On this day in History - Jul 24

• 1115 - Matilda, Countess of Tuscany dies (b. 1046)
• 1129 - Shirakawa dies (b. 1053). Emperor of Japan.
• 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
• 1216 - Cencio Savelli is consecrated as Pope Honorius III.
• 1240 - Konrad von Thüringen dies. Fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
• 1245 - O Papa Inocêncio IV retira a D. Sancho II a autoridade real.
• 1394 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan dies (b. 1343). Scottish prince.
• 1411 - Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles on Scottish soil.
• 1487 - Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer.
• 1534 - French explorer Jacques Cartier planted a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and took possession of the territory in the name of the King Francis I of France.
• 1567 - Mary Queen of Scots is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son King James VI.
• 1568 - Prince Dom Carlos of Spain dies (b. 1545)
• 1594 - John Boste dies (b. 1544). Catholic saint and martyr.
• 1660 - Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury was born (d. 1718). English politician
• 1686 - Benedetto Marcello was born (d. 24 Jul 1739). Italian composer, writer and poet
• 1701 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
• 1704 - Uma força anglo-holandesa comandada pelo príncipe Jorge de Hesse-Darmstadt, e transportada por uma frota sob o comando do almirante inglês sir George Rooke, ocupa Gibraltar, durante a Guerra de Sucessão de Espanha.
• 1725 - John Newton was born (d. 1807). English cleric and hymnist.
• 1739 - Benedetto Marcello dies (b. 24 Jul 1739). Italian composer, writer and poet
• 1757 - Vladimir Borovikovsky was born (d. 1825). Russian painter.
• 1768 - Nathanial Lardner dies (b. 1684). English theologian
• 1783 - Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 17 Dec1830). South American liberator
• 1786 - Joseph Nicollet was born (d. 1843). Ftench mathematician and explorer.
• 1794 - Johan Georg Forchhammer was born (d. 1865). Danish geologist.
• 1802 - Alexandre Dumas, pére was born (d. 1870). French writer ( "The Three Musketeers").
• 1803 - Adolphe Charles Adam was born (d. 1856). French composer.
• 1803 - Alexander Davis was born (d. 14 Jan 1892). American architect, designer and illustrator.
• 1804 - Martin Knoller dies (b. 1725). Painter
• 1814 - War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.
• 1823 - Slavery is abolished in Chile
• 1826 - Ivan Bloch was born (d. 1902). Military theorist and peace activist.
• 1827 - Ocorrem em Portugal "As Archotadas". Saldanha, ministro da guerra, depois de pretender demitir o intendente-geral da polícia, Joaquim Rodrigues de Bastos, e o chanceler da Casa da Suplicação, o desembargador João de Matos e Vasconcelos e Barbosa de Magalhães, demitia-se, ao mesmo tempo que sucessivas manifestações em Lisboa o aclamavam e que se repetiram nos dias 25 e 27. Ficaram conhecidas como as archotadas, porque, realizando-se à noitinha, os magotes de manifestantes, então ditos os grotescos, utilizavam archotes.
• 1827 - Francisco Solano López was born in Assuncion (d. 01 Mar 1870). Paraguayan President and soldier.
• 1832 - Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass.
• 1847 - After 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.
• 1851 - Friedrich Schottky was born (d. 1935). German mathematician.
• 1853 - William Gillette was born (d. 29 Apr 1937). American playwright and actor.
• 1856 - Charles Émile Picard was born (d. 1941). French mathematician.
• 1857 - Henrik Pontoppidan was born. Danish writer. Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917.
• 1860 - Alfons Mucha was born (d. 1937). Czech artist.
• 1862 - Raimundo de Farias Britowas born in São Benedito, Ceará (d. 16 Jan 1917). Brazilian philosopher and writer.
• 1862 - Martin Van Buren dies (b. 1782). Eighth President of the United States
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown - Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep Yankees out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• 1864 - Frank Wedekind was born (d. 1918). German writer.
• 1866 - Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
• 1870 - Nascimento, em Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, de Alphonsus Guimaraens (Afonso Henrique da Costa Guimarães). Grande poeta brasileiro.
