaths in Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas were blamed on the storm.
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79<\/td>\nMount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash. An estimated 20,000 people died.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1572<\/td>\nThe slaughter of French Protestants at the hands of Catholics began in Paris.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1814<\/td>\nBritish forces invaded Washington, D.C., and set fire to the Capitol and the White House.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1857<\/td>\nThe New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. failed, sparking the Panic of 1857.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1932<\/td>\nAmelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop across the United States, traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in just over 19 hours.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nThe North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\nThe Communist Control Act went into effect, virtually outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nFrance became the world’s fifth thermonuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nA bomb planted by anti-war extremists exploded at the University of Wisconsin’s Army Math Research Center in Madison, killing a researcher.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nMark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of rock musician John Lennon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nBaseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti banned Pete Rose from the game for gambling.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nThe International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a planet, demoting it to the status of a “dwarf planet.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nA judge in Inverness, Fla., sentenced John Evander Couey to death for kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raping her and burying her alive.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nJames Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced to three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in Mississippi.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nThe NFL suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick for his involvement in dogfighting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nSteve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Rupert Grint (“Harry Potter” movies) turns 28 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Kenny Baker<\/td>\nActor (R2D2 in “Star Wars”)<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max Cleland<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, D-Ga.<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne Archer<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Manchin<\/td>\nU.S. senator, D-W.Va.<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Regalbuto<\/td>\nActor (“Murphy Brown”)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bob Corker<\/td>\nU.S. senator, R-Tenn.<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Shanahan<\/td>\nFootball coach<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Huckabee<\/td>\nFormer governor of Arkansas<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gerry Cooney<\/td>\nBoxer<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen Fry<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Guttenberg<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cal Ripken Jr.<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jared Harris<\/td>\nActor (“Mad Men”)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Craig Kilborn<\/td>\nTalk show host<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reggie Miller<\/td>\nBasketball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Gregory<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist (“Meet the Press”)<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dave Chappelle<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“Chappelle’s Show”)<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chad Michael Murray<\/td>\nActor (“One Tree Hill”)<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Marlee Matlin turns 51 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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