What Happened on Aug 24

The Rolling Stones Release 'Tattoo You'

Tattoo You is the 16th studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1981. The follow-up to Emotional Rescue, it proved to be a big critical and... Read more

Rainbow release Bent Out of Shape

Bent Out Of Shape was the seventh studio album released by Rainbow. It was originally released in 1983 as an LP and cassette. The cassette featured... Read more

Pete Rose is Banned From Major League Baseball

August 24, 1989, Thursday, 9 a.m. Giamatti, the commissioner of baseball, steps up to a microphone in New York City. "One of the game's greatest... Read more

MST3K Ep. 311 - "It Conquered the World"

(Short: Snow Thrills) With the help of a naive scientist (Lee Van Cleef), an alien from Venus invades Earth and attempts to turn humans into... Read more

MSN Is Founded

MSN, formerly The Microsoft Network, is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an... Read more

FDA Approves Centocor's Remicade

Remicade reduces the effects of a substance in the body that can cause inflammation. Remicade is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic... Read more

Filter releases Title of Record

Title of Record is the second album by American industrial rock band Filter. It was released on August 24, 1999 and included the popular single... Read more

"Evil Con Carne" Airs

Evil Con Carne is an American animated series, created by Maxwell Atoms, which first appeared on Cartoon Network during the show Grim & Evil and... Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat Chicago White Sox, 11-3

CHICAGO -- The heavens cooperated, the fierce storms that were expected to make an encore appearance yesterday failing to materialize, but that... Read more

"The Dub Room Special" by Frank Zappa Is Released

The Dub Room Special is an album by Frank Zappa, released in August 2007. It is a soundtrack for the film of the same name, and combines recordings... Read more

The Jonas Brothers Perform At The Miss Teen USA Concert

In August, the Jonas Brothers made several appearances on television. On August 17, they guest-starred in an episode of the Disney Channel show... Read more

Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 Crashes

Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, an Itek Air Boeing 737-219 Advanced (registered as EX-009), was a charter flight operated on behalf of Iran... Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat Chicago White Sox, 12-8

The Red Sox began the seventh inning last night with a whimper, a strikeout by Jason Bay and a groundout by Mike Lowell. The bases were empty. Both... Read more

Mark Kirk holds town hall meeting on health care reform

An Arlington Heights town hall meeting on health-care reform led to impassioned debate Monday afternoon, with overflow crowds chanting, carrying... Read more

Minnesota Twins defeat Baltimore Orioles, 2-1

MINNEAPOLIS - -After five shutout innings on Monday, Chris Tillman suddenly got stuck, a term Orioles manager Dave Trembley uses often when one of... Read more

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) Tells a Crying Woman That "Government Is Not The Answer" To Healthcare Woes

A woman sobbingly relates her sad story of health insurance companies dicking her around and Tom Coburn, ever the compassionate conservative, tows... Read more

The Car Allowance Rebate System, Also Known As the "Cash for Clunkers" Program Ends

The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), colloquially known as "Cash for Clunkers," is a U.S. federal scrappage program intended to provide economic... Read more

Chicago White Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 7-5

The rule of thumb in the American League Central this season is, ''Don't assume anything.'' It was on display again Tuesday in the White Sox'... Read more

Henan Airlines Flight 8387 Crash

Rescuers saved 48 of 91 people aboard a Henan Airlines plane that overshot a runway and burst into flames Tuesday in the northeast Chinese city of... Read more

Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 5-3

The inconsistency is becoming somewhat predictable. For more than a month now, Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Dave Bush has been either a... Read more