July 24

Events

 * - between  and.
 * -, one of the bloodiest battles on soil.
 * - Citizens of, strike against ban on foreign beer.
 * -   planted a cross on the  and took possession of the territory in the name of the  of.
 * - is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son.
 * - founded trading post at, which later becomes the city of.
 * - :  advances toward the  to halt 's  invaders.
 * - is abolished in
 * - leads the first  across the  by using 's.
 * - After 17 months of travel, leads 148  pioneers into, resulting in the establishment of . Celebrations of this event include the   state holiday and the.
 * - : -    defeats  troops led by General  in an effort to keep them out of the.
 * - : becomes the first  to be readmitted to the  following the.
 * - is released from prison in  after serving three years for  from a bank.
 * - re-discovers  "the Lost City of the s".
 * - Passenger ship  capsizes in central, with the loss of 845 lives.
 * - The, settling the boundaries of modern , is signed in by ,  and other countries that fought in the.
 * - The World Chess Federation is founded in Paris.
 * - The war memorial is unveiled at.
 * - The, renouncing as an instrument of , goes into effect (it was first signed in  on ,  by most leading world powers).
 * - A fire at a home for aged people in kills 48 people.
 * - The world's first opens in,.
 * 1935  - The  heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (44°C) in  and 104°F (40°C) in.
 * - drops  charges against the so-called "."
 * - : begins:  and  aeroplanes bomb  by night, those of the  by day. By the end of the operation in, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
 * - At 's, and  perform their last  show together which started on ,.
 * 1956  - Khartoum University College is awarded university status becoming the.
 * - At the opening of the in,   and    have a "."
 * - : Four s escorting a bombing raid at are the targets of s in the first such attack against  planes in the war. One is shot down and the other three sustain damage.
 * - made the first  from  along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken . BASE jumping is now been banned from El Cap.
 * - During an official state visit to,   declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in :  (Long live free Quebec!). The statement, interpreted as support for , delighted many  but angered the  government and many.
 * - :  splashes down safely in the.
 * - : The unanimously ruled that   did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed  tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
 * 1974  - After the  the  collapses and.
 * - End of a four day long.
 * -, batting for the against the , has a game-winning home run nullified in the "".
 * - Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai
 * - forces start massing on the / border.
 * - Government of announces the New Industrial Policy, marking the start of 's economic reforms.
 * - bursts into the  and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
 * -, the last of  when he was a child, was sworn in as , and became the only  in history to regain  through democratic  to a different office.
 * 2001  - The  is established.
 * - is expelled from the  on a vote of 420 to 1.
 * - wins his seventh consecutive.
 * - frees all six of the Medics in the.

Births

 * -, English politician (d. )
 * -, English cleric and hymnist (d. )
 * -, Russian painter (d. )
 * -, South American liberator (d. )
 * -, French mathematician and explorer (d. )
 * -, Danish geologist (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, Infamous member of New York City's gang (d. )
 * -, military theorist and peace activist (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, American actor and author (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, Danish writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, Czech artist (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, Christian writer (d. )
 * -, Sicilian (d. )
 * -, Irish writer (d. )
 * -, Swiss composer (d. )
 * 1880  -, Swedish athlete (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, American aviator (disappeared )
 * -, Meti actor (d. )
 * -, American artist, wife of writer  (d. )
 * -, French-American composer (d. 1991)
 * -, American trumpeter (d. )
 * -, American art director (d. )
 * -, Canadian businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario (d. )
 * -, American novelist, (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born conductor, composer, and arranger (d. )
 * -, American violinist
 * -, Swiss cyclist
 * -, (d. )
 * -, French Canadian writer
 * -, Italian director
 * 1931  -, French sailor (d. )
 * -, American golfer
 * 1933  -, American Actor
 * -, Australian political cartoonist
 * -, American actress and comedian
 * 1936  -, American actor
 * -, American painter, artist
 * -, American theologian
 * 1940  -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, Indian businessman
 * -, American actor
 * 1947  -, American pianist
 * 1947  -, Pakistani cricketer
 * -, American comedian
 * 1949  -, French singer and songwriter
 * -, American actress
 * 1951  -, British politician
 * -, American film director
 * -, Polish stucco decorator, painter, photographer
 * 1956  -, American game show host and producer
 * -, American singer
 * -, former English footballer
 * -, American musician
 * 1963  -, American jockey
 * 1963  -, American basketball player
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1964  -, British musician
 * -, Japanese author
 * -, American actor
 * 1965  -, Australian basketball player
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American singer and actress
 * 1968  -, American actress
 * -, Bahamian basketball player
 * 1969  -, American actress and singer
 * -, American model and author
 * -, English singer
 * 1971  -, Australian singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and audio engineer
 * -, American poet, painter, writer and actress
 * -, American wrestler
 * 1975  -, American actor
 * 1975  -, American ice hockey player
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1976  -, American basketball player
 * 1976  -, Portuguese Formula One driver
 * -, Iranian football player
 * -, American rapper
 * 1979  -, French tennis player
 * 1979  -, American baseball player
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, American pornographic actress
 * 1980  -, Kenyan middle-distance runner
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian-born actress
 * 1982  -, Belgian supermodel
 * 1982  -, Brazilian racing driver
 * -, Italian footballer
 * -, Swedish singer (former member)
 * -, American pornographic actress
 * 1985  -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, American anti-child porn advocate
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, daughter of
 * -, daughter of

Deaths

 * - (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, fifth
 * - Prince (b. )
 * -, Catholic saint and martyr (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, English theologian (b. )
 * -, 8th (b. )
 * -, Russian painter (b. )
 * -, Japanese writer (b. )
 * -, French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American (b. )
 * -, Polish novelist and dramatist (b. )
 * -, Indian businessman (b. )
 * -, English physicist, (b. )
 * -, British comedian and actor (b. )
 * -, American biochemist, (b. )
 * -, Polish-born Yiddish author, (b. )
 * -, Canadian football owner (b. )
 * 1992  -, French singer and actress (b. )
 * -, English composer and singer (b. )
 * 1995  -, British photojournalist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * 1997  -, Burmese dictator (b. )
 * -, Iranian poet (b. )
 * -, French Canadien author, composer, singer and playwright (b. )
 * -, English epidemiologist (b. )
 * -, American (b. )

Holidays and observances

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 * Ancient -  held.
 * Ancient -  held.
 * Saint ,