What Happened On July 24

What Happened On Jul 24 Events

1759 Jul 24 Battle Of La Belle-Famille
The Battle of La Belle-Famille occurred on July 24, 1759, during the French and Indian War. near the portage of the Niagara river, when a French relief force for the French garrison at Fo...
1779 Jul 24
to 1779 Aug 12
 Penobscot Expedition
On August 11, about 250 American militia advanced from their fortified camp and occupied a recently abandoned battery about a quarter mile (400 m) from the British fort. As expected, a so...
1847 Jul 24 Bringham Young Arrives at Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City was founded on July 24, 1847, by a group of Mormon pioneers. (Mormons are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.) The pioneers, led by Brigham Young, w...
1863 Jul 24
to 1863 Jul 25
 Union Forces Defeat Santee and Teton Sioux Forces at the Battle of Big Mound
Description: Brig. Gen. Henry Hastings Sibley led his troops from Fort Ridgely, Minnesota, into the Dakotas, pursuing the Santee Sioux, who had initiated an uprising in the Minnesota Rive...
1864 Jul 24 Second Battle of Kernstown - Federal Line Collapses
Description: Believing that Early’s army was no longer a threat in the Valley, Maj. Gen. Horatio Wright abandoned his pursuit and ordered the VI and XIX Corps to return to Washington, whe...
1897 Jul 24 Amelia Earhart is born
Amelia Mary Earhart, daughter of Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart (March 28, 1867) and Amelia "Amy" Otis Earhart (1869–1962), was born in Atchison, Kansas, in the home of her maternal grand...
1914 Jul 24 Telegrams and Letters Circulated on Friday July 24 1914
Serbia. M. Strandtman, Russian Chargé d'Affaires at Belgrade, telegraphed to M. Sazonof, Minister for Foreign Affairs at Petrograd, that Pashitch, Prime Minister of Serbia, had returned t...
1915 Jul 24 S.S. Eastland flips over on Chicago River, killing over 800 people including 22 entire families
Early on the morning of Saturday, July 24, 1915, with a light rain falling and the air filled with much anticipation and excitement, thousands were gathering along the Chicago River f...
1921 Jul 24 Giuseppe Di Stefano Is Born
Giuseppe Di Stefano (24 July 1921 – 3 March 2008) was an Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the late 1940s until the early 1970s. He was also known for his long-term perf...
1933 Jul 24 Bonnie And Clyde Are Noticed By Civilians
On July 24, 1933, the Barrow Gang was at Dexfield Park, an abandoned amusement park near Dexter, Iowa. After their bloody bandages were noticed by local citizens, it was determined that t...
1942 Jul 24 Construction of Treblinka Nazi Extermination Camp is Completed
Treblinka II was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland during World War II. Around 850,000 people - more than 99.5 percent of whom were Jews, but also other victims (among t...
1944 Jul 24
to 1944 Aug 1
 Battle of Tinian
The Battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July 1944 to 1 August 1944. The American victor...
1944 Jul 24 Majdanek Concentration Camp is Liberated by Soviet Troops
In late July 1944, as Soviet forces approached Lublin, the Germans hastily evacuated Majdanek. The SS had evacuated most of the prisoners to concentration camps further west during the sp...
1948 Jul 24 Chiles-Whitted UFO Encounter
A classic UFO event that has all but been forgotten is the Chiles-Whitted sighting which unfolded over Montgomery, Alabama on July 24 1948. This case was one of the very first reports of ...
1952 Jul 24 Carson Sink UFO Incident
In a matter of seconds the three aircraft were close enough to the B-25 to be clearly seen. They were not F-86's. They were three bright silver, delta wing craft with no tails and no pilo...
1952 Jul 24 "High Noon" Is Released
High Noon is an American 1952 western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The film tells the story of a town marshal who is forced to face a gang of ...
1954 Jul 24 "Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" Is Released
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It takes place in the fictional universe Middle-ea...
