On This Day In History On This Day In History: Mount Vesuvius Erupts And Destroys Pompeii And Herculaneum – On August 24, 79 AD MessageToEagle.com | August 24, 2016 MessageToEagle.com – On the morning of August 24, 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted and broke its centuries-long silence. Its great cloud of hot ash, stones and poisonous gases completely Read More