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What happend on 24. July in History
In our data base we found 309 events happened on 24. July:
• 923: Emperor Suzaku of Japan (d. 952) [category: Births]
• 1115: Matilda of Tuscany (b. 1046) [category: Deaths]
• 1129: Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1053) [category: Deaths]
• 1132: Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. [category: Events]
• 1148: Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. [category: Events]
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• 1240: Konrad von Thüringen, German 5th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1206) [category: Deaths]
• 1411: Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place. [category: Events]
• 1487: Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against a ban on foreign beer. [category: Events]
• 1529: Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1577) [category: Births]
• 1534: French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France. [category: Events]
• 1561: Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern (d. 1589) [category: Births]
• 1567: Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI. [category: Events]
• 1568: Carlos, Prince of Asturias (b. 1545) [category: Deaths]
• 1574: Thomas Platter the Younger, Swiss physician (d. 1628) [category: Births]
• 1594: John Boste, English saint and martyr (b. 1544) [category: Deaths]
• 1660: Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English statesman (d. 1718) [category: Births]
• 1701: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit, Michigan. [category: Events]
• 1725: John Newton, English sailor and clergyman (d. 1807) [category: Births]
• 1739: Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686) [category: Deaths]
• 1757: Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) [category: Births]
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• 1768: Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1783: Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1783: The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk. [category: Events]
• 1786: Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (d. 1843) [category: Births]
• 1794: Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1802: Alexandre Dumas, French writer (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1803: Adolphe Adam, French composer (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1814: War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders. [category: Events]
• 1821: William Poole, American gangster (d. 1855) [category: Births]
• 1823: Slavery is abolished in Chile. [category: Events]
• 1826: Jan Gotlib Bloch, Polish theorist and activist (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1851: Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1853: William Gillette, American actor and author (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1856: Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1857: Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1860: Alphonse Mucha, Czech artist (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1860: Princess Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1862: Martin Van Buren, American politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: Frank Wedekind, German writer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown – Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley. [category: Events]
• 1866: Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1867: E. F. Benson, English writer (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1867: Fred Tate, English cricketer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1867: Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1874: Hermann Wilker, German rower (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1874: Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and writer (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1877: Calogero Vizzini, Italian mobster (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1878: Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish writer (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1880: Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1880: Kristian Hellström, Swedish runner (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1886: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese novelist (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1888: Arthur Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1895: Robert Graves, English author (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1897: Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1897: Amelia Earhart is born. [category: Events]
• 1899: Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1900: Zelda Fitzgerald, American author (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1901: Francisco Fernández Fernández, Spanish super-centenarian (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank. [category: Events]
• 1904: Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1904: Richard B. Morris, American historian (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1908: Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Harry Horner, American art director (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1910: Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. [category: Events]
• 1911: Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas". [category: Events]
• 1912: Essie Summers, New Zealand writer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1913: Britton Chance, American biologist and yachtsman (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman, founded Honest Ed's (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1915: Enrique Fernando, Filipino jurist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1915: The 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. [category: Events]
• 1916: Bob Eberly, American singer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1916: John D. MacDonald, American novelist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1917: Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1917: Robert Farnon, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: Ferdinand Kübler, Swiss cyclist [category: Births]
• 1919: Robert Marsden Hope, Australian jurist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1920: Bella Abzug, American politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1920: Constance Dowling, American actress (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1921: Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1922: Madeleine Ferron, Canadian writer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1922: Saint George Ashe, British rower (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923. [category: Events]
• 1923: The 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. [category: Events]
• 1924: Aris Poulianos, Greek anthropologist and archaeologist [category: Births]
• 1924: Wilfred Josephs, English composer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1924: Archeologist Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece. [category: Events]
• 1927: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres. [category: Events]
• 1929: Alfred Binns, Jamaican-Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1929: The 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). [category: Events]
• 1930: Alfred Balk, American journalist and editor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1930: Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1931: Ermanno Olmi, Italian director [category: Births]
