What happened on July 24? There are more than 260 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About July 24
July 24 is the 206th day of the year 2024. There are 160 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday. This day falls under the 30th week of the year 2024.
On this day in New York, New York 10018 sunrise will occur at 05:44 AM and sunset will occur at 08:20 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Leo. The modern birthstone for this month is Ruby while the mystical birthstone is Ruby.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 189 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For July 24
- 1132Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
- 1148Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
- 1411Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
- 1487Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer.
- 1534French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
- 1567Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
- 1701Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit, Michigan.
- 1715A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under Admiral Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
- 1814War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown’s American invaders.
- 1823Slavery is abolished in Chile.
- 1847After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. Celebrations of this event include the Pioneer Day Utah state holiday and the Days of '47 Parade.
- 1864American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown – Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
- 1866Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. State to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
- 1901O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
- 1910The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
- 1911Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, “the Lost City of the Incas”.
- 1915The passenger ship S.S. Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
- 1922the draft of The British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; and which came into effect on 26 September 1923.
- 1923The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
- 1924Archeologist Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
- 1927The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
- 1929The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928 by most leading world powers).
- 1931A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people.
- 1935The dust bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (44°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- 1935The world’s first children’s railway opens in Tbilisi, USSR.
- 1937Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called “Scottsboro Boys”.
- 1938First ascent of the Eiger north face.
- 1943World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those of the Americans by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
- 1950Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
- 1959At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a “Kitchen Debate”.
- 1966Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
- 1967During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! (“Long live free Quebec!”). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians.
- 1969Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
- 1972Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces.
- 1974Constantine Karamanlis arrives in Greece following the collapse of the Greek military junta, beginning Greece’s metapolitefsi era.
- 1974Watergate scandal: the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
- 1977End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
- 1980The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the Men’s 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level.
- 1982Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
- 1983George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the “Pine Tar Incident”.
- 1990Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait-Iraq border.
- 1998Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
- 2001Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, all died in this attack. They destroyed 11 Aircraft (mostly military) and damaged 15, there are no civilian casualties. This incident slowed down Sri Lankan economy.
- 2001Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
- 2002Democrat James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1.
- 2005Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France.
- 2009The MV Arctic Sea, reportedly carrying a cargo of timber, is allegedly hijacked in the North Sea by pirates, but much speculation remains as to the actual cargo and events.
Who Were Born On July 24?
- 923Emperor Suzaku of Japan (d. 952)
- 1529Karl II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, governor of the Margravate of Durlach (d. 1577)
- 1561Maria of Palatinate-Simmern, Duchess of Södermanland (d. 1589)
- 1574Thomas Platter the Younger, Swiss physician (d. 1628)
- 1660Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)
- 1725John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)
- 1757Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)
- 1783Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military commander (d. 1830)
- 1786Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (d. 1843)
