August 24th, 1942
Howard Jacobson, British novelist and newspaper columnist born on August 24, 1942. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around August 24, 1942
| August 25th, 1942 | Event | World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged. |
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