• 1874 - Oswald Chambers was born (d. 1917). Christian writer.
• 1877 - Calogero Vizzini was born (d. 1954). Sicilian mafioso
• 1878 - Lord Dunsany was born (d. 1957). Irish writer.
• 1880 - Ernest Bloch was born (d. 1959). Swiss composer.
• 1880 - Kristian Hellström was born (d. 1946). Swedish athlete.
• 1885 - Entrada em vigor do 2.º Acto Adicional à Carta Constitucional, que tentava dar um carácter mais democrático à vida política portuguesa.
• 1890 - Nascimento, em Campinas, São Paulo, de Guilherme de Almeida (Guilherme de Andrade e Almeida), conhecido como "o príncipe dos poetas brasileiros".
• 1895 - Robert Graves was born (d. 12 Jul 1985). English author.
• 1896 - Hermann Kasack was born (d. 1966). Writer.
• 1897 - Amelia Earhart was born (d. 1937). American aviator.
• 1899 - Chief Dan George was born (d. 1981). Native American actor.
• 1900 - Zelda Fitzgerald was born (d. 1948). American artist, wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 1901 - O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• 1901 - Silveira Martins dies (b. 1834). Brazilian politician.
• 1904 - James Rhyne Killian was born (d. 29 Jan 1988) American president of M.I.T. (1948-59); helped create NASA
• 1904 - Leo Arnaud was born (d. 1991). French-American composer.
• 1908 - Cootie Williams was born (d. 15 Sep 1985). American jazz musician : trumpeter
• 1910 - James MacGillivray publishes first account of Paul Bunyan in the Detroit News.
• 1910 - Harry Horner was born (d. 1994). American art director.
• 1910 - Arkhip Kuindzhi dies (b. 1841). Russian painter.
• 1911 - Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu "the Lost City of the Incas".
• 1914 - Edwin Mirvish was born (d. 2007). Canadian businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario.
• 1915 - Passenger ship Eastland capsizes in central Chicago, Illinois, with the loss of 845 lives.
• 1916 - John D. MacDonald was born (d. 28 Dec 1986). American mystery and science fiction writer
• 1917 - Robert Farnon was born (d. 2005). Canadian-born conductor, composer and arranger
• 1918 - Ruggiero Ricci was born. American violinist.
• 1919 - Ferdinand Kübler was born. Swiss cyclist
• 1919 - Maria Pinto da Silva was born. My dear mommy.
• 1920 - Bella Abzug was bon (d. 31 Mar 1998). U.S. Congresswoman from New York
• 1921 - Billy Taylor was born. Jazz pianist.
• 1922 - Madeleine Ferron was born. French Canadian writer
• 1922 - League of Nations gives Egyptian mandate to Britain. Egypt remains a British Protectorate until the Anglo-Egyptian treaty is signed on 26 August 1936.
• 1923 - The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in the First World War.
• 1924 - The World Chess Federation FIDE is founded in Paris.
• 1926 - Hans Günter Winkler was born. Equestrian jumper.
• 1927 - The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
• 1927 - Ryunosuke Akutagawa dies (b. 1892). Japanese writer.
• 1928 - Jardel Filho was born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 19 Feb 1983). Brazilian actor.
• 1929 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it was first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928 by most leading world powers).
• 1929 - Oriana Fallaci was born. Italian journalist and author
• 1929 - Peter Yates was born. Movie director.
• 1930 - Jece Valadão was born (d. 17 Nov 2006). Brazilian actor
• 1931 - A fire at a home for aged people in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people.
• 1931 - Ermanno Olmi was born. Italian director.
• 1931 - Éric Tabarlywas bon (d. 1998). French sailor.
• 1933 - Doug Sanders was born. American golfer
• 1933 - John Aniston was born. American Actor
• 1933 - Doug Sanders was born. Golfer
• 1934 - Rudy Collins was born. Drummer (Dizzy Gillespie Quintet)
• 1935 - The world's first children's railway opens in Tbilisi, USSR.