- 1794Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist (d. 1865)
- 1802Alexandre Dumas, père, French writer (d. 1870)
- 1803Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer (d. 1856)
- 1821William Poole, American racketeer and politician (d. 1855)
- 1826Ivan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist (d. 1902)
- 1851Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (d. 1935)
- 1853William Gillette, American actor and author (d. 1937)
- 1856Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (d. 1941)
- 1857Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
- 1860Alfons Mucha, Czech artist (d. 1939)
- 1860Princess Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1919)
- 1864Frank Wedekind, German writer (d. 1918)
- 1867Edward Frederic Benson, English writer (d. 1940)
- 1867Fred Tate, English cricketer (d. 1943)
- 1867Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (d. 1908)
- 1874Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and writer (d. 1917)
- 1877Calogero Vizzini, Sicilian mafioso (d. 1954)
- 1878Edward Plunkett, Irish writer (d. 1957)
- 1880Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer (d. 1959)
- 1880Kristian Hellström, Swedish athlete (d. 1946)
- 1886Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese novelist (d. 1965)
- 1888Arthur Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
- 1895Robert Graves, English author (d. 1985)
- 1897Amelia Earhart, American aviator (d. 1937)
- 1899Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (d. 1981)
- 1900Zelda Fitzgerald, American artist (d. 1948)
- 1904Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (d. 1991)
- 1904Richard B. Morris, American constitutional historian (d. 1989)
- 1908Cootie Williams, American trumpeter (d. 1985)
- 1910Harry Horner, American art director (d. 1994)
- 1912Essie Summers, New Zealand writer (d. 1998)
- 1913Britton Chance, American molecular biologist and yachtsman (d. 2010)
- 1914Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and theatrical impresario (d. 2007)
- 1915Enrique Fernando, Filipino jurist (d. 2004)
- 1916Bob Eberly, singer with the Jimmy Dorsey Band and Helen O'Connell, (d. 1981)
- 1916John D. MacDonald, American novelist, (d. 1986)
- 1917Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1917Robert Farnon, Canadian conductor, composer, and arranger (d. 2005)
- 1918Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist
- 1919Ferdinand Kübler, Swiss cyclist
- 1919Robert Marsden Hope, Australian jurist (d. 1999)
- 1920Bella Abzug, American politician (d. 1998)
- 1921Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor (d. 2008)
- 1922Madeleine Ferron, French Canadian writer (d. 2010)
- 1924Aris Poulianos, Greek anthropologist
- 1924Wilfred Josephs, English composer (d. 1997)
- 1929Alfred Binns, West Indian cricketer
- 1930Alfred Balk, American magazine editor and journalist (d. 2010)
- 1930Keshubhai Patel, Former Chief Minister of the Western State of Gujarat in India
- 1931Éric Tabarly, French sailor (d. 1998)
- 1931Ermanno Olmi, Italian director
- 1933Doug Sanders, American golfer
- 1933John Aniston, American actor
- 1934Sante Kimes, American convicted con artist and murderer
- 1935Derek Varnals, South African cricketer
- 1935Pat Oliphant, Australian political cartoonist
- 1936Dan Inosanto, Filipino-American martial artist
- 1936Mark Goddard, American actor
- 1936Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian
- 1937Manoj Kumar, Indian actor
- 1938Eugene J. Martin, American painter and artist
- 1938John Sparling, New Zealand cricketer
- 1939Walt Bellamy, American baseketball player
- 1940Dan Hedaya, American actor
- 1940Stanley Hauerwas, American theologian
- 1942Chris Sarandon, American actor
- 1942Heinz Burt, bassist and singer (d. 2000)
- 1944Jim Armstrong (guitarist), bassist and singer (d. 2000)
- 1945Azim Premji, Indian businessman
- 1945Hugh Ross, Canadian scientist and creationist advocate
- 1946Friedhelm Haebermann, German footballer
- 1946Leo Anthony Gallagher, American comedian
- 1947Geoff McQueen, British television screenwriter (d. 1994)
- 1947Peter Serkin, American pianist
- 1947Robert Hays, American actor
- 1947Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer
- 1949Michael Richards, American comedian
- 1949Yves Duteil, French singer and songwriter
- 1950Arliss Ryan, American author
- 1950Marc Jampole, American poet
- 1951Chris Smith, British politician
- 1951Lynda Carter, American actress
- 1952Gus Van Sant, American film director
- 1953Claire McCaskill, American politician
- 1953Jon Faddis, American jazz trumpet player and composer
- 1956Charles Crist, American politician
- 1956Pat Finn, American game show host and producer
- 1957Larry Gott, English musician
- 1957Pam Tillis, American singer
- 1958Jim Leighton, Scottish goalkeeper
- 1958Joe Barry Carroll, American basketball player
- 1958Mick Karn, English musician (d. 2011)
- 1961Kerry Dixon, English footballer
- 1962Johnny O'Connell, American race car driver
- 1963Julie Krone, American jockey
- 1963Karl Malone, American basketball player
- 1963Paul Geary, American musician
- 1964Banana Yoshimoto, Japanese author
- 1964Barry Bonds, American baseball player
- 1964John Rosengren, American writer and author
- 1965Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player
- 1965Doug Liman, American film director
- 1965Kadeem Hardison, American actor
- 1966Martin Keown, English footballer
- 1968Colleen Doran, American comic book writer and artist