• 1931: Éric Tabarly, French sailor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1931: A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people. [category: Events]
• 1933: Doug Sanders, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1933: John Aniston, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Sante Kimes, American criminal and murderer [category: Births]
• 1935: Derek Varnals, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1935: Pat Oliphant, Australian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1935: The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago, Illinois and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [category: Events]
• 1936: Dan Inosanto, Filipino-American martial artist [category: Births]
• 1936: Mark Goddard, American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian [category: Births]
• 1937: Manoj Kumar, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys". [category: Events]
• 1938: Eugene J. Martin, American painter and artist [category: Births]
• 1938: John Sparling, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1938: First ascent of the Eiger north face. [category: Events]
• 1939: Walt Bellamy, American baseketball player [category: Births]
• 1940: Dan Hedaya, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Stanley Hauerwas, American theologian [category: Births]
• 1942: Chris Sarandon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Heinz, German-English singer-songwriter and bass player (The Tornados) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1944: Jim Armstrong, Irish guitarist (Them) [category: Births]
• 1945: Azim Premji, Indian businessman and philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1945: Hugh Ross, Canadian astrophysicist [category: Births]
• 1945: Linda Harrison, American actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Friedhelm Haebermann, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1946: Gallagher, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1946: Mark Brovun, Ukrainian art director (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1947: Geoff McQueen, English screenwriter (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1947: Peter Serkin, American pianist [category: Births]
• 1947: Robert Hays, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1949: Michael Richards, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1949: Yves Duteil, French singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1950: Arliss Ryan, American author [category: Births]
• 1950: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket. [category: Events]
• 1951: Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, English politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Lynda Carter, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Gus Van Sant, American director [category: Births]
• 1953: Claire McCaskill, American politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Jon Faddis, American trumpet player, conductor, and composer [category: Births]
• 1954: Günter Böttcher, German handball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1956: Charlie Crist, American politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Pat Finn, American game show host and producer [category: Births]
• 1957: Larry Gott, English singer and musician (James) [category: Births]
• 1957: Pam Tillis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Joe Barry Carroll, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1958: Mick Karn, English musician and songwriter (Japan, Dalis Car, and NiNa) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1959: At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate". [category: Events]
• 1961: Kerry Dixon, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Paul Geary, American singer, drummer, and manager (Extreme) [category: Births]
• 1962: Johnny O'Connell, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1962: Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Julie Krone, American jockey [category: Births]
• 1963: Karl Malone, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Banana Yoshimoto, Japanese author [category: Births]
• 1964: Barry Bonds, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1964: John Rosengren, American author [category: Births]
• 1965: Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Doug Liman, American director [category: Births]
• 1965: Kadeem Hardison, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Constance Bennett, American actress (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Martin Keown, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Michael 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. [category: Events]
• 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!"). [category: Events]
• 1968: Colleen Doran, American writer and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1968: Kristin Chenoweth, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Laura Leighton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Malcolm Ingram, Canadian director [category: Births]
• 1969: Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer, dancer, and businesswoman [category: Births]
• 1969: Ji-Hwan Ahn, South Korean voice actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Rick Fox, Bahamian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean. [category: Events]
• 1970: Elli Kokkinou, Greek singer [category: Births]
• 1970: Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Dino Baggio, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: John Partridge, English actor, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1972: Jen Miller, American actress and author [category: Births]
• 1972: Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces. [category: Events]
• 1973: Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Konstantinos Karamanlis arrives in Greece following the collapse of the Greek military junta, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era. [category: Events]
• 1974: Watergate 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. [category: Events]
• 1975: Dafydd James, Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
• 1975: Eric Szmanda, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Jamie Langenbrunner, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Torrie Wilson, American wrestler and model [category: Births]
• 1976: Nate Bump, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Rafer Alston, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Tiago Monteiro, Portuguese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1977: Aitor Pérez, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1977: Danny Dyer, English actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: End of a four day long Libyan–Egyptian War. [category: Events]
• 1978: Andy Irons, American surfer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1978: Crista Nicole, American model [category: Births]
• 1978: Joanna Taylor, English model and actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Alexis Mateo, Puerto Rican drag queen performer [category: Births]
• 1979: Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jerrod Niemann, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: José Valverde, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Lee Si-yeon, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Mark Andrew Smith, American author [category: Births]
