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August 24th in History

1981: Mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon

August 24th birthdays

1724: George Stubbs, British painter
1789: James Wedell, Scottish Antarctic explorer
1872: Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist
1929: Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader and Nobel Prize winner
1948: Jean Michel Jarre, French 'electronic music' musician
1957: Stephen Fry, British writer and comedian