August 24, 2025 is the 236th day of the year with 129 days remaining. On August 24, 1992 Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida, causing 65 deaths and more than $26 billion in damage across Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas. In 1814 British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to the Capitol, the White House and other public buildings. In 1912 Congress created the Alaska Territory. In 1932 Amelia Earhart flew nonstop from Los Angeles to Newark, becoming the first woman to complete a solo coast-to-coast flight. In 1949 the North Atlantic Treaty came into force, and in 2006 Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet.
On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida; the storm resulted in 65 deaths and caused more than $26 billion in damage across Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas. Also on this date: In 1814, during the War of 1812, British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to the still-under-construction Capitol and the White House, as well as other public buildings.
In 1912, Congress passed a measure creating the Alaska Territory. In 1932, Amelia Earhart embarked on a 19-hour flight from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, making her the first woman to fly solo, non-stop, from coast to coast. In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty came into force. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.
In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon. In 1989, Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti (juh-MAH'-tee) banned Pete Rose from the game for betting on his own team, the Cincinnati Reds. In 1991, in response to a coup attempt by hardline Communist leaders attempting to reassert control over the Soviet Union, Ukrainian parliamentarians voted to approve a Declaration of Independence for the state of Ukraine.
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