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August 24: Feast day of Saint Bartholomew (Western Christianity); Independence Day in Ukraine (1991)
Jokhang Temple
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Jokhang Temple
- 1456 β The oldest known version of the Gutenberg Bible, the first major book produced on a printing press, was completed.
- 1781 β American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.
- 1857 β The New York City branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. collapsed following widespread embezzlement, leading to a severe recession that caused about 5,000 businesses to fail.
- 1941 β Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of World War II.
- 1966 β Cultural Revolution: Red Guards vandalised the Jokhang (depicted), the holiest Buddhist temple in Tibet.
- Agnes Marshall (b. 1852)
- Louis Prima (d. 1978)
- Alan Walker (b. 1997)
- Elisabeth KΓΌbler-Ross (d. 2004)
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