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On this day: August 24

What happened in the Turkic world on August 24? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.

Events

  1. 1787 Seventh Russo-Turkish War Russian-Turkish conflict from 1787–1792
  2. 1963 –64 1.Lig 6th season of top-tier Turkish football
  3. 2008 Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 charter flight operated on behalf of Iran Aseman Airlines

Births

  1. 1964 Salizhan Sharipov Russian cosmonaut
  2. 1970 Tugay Kerimoğlu Turkish association football player and manager (born 1970)
  3. 1972 Tehran Mansimov Azerbaijani military officer
  4. 1991 Gülbadam Babamuratowa Turkmenistani judoka

Deaths

  1. 1950 Vasily Gordov Soviet colonel general (1896–1950)
  2. 1990 Sergei Dovlatov Soviet writer (1941–1990)
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Source: Wikidata and Wikipedia. Names link to the Wikipedia article.

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