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August 24 in History
79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.
410 - The Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome for three days
1349 - 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz because they are blamed for the bubonic plague.
1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
1572 - Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.
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