On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew tore through Florida, leading to 65 fatalities and inflicting over $26 billion in damage across Florida, Louisiana, and the Bahamas.
In 1814, during the War of 1812, British troops stormed Washington, D.C., setting fire to the unfinished Capitol, the White House, and other public buildings.
In 1912, Congress passed legislation establishing the Alaska Territory.
In 1932, Amelia Earhart undertook a 19-hour flight from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, becoming the first woman to fly solo and non-stop from coast to coast.
In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty officially came into effect.
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act, effectively banning the Communist Party in the United States.
In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison in New York for the murder of John Lennon.
In 1989, Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti permanently banned Pete Rose from the sport for betting on his own team, the Cincinnati Reds.
In 1991, following a coup attempt by hardline Communist leaders in the Soviet Union, Ukrainian lawmakers voted to adopt a Declaration of Independence for Ukraine.
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto, demoting it from full planet status to that of a “dwarf planet.”
In 2012, a Norwegian court found Anders Behring Breivik guilty of terrorism and premeditated murder for his twin attacks on July 22, 2011, which resulted in 77 deaths; he was sentenced to 21 years in prison, a term that can be extended as long as he is deemed a threat to society.
In 2018, the family of Arizona Senator John McCain announced that he had stopped medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer; McCain passed away the next day.
In 2019, police in Aurora, Colorado, responded to a call about a suspicious individual, using a chokehold to subdue Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man. He suffered cardiac arrest en route to the hospital and was later declared brain dead, after which he was taken off life support.
In 2020, Republicans officially nominated President Donald Trump for a second term on the first day of a scaled-back convention. While visiting the convention city of Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump warned delegates that “the only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election.”
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