# What happened on July 24 in history?

**Date:** July 24  
**Events recorded:** 50  
**Years spanned:** 538 – 2025  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/july/24/

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## Featured Event

**2012** — Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war)

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## Events on this date

- **538** — The Ostrogoths abandoned the Siege of Ariminum upon the arrival of the larger than expected Byzantine fleet. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrogothic_Kingdom))
- **1132** — Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nocera))
- **1148** — Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VII_of_France))
- **1304** — Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence))
- **1411** — Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Harlaw))
- **1412** — Behnam Hadloyo becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_Behnam_Hadloyo))
- **1487** — Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, strike against a ban on foreign beer. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeuwarden))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier))
- **1567** — Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and be replaced by her one-year-old son James VI. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%2C_Queen_of_Scots))
- **1701** — Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_la_Mothe_Cadillac))
- **1712** — War of the Spanish Succession: The French under Marshal Villars win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession))
- **1847** — After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young))
- **1847** — Richard March Hoe,  American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_March_Hoe))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1866** — Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era))
- **1901** — O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry))
- **1910** — The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire))
- **1911** — Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas". ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Bingham_III))
- **1915** — The passenger ship SS 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lausanne))
- **1924** — Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themistoklis_Sofoulis))
- **1927** — The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menin_Gate))
- **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). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellogg%E2%80%93Briand_Pact))
- **1935** — The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in Chicago and 104 °F (40 °C) in Milwaukee. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl))
- **1943** — World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1950** — Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station))
- **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". ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Exhibition))
- **1963** — The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluenose_II))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pelkey))
- **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 angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle))
- **1969** — Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal))
- **1977** — End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Libyan_War))
- **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 swimming event at Olympic level. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quietly_Confident_Quartet))
- **1982** — Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki))
- **1983** — The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_July))
- **1983** — George Brett playing for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident". ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brett))
- **1987** — US supertanker SS Bridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bridgeton))
- **1987** — Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulda_Crooks))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_Capitol_shooting))
- **1999** — Air Fiji flight 121 crashes while en route to Nadi, Fiji, killing all 17 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Fiji_Flight_121))
- **2001** — The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, resulting in military and civilian casualties and destroyed aircraft. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandaranaike_Airport_attack))
- **2009** — Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes at Mashhad International Airport, killing 16. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria_Air_Flight_1525))
- **2012** — Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war))
- **2013** — Santiago de Compostela derailment: A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela_derailment))
- **2014** — Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people on board are killed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Alg%C3%A9rie_Flight_5017))
- **2019** — Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson))
- **2024** — A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashes during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal killing 18. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurya_Airlines))
- **2025** — Angara Airlines Flight 2311 crashes on approach to Tynda Airport, killing all 48 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angara_Airlines_Flight_2311))

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## Notable births on July 24

- **2001** — **Ryan Johnson** — American ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Johnson_(ice_hockey%2C_born_2001)))
- **2001** — **Drake London** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_London))
- **1998** — **Bindi Irwin** — Australian conservationist, zookeeper, and actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindi_Irwin))
- **1998** — **Sophie Wotschke** — Austrian politician ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wotschke))
- **1996** — **Joe Mixon** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Mixon))
- **1995** — **Valentine Holmes** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_Holmes))
- **1995** — **Kyle Kuzma** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Kuzma))
- **1995** — **Meisei Chikara** — Japanese sumo wrestler ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meisei_Chikara))
- **1994** — **Phillip Lindsay** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Lindsay))
- **1992** — **Mikaël Kingsbury** — Canadian skier ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika%C3%ABl_Kingsbury))

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## Notable deaths on July 24

- **2025** — **Hulk Hogan** — American professional wrestler and actor (born 1953) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan))
- **2025** — **Cleo Laine** — English singer and actress (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_Laine))
- **2024** — **Shafin Ahmed** — Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (born 1961) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafin_Ahmed))
- **2024** — **Hamzah Haz** — Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia (born 1940) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamzah_Haz))
- **2024** — **Dmytro Kiva** — Ukrainian engineer and designer (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmytro_Kiva))
- **2023** — **George Alagiah** — BBC News journalist and broadcaster (born 1955) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alagiah))
- **2023** — **Trevor Francis** — Britain's first "£1 million football player" (born 1954) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Francis))
- **2022** — **David Warner** — English actor (born 1941) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Warner_(actor)))
- **2021** — **Dale Snodgrass** — United States Naval Aviator and air show performer (born 1949) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Snodgrass))
- **2021** — **Rodney Alcala** — American serial killer (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala))

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