• 1935 - The dust bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (44°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• 1935 - Pat Oliphant was born. Australian political cartoonist
• 1936 - Ruth Buzzi was born. American actress and comedian
• 1936 - Mark Goddard was born. American actor
• 1937 - Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys."
• 1938 - Eugene J. Martin was born. American painter, artist
• 1940 - Stanley Hauerwas was born. American theologian.
• 1942 - Chris Sarandon was born. American actor.
• 1943 - World 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.
• 1945 - No final da Conferência de Potsdam, Churchill, Truman e o delegado chinês pedem a rendição incondicional do Japão. Os japoneses responderam negativamente, desconhecendo que a recusa implicava o lançamento de bombas atómicas no Japão.
• 1945 - Azim Premji was born. Indian businessman
• 1947 - Robert Hays was born. American actor.
• 1947 - Peter Serkin was born. American pianist
• 1947 - Zaheer Abbas was born. Pakistani cricketer
• 1949 - Michael Richards was born. American comedian
• 1949 - Yves Duteil was born. French singer and songwriter
• 1949 - Michael Richards was born. Comedian
• 1951 - Lynda Carter was born. American actress
• 1951 - Chris Smith was born. British politician.
• 1952 - Gus Van Sant was born. American film director
• 1955 - Andrzej Łuczak was born. Polish stucco decorator, painter, photographer
• 1956 - At New York City's Copacabana Club, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis perform their last comedy show together which started on July 25, 1946.
• 1956 - Khartoum University College is awarded university status becoming the University of Khartoum.
• 1957 - Pam Tillis was born. American country music singer.
• 1957 - Sacha Guitry dies (b. 1885). French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright.
• 1958 - Júlia Correia was born. Portuguese actress.
• 1959 - At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, US vice-president Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev have a "kitchen debate."
• 1961 - Kerry Dixon was born. English footballer
• 1962 - Edson Bueno de Camargo was born. Brazilian poet.
• 1963 - Karl Malone was born. American basketball player
• 1963 - Paul Geary was born. American musician (Extreme)
• 1963 - Julie Krone was born. American jockey
• 1964 - One criticality (nuclear) accident at Charlestown in Rhode Island (US), killing one. See List of civilian nuclear accidents.
• 1964 - Barry Bonds was born. American baseball player.
• 1964 - Banana Yoshimoto was born. Japanese novelist.
• 1964 - PJ Phillips was born. British musician
• 1965 - Vietnam War: Four F-4C Phantoms escorting a bombing raid at Kang Chi are the targets of antiaircraft missiles in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other three sustain damage.
• 1965 - Kadeem Hardison was born. American actor.
• 1965 - Constance Bennett dies (b. 1904). American actress
• 1966 - Michael Pelkey made the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping is now been banned from El Cap.
• 1966 - Martin Keown was born. English footballer
• 1966 - Tony Lema dies (b. 1934). American golfer
• 1967 - During 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.
• 1968 - Laura Leighton was born. American actress.
• 1968 - Kristin Chenoweth was born. American singer and actress.
• 1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
• 1969 - Rick Fox was born. Bahamian basketball player
• 1969 - Jennifer Lopez was born. American actress and singer
• 1969 - Witold Gombrowicz dies (b. 1904). Polish novelist and dramatist.
• 1970 - Stephanie Adams was born. American model and author.
• 1970 - Peter de Noronha dies (b. 1897). Indian businessman.
• 1971 - John Partridge was born. English singer
• 1971 - Oliver Jones was born. Australian singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and audio engineer
• 1972 - Reverend Jen Miller was born. American poet, painter, writer and actress
• 1973 - Ana Cristina De Oliveira was born in Lisbon. Portuguese model and actress. Winner "Prix d'interpretation Janine Bazin" (Best Actress) at the Festival International Du Film Belfort, for her portrayal of the title role in the Feature Film, "Odete".
• 1974 - Watergate Scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously rule 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.
