July 24
Today is the 205th day of 2021, there are 160 days left in the year.
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate by Scottish nobles in favor of her infant son, James, who became King of Scotland at the age of one.
1783 - Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
1847 - Brigham Young and the first members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) arrived at the Great Salt Lake.
1858 - Republican senatorial candidate Abraham Lincoln formally challenged Democrat Stephen A. Douglas to a series of political debates; the result was seven face-to-face encounters.
1862 - Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States and the first U.S. president to have been born in the United States, died in Kinderhook, New York at age 79.
1866 - Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union.
1915 - The SS Eastland, a passenger ship carrying more than 2,500 people, rolled onto its side while docked at the Clark Street Bridge on the Chicago River; an estimated 844 people died in the disaster.
1937 - The state of Alabama dropped charges against five black men accused of raping two white women in the Scottsboro case were dropped.
1952 - President Harry S. Truman announced a settlement in a 53-day steel strike.
1959 - During a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard Nixon got into a discussion with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was dubbed the "kitchen debate" because it took place at a model kitchen at a U.S. exhibition.
1969 - Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, returned safely to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon had to turn over White House tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
1979 - A Miami jury convicted Ted Bundy of first-degree murder in the slayings of two Florida State University sorority sisters.
1990 - Iraq amassed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait.
1997 - Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan died at age 91.
2002 - Nine coal miners were trapped in a mine in Pennsylvania. All were rescued three days later.
2002 - The House of Representatives expelled Rep James Traficant (D-Ohio), who had been convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion.
2016 - Thousands of demonstrators took to Philadelphia’s sweltering streets in the first major protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
2019 - In a day of congressional testimony, Robert Mueller dismissed President Donald Trump’s claim of “total exoneration” in Mueller’s probe of Russia’s 2016 election interference.
2020 - President Donald Trump scrapped plans for a four-night Republican National Convention celebration in Florida, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus.
2020 - Television host and personality Regis Philbin died at age 88.
Birthdays
23 - Bindi Irwin (TV personality)
28 - Lucas Adams (actor)
30 - Emily Bett Rickards (actress)
33 - Sarah Steele (actress)
34 - Mara Wilson (actress)
35 - Megan Park (actress)
37 - Sarah Greene (actress)
39 - Anna Paquin (actress)
39 - Elisabeth Moss (actress)
40 - Sheaun McKinney (actor)
40 - Summer Glau (actress)
42 - Jerrod Niemann (country singer)
42 - Rose Byrne (actress)
46 - Eric Szmanda (actor)
46 - Torrie Wilson (professional wrestler)
52 - Rick Fox (basketball player)
52 - Jennifer Lopez (actress/singer)
53 - John P. Navin Jr. (actor)
53 - Laura Leighton (actress)
53 - Kristin Chenoweth (actress/singer)
56 - Kadeem Hardison (actor)
57 - Barry Bonds (baseball player)
58 - Karl Malone (basketball player)
59 - Paul Ben-Victor (actor)
64 - Pam Tillis (country singer)
70 - Lynda Carter (actress)
72 - Michael Richards (actor)
74 - Robert Hays (actor)
75 - Gallagher (comedian)
79 - Chris Sarandon (actor)
81 - Dan Hedaya (actor)
85 - Mark Goddard (actor)
88 - John Aniston (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 24
1968 - Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a 907th MLB game, breaking Cy Young's career record for pitching appearances.
1984 - Quarterback Terry Bradshaw announced his retirement from football.
2005 - Lance Armstrong won a seventh consecutive Tour de France.
2016 - Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Today is the 205th day of 2021, there are 160 days left in the year.
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate by Scottish nobles in favor of her infant son, James, who became King of Scotland at the age of one.
1783 - Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
1847 - Brigham Young and the first members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) arrived at the Great Salt Lake.
1858 - Republican senatorial candidate Abraham Lincoln formally challenged Democrat Stephen A. Douglas to a series of political debates; the result was seven face-to-face encounters.
1862 - Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States and the first U.S. president to have been born in the United States, died in Kinderhook, New York at age 79.
1866 - Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union.
1915 - The SS Eastland, a passenger ship carrying more than 2,500 people, rolled onto its side while docked at the Clark Street Bridge on the Chicago River; an estimated 844 people died in the disaster.
1937 - The state of Alabama dropped charges against five black men accused of raping two white women in the Scottsboro case were dropped.
1952 - President Harry S. Truman announced a settlement in a 53-day steel strike.
1959 - During a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard Nixon got into a discussion with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was dubbed the "kitchen debate" because it took place at a model kitchen at a U.S. exhibition.
1969 - Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, returned safely to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon had to turn over White House tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
1979 - A Miami jury convicted Ted Bundy of first-degree murder in the slayings of two Florida State University sorority sisters.
1990 - Iraq amassed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait.
1997 - Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan died at age 91.
2002 - Nine coal miners were trapped in a mine in Pennsylvania. All were rescued three days later.
2002 - The House of Representatives expelled Rep James Traficant (D-Ohio), who had been convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion.
2016 - Thousands of demonstrators took to Philadelphia’s sweltering streets in the first major protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
2019 - In a day of congressional testimony, Robert Mueller dismissed President Donald Trump’s claim of “total exoneration” in Mueller’s probe of Russia’s 2016 election interference.
2020 - President Donald Trump scrapped plans for a four-night Republican National Convention celebration in Florida, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus.
2020 - Television host and personality Regis Philbin died at age 88.
Birthdays
23 - Bindi Irwin (TV personality)
28 - Lucas Adams (actor)
30 - Emily Bett Rickards (actress)
33 - Sarah Steele (actress)
34 - Mara Wilson (actress)
35 - Megan Park (actress)
37 - Sarah Greene (actress)
39 - Anna Paquin (actress)
39 - Elisabeth Moss (actress)
40 - Sheaun McKinney (actor)
40 - Summer Glau (actress)
42 - Jerrod Niemann (country singer)
42 - Rose Byrne (actress)
46 - Eric Szmanda (actor)
46 - Torrie Wilson (professional wrestler)
52 - Rick Fox (basketball player)
52 - Jennifer Lopez (actress/singer)
53 - John P. Navin Jr. (actor)
53 - Laura Leighton (actress)
53 - Kristin Chenoweth (actress/singer)
56 - Kadeem Hardison (actor)
57 - Barry Bonds (baseball player)
58 - Karl Malone (basketball player)
59 - Paul Ben-Victor (actor)
64 - Pam Tillis (country singer)
70 - Lynda Carter (actress)
72 - Michael Richards (actor)
74 - Robert Hays (actor)
75 - Gallagher (comedian)
79 - Chris Sarandon (actor)
81 - Dan Hedaya (actor)
85 - Mark Goddard (actor)
88 - John Aniston (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 24
1968 - Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a 907th MLB game, breaking Cy Young's career record for pitching appearances.
1984 - Quarterback Terry Bradshaw announced his retirement from football.
2005 - Lance Armstrong won a seventh consecutive Tour de France.
2016 - Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