- 1968Kristin Chenoweth, American singer and actress
- 1968Laura Leighton, American actress
- 1968Malcolm Ingram, Canadian director
- 1969Jennifer Lopez, American actress and singer
- 1969Rick Fox, Bahamian basketball player
- 1970Elli Kokkinou, Greek singer
- 1970Stephanie Adams, American model and author
- 1971Dino Baggio, Italian footballer
- 1971John Partridge, English singer
- 1972Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1972Rev. Jen Miller, American performance artist
- 1975Dafydd James, Welsh rugby player
- 1975Eric Szmanda, American actor
- 1975Jamie Langenbrunner, American ice hockey player
- 1975Torrie Wilson, American wrestler
- 1976Nate Bump, American baseball player
- 1976Rafer Alston, American basketball player
- 1976Tiago Monteiro, Portuguese racing driver
- 1977Aitor Pérez, Spanish cyclist
- 1977Danny Dyer, English actor and television presenter
- 1977Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian football player
- 1978Andy Irons, American professional surfer (d. 2010)
- 1979Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, French tennis player
- 1979José Valverde, American baseball player
- 1979Lee Si-yeon, South Korean actress
- 1979Mark Andrew Smith, American graphic novelist
- 1979Rose Byrne, Australian actress
- 1979Stat Quo, American rapper
- 1979Valerio Scassellati, Italian racing driver
- 1980Gauge, American pornographic actress
- 1980Wilfred Bungei, Kenyan runner
- 1981Mark Robinson, English footballer
- 1981Summer Glau, American actress
- 1982Élise Crombez, Belgian model
- 1982Anna Paquin, Canadian-born New Zealand actress
- 1982Michael Poppmeier, South African-born German rugby player
- 1982Thiago Medeiros, Brazilian racing driver
- 1983Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer
- 1984Dhani Lennevald, Swedish singer
- 1985Eric Wright, American football player
- 1985Patrice Bergeron, Canadian hockey player
- 1985Teagan Presley, American pornographic actress
- 1986Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater
- 1986Megan Park, Canadian actress
- 1987Cafu, Brazilian footballer
- 1987Mara Wilson, American actress
- 1987Nathan Gerbe, American hockey player
- 1988Han Seung-yeon, South Korean singer/dancer
- 1988Ricky Petterd, Australian rules footballer
- 1989Kim Tae-Hwan, South Korean footballer
- 1990Daveigh Chase, American actress
- 1990Dean Stoneman, British racing driver
- 1991Lin Yue, Chinese athlete
- 1992Dmitry Abyzov, Russian professional footballer
- 1998Bindi Irwin, Australian entertainer
Who Died On July 24?
- 1115Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)
- 1129Emperor Shirakawa, of Japan (b. 1053)
- 1240Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
- 1568Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)
- 1594John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)
- 1739Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686)
- 1768Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
- 1862Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
- 1908Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. 1867)
- 1910Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
- 1927Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)
- 1957Sacha Guitry, French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1885)
- 1962Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer (b. 1917)
- 1965Constance Bennett, American actress (b. 1904)
- 1966Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
- 1969Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist and dramatist (b. 1904)
- 1970Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman (b. 1897)
- 1973Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and Prime Minister (b. 1898)
- 1974James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- 1980Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor (b. 1925)
- 1980Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
- 1985Father Ezechiele Ramin MCCJ, Italian Comboni missionary priest and martyr (b. 1953)
- 1986Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- 1991Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-born Yiddish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 1992Arletty, French singer and actress (b. 1898)
- 1992Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900)
- 1993Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (b. 1957)
- 1995George Rodger, British photojournalist (b. 1908)
- 1995Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (b. 1934)
- 1995Marjorie Cameron, American writer, painter, actress, and occultist (b. 1922)
- 1996Alphonso Roberts, West Indian cricketer and politician (b. 1937)
- 1997Saw Maung, Burmese dictator (b. 1928)
- 1997William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1906)
- 2000Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (b. 1925)
- 2001Georges Dor, Canadian author, composer, singer and playwright (b. 1931)
- 2004Bob Azzam, Egyptian singer (b. 1925)
- 2005Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (b. 1912)
- 2007Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)
- 2007Chaney Kley, American actor (b. 1972)
- 2007Nicola Zaccaria, Greek bass (b. 1923)
- 2008Norman Dello Joio, American composer (b. 1913)
- 2009E. Lynn Harris, American author (b. 1955)
- 2010Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949)
- 2011Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966)
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