Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/August 24

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August 24:
1814 - 1812: British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
1912 - Alaska becomes a United States territory.
1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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 * [[August]] 24:
-* 1814 - British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
+* 1814 - [[1812]]: British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
-* 1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
 * 1912 - Alaska becomes a United States territory.
-* 1929 - Turkey and Persia sign a friendship treaty.
+* 1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.
-* 1990 - A judge rules that Judas Priest are not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.
 * 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.