August 24th, 1875

Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim English Channel event on August 24, 1875.

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Events around August 24, 1875

August 26th, 1875BirthJohn Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, Governor General of Canada (died in 1940)

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