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Anna Lee Fisher is an American chemist, emergency physician and former NASA astronaut who was the first mother to fly in space. Fisher became an astronaut candidate with NASA Astronaut Group 8 and joined the Astronaut Office for the development of the Canadarm and the testing of payload bay door contingency spacewalk procedures. She was assigned to the search and rescue helicopters for four Space Shuttle missions, then involved in the verification of flight software at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and supported vehicle integration and payload testing at Kennedy Space Center. She flew into space on the Space Shuttle Discovery for the STS-51-A mission and used the Canadarm to retrieve two satellites in incorrect orbits. Fisher then worked on procedures and training issues for the International Space Station (ISS), was a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) and the lead CAPCOM for ISS Expedition 33, and was involved in developing the display for the Orion spacecraft. ( Full article...)
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Just my opinion, but Hurricane Andrew should be removed because Hurricane Camille is listed as a previous anniversary this same month. If it isn't removed, it should at least be made up to date. Hurricane Katrina makes Andrew the second-costliest natural disaster now. Miss Michelle | Talk to Michelle 00:27, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
In the SA about Mount Vesuvius, it has links to Pompei and Heraculaneum, but not Stabiae - there is a page on Stabiae...-- Nunners 08:56, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
National Heroes' Day in the Philippines is on the 31st, not the 24th. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.85.59.68 ( talk) 07:45, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
I don't feel the Buddhist crisis entry is appropriate today because today's item is a lead-up to an action rather than an action itself. I think perhaps the only OTD-caliber items for Vietnam from 1963 would be the assassination of Diem on Nov. 2 and perhaps the self-immolation protest on June 11. By this I mean no disrespect to the long and interesting history of that country, only that those are probably the events that have the most resonance from that particular year.
A more-appropriate OTD item for today would be the
Burning of Washington
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. --
Mwalcoff (
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01:59, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
WP. ERRORS, please, E1ComandanteChe,should see some mail Friday 26th, went to Mass and let God see B.B. King. Good elbows and chick pea , soup, slowcook. ankles a little swollen, too much excitement for me ,you are. Rest, 1:00 a.m. SelAnniv 65.92.98.29 ( talk) 19:21, 24 August 2011 (UTC)24 August, 2011 3:20 p.m.
— howcheng { chat} 09:28, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Independence Day of Ukraine is by now a decent (stub-)article; no need to link to List of national independence days anymore on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 24 (it does so now...)... Can an Administrator please fix this link; I can not do it myself.... — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 21:45, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 06:46, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 09:44, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 07:58, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 06:39, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
I believe that the Feast of Saint Bartholomew should be added to this section, as he was an apostle to Jesus Christ and major religious figure. ~Lord Laitinen~ ( talk) 00:31, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 03:18, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 20:36, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 15:59, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 02:38, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
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This is the talk page for making suggestions or discussing improvements to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 24.
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Anna Lee Fisher is an American chemist, emergency physician and former NASA astronaut who was the first mother to fly in space. Fisher became an astronaut candidate with NASA Astronaut Group 8 and joined the Astronaut Office for the development of the Canadarm and the testing of payload bay door contingency spacewalk procedures. She was assigned to the search and rescue helicopters for four Space Shuttle missions, then involved in the verification of flight software at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and supported vehicle integration and payload testing at Kennedy Space Center. She flew into space on the Space Shuttle Discovery for the STS-51-A mission and used the Canadarm to retrieve two satellites in incorrect orbits. Fisher then worked on procedures and training issues for the International Space Station (ISS), was a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) and the lead CAPCOM for ISS Expedition 33, and was involved in developing the display for the Orion spacecraft. ( Full article...)
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Just my opinion, but Hurricane Andrew should be removed because Hurricane Camille is listed as a previous anniversary this same month. If it isn't removed, it should at least be made up to date. Hurricane Katrina makes Andrew the second-costliest natural disaster now. Miss Michelle | Talk to Michelle 00:27, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
In the SA about Mount Vesuvius, it has links to Pompei and Heraculaneum, but not Stabiae - there is a page on Stabiae...-- Nunners 08:56, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
National Heroes' Day in the Philippines is on the 31st, not the 24th. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.85.59.68 ( talk) 07:45, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
I don't feel the Buddhist crisis entry is appropriate today because today's item is a lead-up to an action rather than an action itself. I think perhaps the only OTD-caliber items for Vietnam from 1963 would be the assassination of Diem on Nov. 2 and perhaps the self-immolation protest on June 11. By this I mean no disrespect to the long and interesting history of that country, only that those are probably the events that have the most resonance from that particular year.
A more-appropriate OTD item for today would be the
Burning of Washington
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. --
Mwalcoff (
talk)
01:59, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
WP. ERRORS, please, E1ComandanteChe,should see some mail Friday 26th, went to Mass and let God see B.B. King. Good elbows and chick pea , soup, slowcook. ankles a little swollen, too much excitement for me ,you are. Rest, 1:00 a.m. SelAnniv 65.92.98.29 ( talk) 19:21, 24 August 2011 (UTC)24 August, 2011 3:20 p.m.
— howcheng { chat} 09:28, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Independence Day of Ukraine is by now a decent (stub-)article; no need to link to List of national independence days anymore on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 24 (it does so now...)... Can an Administrator please fix this link; I can not do it myself.... — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 21:45, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 06:46, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 09:44, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 07:58, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 06:39, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
I believe that the Feast of Saint Bartholomew should be added to this section, as he was an apostle to Jesus Christ and major religious figure. ~Lord Laitinen~ ( talk) 00:31, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 03:18, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 20:36, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 15:59, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 02:38, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 07:41, 25 August 2021 (UTC)