Monday, August 24, 2026
ephemeris of the day
Name day
Today's name day is:
BartholomewAstrological sign: Virgo (August 23 - September 22)
Festivals and international days on August 24:
- Ukraine Independence Day
See also: August 23 - August 25 - All days of 2026
August 7-30: Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
August 7-31: Fringe Festival, celebration of arts and culture, Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
August 21 to September 6: Women's EuroVolley, European women's volleyball championship in Azerbaijan, Czechia, Sweden and Turkey
August 22 to September 13: Vuelta a España cycling race (Spain)
August 23 to September 13: US Open in New York (USA)
August 24, 1572: The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre begins. Parisian Protestants are massacred, a consequence of military and civil rifts between Catholics and Protestants.
August 24, 1968: France's first H-bomb, named Canopus, explodes on the Polynesian atoll of Fangataufa, in the Pacific Ocean.
August 24, 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns from his position as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
August 24, 1991: Ukraine proclaims its independence for the second time, an independence that will be confirmed by referendum the following December 1.