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What happened in history on this day: August 24?
On August 24 in ...
- 1891 - Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
- 1942 - The Walt Disney animated feature film Saludos Amigos world premieres in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Births on August 24
- 1900 - Birth of Preston Foster in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger).
- 1912 - Birth of Durward Kirby in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; TV announcer (Garry Moore Show).
- 1917 - Birth of Dennis James in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ).
- 1947 - Birth of Anne Archer in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Too Scared to Scream, Fatal Attraction).
- 1949 - Birth of Joe Regalbuto in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Knots Landing, Frank - Murphy Brown).
- 1958 - Birth of Steve Guttenberg in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit).
- 1965 - Birth of Marlee Matlin in Illinois, USA; deaf actress (Children of a Lesser God - Academy Award, The West Wing).
Deaths on August 24
- 1967 - Amanda Randolph, actress (Danny Thomas, Amos n Andy), dies at age 65.
- 1973 - Billy Greene, actor (Burton - One Man's Family), dies at age 76.
- 1983 - Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at age 64.
- 1988 - Max Shulman, author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at age 69.
- 1998 - E.G. Marshall, American actor (The Defenders, Nixon, Absolute Power), dies at age 88 (born 1910).
- 2022 - Death of Joe E. Tata at age 85 of Alzheimer's disease in Woodland Hills, California, USA; character actor (Beverly Hills, 90210 TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Arleen Sorkin at age 67; actor (Days of Our Lives TV show).
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