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| Birthday July 24, 1783 Sim¢n Bol¡var, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule. |
| Birthday July 24, 1802 Alexandre Dumas, pre French author. |
| Birthday July 24, 1870 Fred. Law Olmsted Jr |
| Birthday July 24, 1895 Robert Graves, British poet, historical novelist (I, Claudius). |
| Birthday July 24, 1898 Amelia Earhart, into the wild blue yonder |
| Birthday July 24, 1920 Bella Abzug, (D-NY-Rep) |
| Birthday July 24, 1932 William Ruckelshaus, head of the Environmental Protection Agency. |
| Birthday July 24, 1934 Willie Davis, NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay). |
| Birthday July 24, 1935 Adnan Khashnoggi |
| Birthday July 24, 1936 Ruth Buzzi, in RI (Laugh-in) |
| Birthday July 24, 1939 Bob Lilly, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys). |
| Birthday July 24, 1942 Chris Sarandon |
| Birthday July 24, 1951 Lynda Carter, Pheonix Az, Miss USA (Wonder Woman) |
| Birthday July 24, 1978 Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after 'the one is a born liar the other a convicted one' comment about Steinbrenner & Jackson |
| History July 24, 1567 Mary Queen of Scots deposed |
| History July 24, 1673 Edmund Halley enters Queen's College Oxford as an undergraduate. |
| History July 24, 1701 French make 1st landing at site of Detroit. |
| History July 24, 1704 Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain |
| History July 24, 1776 Hancock scolds Schuyler |
| History July 24, 1832 Bonneville leads first wagon crossing of South Pass |
| History July 24, 1847 Mormon leader Brigham Young & followers arrive at Salt Lake City Ut |
| History July 24, 1847 Mormons settle Salt Lake Valley |
| History July 24, 1862 Martin Van Buren 8th pres dies in Kinderhook N.Y. |
| History July 24, 1864 Battle of Kernstown, Virginia |
| History July 24, 1866 Tennessee becomes 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union. |
| History July 24, 1901 O. Henry is released from prison |
| History July 24, 1908 Sultan of Turkey restores constitution at demand of Young Turk rebels |
| History July 24, 1915 Hundreds drown in Eastland disaster |
| History July 24, 1925 Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tn HS fined $100 & costs |
| History July 24, 1929 Pres Hoover proclaims Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounced war |
| History July 24, 1937 Alabama drops charges against 5 blacks accused of rape in Scottsboro |
| History July 24, 1943 Operation Gomorrah is launched |
| History July 24, 1946 US detonates atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll |
| History July 24, 1952 Pres Truman announced a settlement in a 53-day steel strike. |
| History July 24, 1959 Nixon debates Khrushchev at a fair in Moscow |
| History July 24, 1959 VP Nixon argued with Khrushchev known as the `Kitchen Debate' |
| History July 24, 1959 Nixon and Khrushchev have a kitchen debate |
| History July 24, 1965 North Vietnam increases air defense capabilities |
| History July 24, 1967 Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!' |
| History July 24, 1969 Kennedy's goal accomplished |
| History July 24, 1969 Apollo 11 returns to Earth |
| History July 24, 1975 Apollo 18 returns to Earth |
| History July 24, 1982 Eye Of The Tiger from Rocky III tops the U.S. pop charts |
| History July 24, 1984 A nine-year-old's murder puts an innocent man in jail |
| History July 24, 1998 Saving Private Ryan opens in theaters |
| History July 24, 1998 Bidding starts on South Korea's Kia Motors Corp. |
| History July 24, 2005 Lance Armstrong wins seventh Tour de France |