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August 24

4 sourced moments from August 24 in history: Before sacking Rome in 410, Alaric was bought off with pepper; A Gutenberg Bible was first dated complete (1456); British troops burned Washington, D.C., on 24 August 1814, plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on August 24

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2006 Space · Solar System

Pluto became a dwarf planet in 2006 for failing one test

Pluto failed one test, clearing its orbit. Days earlier, the IAU's own draft would have kept it as a planet in a Solar System of 12.

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1814 History · War & Conflict

British troops burned Washington, D.C., on 24 August 1814

The fire gutted the Capitol and President's House — but it did not give the White House its name, and locals looted it first.

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1456 Technology · Inventions

A Gutenberg Bible was first dated complete

August 24, 1456 marks not the press finishing, but the earliest firmly dated copy of Europe's first printed book.

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410 History · Empires & Civilizations

Before sacking Rome in 410, Alaric was bought off with pepper

The Visigoths' three-day sack of Rome in August 410 followed two years of sieges, a ransom in gold and pepper, and a puppet emperor.

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