• 1974 - After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus the Greek military junta collapses and democracy is restored.
• 1974 - James Chadwik dies (b. 1891). English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• 1975 - Torrie Wilson was born. American wrestler
• 1975 - Eric Szmanda was born. American actor
• 1975 - Jamie Langenbrunner was born. American ice hockey player
• 1976 - Nate Bump was born. American baseball player
• 1976 - Rafer Alston was born. American basketball player
• 1976 - Tiago Monteiro was born. Portuguese Formula One driver
• 1977 - End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
• 1977 - Mehdi Mahdavikia was born. Iranian football player
• 1979 - Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th career home run off of Oakland A's Mike Morgan at Fenway Park.
• 1979 - Stat Quo was born. American rapper
• 1979 - Anne-Gaëlle Sidot was born. French tennis player
• 1979 - José Valverde was born. American baseball player
• 1979 - Rose Byrne was born. Australian actress
• 1980 - Gauge was born. American pornographic actress
• 1980 - Wilfred Bungei was born. Kenyan middle-distance runner
• 1980 - Peter Sellers dies (b. 1925). English actor.
• 1981 - Summer Glau was born. American actress
• 1982 - Anna Paquin was born. Canadian-born actress.
• 1982 - Elise Crombez was born. Belgian supermodel.
• 1982 - Thiago Medeiros was born. Brazilian racing driver.
• 1983 - George Brett, batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
• 1983 - Daniele De Rossi was born. Italian footballer
• 1984 - John Dhani Lennevald was born. Swedish singer (former A-Teens member)
• 1984 - Jessie Kennington was born. American choreographer of the one-legged hop dance
• 1985 - Teagan Presley was born. American pornographic actress
• 1985 - Patrice Bergeron was born. Canadian hockey player.
• 1986 - President Kenneth David Kaunda accuses the British government of "kissing Apartheid".
• 1986 - Justin Berry was born. American anti-child porn advocate.
• 1986 - Fritz Albert Lipmann dies (b. 1899). American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1987 - Mara Wilson was born. American actress
• 1990 - Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait/Iraq border.
• 1990 - Daveigh Chase was born. American actress
• 1991 - Government of India announces the New Industrial Policy, marking the start of India's economic reforms.
• 1991 - Isaac Bashevis Singer dies (b. 1904). Ukrainian author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1992 - Sam Berger dies (b. 1900). Canadian football owner.
• 1992 - Arletty dies (b. 1898). French singer and actress.
• 1993 -UB40 started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Can't Help Falling In Love', also on the same day they went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Promises And Lies'.
• 1995 - George Rodger dies (b. 1908). British photojournalist.
• 1996 - Mohammed Farah Aidid dies (b. 1934). Somali warlord.
• 1997 - Saw Maung dies (b. 1928). Burmese dictator.
• 1997 - William J. Brennan dies (b. 1906). Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• 1998 - Russel 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.
• 1998 - Bindi Irwin was born. Activist and daughter of Steve Irwin
• 1998 - Paula Cristina Matos died. Portuguese television journalist.
• 2001 - Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, and became the only monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
• 2001 - The Taiwan Solidarity Union is established.
• 2001 - Larry A. Silverstein signs a $3.2 billion, 99-year lease on the entire World Trade Center complex, 7 weeks before the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• 2001 - Georges Dor dies (b. 1931). French Canadien author, composer, singer and playwright.
• 2002 - James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1.
• 2002 - Alfred Moisiu becomes President of Albania.
• 2003 - Ozzy Osbournes long-standing tour manager, Bobby Thompson, was found dead in his Detroit hotel room. Thompson had been battling throat cancer.
• 2005 - Lance Armstrong wins his seventh Tour de France.
• 2005 - Richard Doll dies (b. 1912). English epidemiologist
• Ecuador - Simón Bolívar Day
• Utah - Pioneer Day (1847)
• Vanuatu - Children's Day
• Saint Christina the Astonishing
• Venezuela - Birth of the Libertador (Simón Bolívar Day)
• Ancient Latvia - Jekaupa Diena held