• 1979: Rose Byrne, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Ryan Speier, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Stat Quo, American rapper and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: Valerio Scassellati, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Gauge, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Joel Stroetzel, American guitarist (Killswitch Engage and Aftershock) [category: Births]
• 1980: Wilfred Bungei, Kenyan runner [category: Births]
• 1980: Peter Sellers, English film actor, comedian and singer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: The 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. [category: Events]
• 1981: Mark Robinson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Summer Glau, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Anna Paquin, Canadian-New Zealand actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Chris Barrett, American director, producer, and author [category: Births]
• 1982: Elisabeth Moss, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Mewelde Moore, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Michael Poppmeier, South African-German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Thiago Medeiros, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1982: Trevor Matthews, Canadian actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1982: Élise Crombez, Belgian model [category: Births]
• 1982: Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299. [category: Events]
• 1983: Asami Mizukawa, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 1984: Adam Nelson, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Dhani Lennevald, Swedish singer and dancer (A*Teens) [category: Births]
• 1984: Joris Putman, Dutch actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Patrick Harvey, Irish-Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Tyler Kyte, Canadian actor, singer, and drummer (Sweet Thing) [category: Births]
• 1985: Aries Merritt, American hurdler [category: Births]
• 1985: Eric Wright, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Lukáš Rosol, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1985: Patrice Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Teagan Presley, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1986: Megan Park, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Qudrat Ullah Shahab, Pakistani civil servant and writer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Filipe Francisco dos Santos, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Jovan Belcher, American football player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1987: Mara Wilson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Merve Sevi, Turkish actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Nathan Gerbe, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Han Seung-yeon, South Korean singer and dancer (Kara) [category: Births]
• 1988: Ricky Petterd, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Kim Tae-Hwan, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Maurkice Pouncey, American football player [category: Births]
• 1990: Daveigh Chase, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Dean Stoneman, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1990: Jay McGuiness, English singer (The Wanted) [category: Births]
• 1990: Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait-Iraq border. [category: Events]
• 1991: Jarred Blakiston, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Lin Yue, Chinese diver [category: Births]
• 1991: Manuel Fischnaller, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Manmohan Singh presents his budget speech to the Indian Parliament which led to economic liberalisation in India [category: Events]
• 1992: Dmitry Abyzov, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Arletty, French actress and singer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian and actor (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: George Rodger, English photographer and journalist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter and composer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Marjorie Cameron, American writer and painter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Indian cricketer and activist (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Saw Maung, Burmese dictator (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: William J. Brennan, Jr., American jurist (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Bindi Irwin, Australian television host, actress, and singer [category: Births]
• 1998: Russell 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. [category: Events]
• 2000: Ahmade Shamloo, Iranian poet (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Georges Dor, Canadian author and composer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Bandaranaike 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. [category: Events]
• 2001: Simeon 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. [category: Events]
• 2002: Democrat James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1. [category: Events]
• 2004: Bob Azzam, Lebanese singer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Richard Doll, English physiologist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France. [category: Events]
• 2007: Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Chaney Kley, American actor (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Nicola Zaccaria, Greek singer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Norman Dello Joio, American composer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: E. Lynn Harris, American author (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: The 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. [category: Events]
• 2010: Alex Higgins, Irish snooker player (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Skip Thomas, American football player [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Digital switchover is completed in 44 of the 47 prefectures of Japan, with Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima television stations terminating analog broadcasting operations later as a result of the Tohoku earthquake. [category: Events]
• 2012: Chad Everett, American actor (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gregorio Peces-Barba, Spanish politician and jurist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Atta Mills, Ghanaian politician, 3rd President of Ghana (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Larry Hoppen, American singer and guitarist (Orleans) (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Robert Ledley, American scientist, invented the full-body CT scanner (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sherman Hemsley, American actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Themo Lobos, Chilean writer and illustrator (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• _: Charbel [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christina of Bolsena [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christina the Astonishing [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Declán of Ardmore [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Kinga of Poland [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pioneer Day (Utah) and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Simón Bolívar Day (Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, and Bolivia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Stirling Settler Days (Stirling, Alberta) [category: Holidays and observances]