August 24

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	79	Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.	The Microphones	Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano	Invisible Shield
2.	1814	British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.	Talking Heads	Burning Down the House	Speaking in Tongues
3.	1891	Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.	Thomas Edison	Mary Had a Little Lamb	N/A
4.	1912	Alaska becomes a United States territory.	Johnny Cash	When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)	Murder
5.	1932	Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).	Spanky & Our Gang	Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	Live
6.	1960	A temperature of −88°C (−127°F) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica — a world-record low. (Broken in 1983 in the same location)	The Cure	Cold	Pornography
7.	1995	Computer software developer Microsoft releases their Windows 95 operating system.	Broadcast	Unchanging Windows	The Noise Made by People
8.	1998	First RFID human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.	Peter Tosh	Mark of the Beast	Honorary Citizen
9.	2006	The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is considered a Dwarf Planet.	The Creatures	Pluto Drive	Boomerang

(Historical facts about August 24 are from Wikipedia)