On This Day – 24 August
Posted on: Fri 24 Aug 2018
In 72 AD the Ancient Roman city of Pompeii was buried in a pile of ash and molten lava when the volcano Mt Vesuvius erupted and in 1932, aviatrix Amelia Earhart was the first woman to complete a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Produced by Alistair McKinnon
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
