1. On August 24, 1949, a wildfire known as the "Tillamook Burn" was finally declared "out" after raging for over a month and consuming nearly 355,000 acres of forestland in northwestern Oregon.

2. In 1853, on August 24, the United States Congress ratified the treaty that established the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation in western Oregon. The reservation would become home to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.

3. On August 24, 1908, the Oregon State Highway Commission was established by the state legislature. The commission would oversee the construction and maintenance of the state's roads and highways.

4. August 24, 1910, is the day that Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon opened its doors to the public for the first time. The library was the result of a long-standing effort by local citizens to establish a free public library system.

5. On August 24, 1962, a group of 17 people, including the wife and children of a rogue CIA agent, were killed in a plane crash on Mount Charleston in Nevada. The agent, named Bill Whalen, and his son were the only survivors. The group had been flying from Oregon to California when the small plane crashed in bad weather.