What are the important events that happened on July 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 24: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 24 is the 206th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 160 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 11, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 478,272 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexagon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 189 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,233 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 24 Historical Events
- 1567 –Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
- 1814 –War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown’s American invaders.
- 1823 –Slavery is abolished in Chile.
- 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.
- 1866 –Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. State to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
- 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.
- 1974 –Constantine Karamanlis arrives in Greece following the collapse of the Greek military junta, beginning Greece’s metapolitefsi era.
- 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”.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on July 24?
- 1826 –Ivan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist (d. 1902)
- 1857 –Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
- 1864 –Frank Wedekind, German writer (d. 1918)
- 1904 –Richard B. Morris, American constitutional historian (d. 1989)
- 1908 –Cootie Williams, American trumpeter (d. 1985)
- 1913 –Britton Chance, American molecular biologist and yachtsman (d. 2010)
- 1931 –Éric Tabarly, French sailor (d. 1998)
- 1938 –Eugene J. Martin, American painter and artist
- 1957 –Pam Tillis, American singer
- 1970 –Elli Kokkinou, Greek singer
Who died on July 24?
- 1594 –John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)
- 1739 –Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686)
- 1862 –Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
- 1965 –Constance Bennett, American actress (b. 1904)
- 1974 –James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- 1980 –Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor (b. 1925)
- 1985 –Father Ezechiele Ramin MCCJ, Italian Comboni missionary priest and martyr (b. 1953)
- 1991 –Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-born Yiddish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 1996 –Alphonso Roberts, West Indian cricketer and politician (b. 1937)
- 2007 –Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)
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