AUGUST 24
A.D. 79:Thousands of citizens in the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum are killed when Mount Vesuvius erupts unexpectedly. The buried cities will remain forgotten until Pompeii’s well-preserved remains are accidentally discovered in the 18th century and painstakingly excavated.
1814: British troops set fire to the U.S. Capitol and the White House; President James Madison and first lady Dolley Madison escape into Maryland.
1959: The first Chinese American U.S. senator, Hiram Fong, and first Japanese American representative, Daniel Inouye, are sworn into Congress, three days after Hawaii officially becomes a state.
1814: British troops set fire to the U.S. Capitol and the White House; President James Madison and first lady Dolley Madison escape into Maryland.
1959: The first Chinese American U.S. senator, Hiram Fong, and first Japanese American representative, Daniel Inouye, are sworn into Congress, three days after Hawaii officially becomes a state.
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