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Movie events on the 24th August
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre. (Paris, France) (Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages)
William Wilberforce born. (Great Britain) (Amazing Grace)
David Carr, an underemployed miner and a devote communist, hears an impassioned account of fascist atrocities in Spain and makes up his mind to head off to Barcelona to fight for the Republic. (Liverpool, England) (Land and Freedom)
Clark Gable reluctantly agrees to play Rhett Butler in David O. Selznick's "Gone with the Wind". (Gable and Lombard)
Beatles' manager Brian Epstein dies of an overdose of sleeping pills. (Birth of the Beatles)
Julie Powell learns how to cook mushrooms properly, and begins to spend large amounts at the supermarket, including a small tree. (Julie & Julia)
Irene, mother of Raimunda and Sole, dies in a house fire. (Volver)
Jake Sully ceases to be. Sort of. (Pandora) (Avatar)