1963 Jul 24 Bill Clinton Meets President John F. Kennedy
"Sometime in my sixteenth year I decided I wanted to be in public life as an elected official. I loved music and thought I could be very good, but I knew I would never be John Coltrane or...
1970 Jul 24 Yes release Time and a Word
Time and a Word is the second album by progressive rock band Yes, released in mid-1970 in the UK and November 1970 in the US. This was the last Yes album to feature the group's original l...
1983 Jul 24 George Brett Pine Tar Incident
Playing at New York's Yankee Stadium, the Royals were trailing 4-3 with two outs in the top of the ninth and U. L. Washington on first base. In the on-deck circle, George Brett was heard ...
1985 Jul 24 The Black Cauldron is released
The Black Cauldron (also known as Taran and the Magic Cauldron in some countries) is the twenty-fifth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It was produced by Walt...
1987 Jul 24 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace released
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is a 1987 superhero film, the last of the Superman theatrical movies starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. In this film, Superman battled Lex Lu...
1993 Jul 24 MST3K Ep. 501 - "Warrior of the Lost World"
A nameless hero (Robert Ginty) and his talking motorcycle fight an evil dictator (Donald Pleasence) in a post-apocalyptic world.
1998 Jul 24 A Gunman Opens Fire at U.S. Capitol Building, Killing Two Police Officers
The United States Capitol shooting incident of 1998 was an attack on July 24, 1998 which led to the death of two United States Capitol Police officers. Detective John Gibson and Officer J...
1998 Jul 24 "Saving Private Ryan" Is Released
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. The film is notable f...
2002 Jul 24 South Park Episode 611 - "Child Abduction Is Not Funny"
In an effort to protect their children from kidnappers, the parents of South Park hire the owner and operator of the local City Wok to build a Great Wall around the city. When crazy thing...
2003 Jul 24 SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos is Released
SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos is a 2003 competitive fighting game produced by Playmore (formerly SNK) for the Neo Geo arcade and home platform. The game is a crossover featuring characters fr...
2004 Jul 24 Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 11-10
Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Hub Chamber of Commerce should be thankful for the long journey into night at Fenway Park yesterday. There are a lot of first-time visitors in Boston this w...
2005 Jul 24 Chicago White Sox defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-4
CHICAGO -- Matt Clement pitched three full summers for the Cubs and lived in downtown Chicago all that time. And yet, Clement said last night, ''Three of my top 10 hottest days in Chicago...
2005 Jul 24 Entourage Season 2 Episode 8: Oh, Mandy
One of the names on the short list to play "Aquagirl" exposes a secret from Vince's past that makes Eric feel slighted. Ari gets bumped from an important list. Drama is arrested for destr...
2005 Jul 24 Yacht Rock Episode 2
Loggins and McDonald pair up against the duo Hall & Oates for a songwriting competition. Koko is accidentally impaled by his lucky harpoon during the ensuing melee, but is at peace before...
2006 Jul 24 Boston Red Sox defeat Oakland Athletics, 7-3
OAKLAND, Calif. -- One must always allow for the prospect, even after last night's 7-3 Red Sox win over the Oakland Athletics, that Manny Ramírez may awaken today to an entirely new world...
2007 Jul 24 Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland Indians, 1-0
CLEVELAND -- Eric Hinske's fork was digging into the last of his baked potato as he sat at one of the round tables that occupy the open space in the visitors' clubhouse at Jacobs Field. H...
2007 Jul 24 Libya Frees All Six of the Medics in the HIV Trial
The Six then had their sentences commuted to life in prison by a Libyan government panel. They were released following a deal reached with European Union representatives on humanitarian i...
2008 Jul 24 Toronto Blue Jays defeat Baltimore Orioles, 7-1
Recaps of the Orioles' 5-1 and 7-1 losses to the Blue Jays yesterday: In control - again In yesterday's regularly scheduled game, Blue Jays right-hander Roy Halladay improved his ca...
2009 Jul 24 Atlanta Braves defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 9-4
The Milwaukee Brewers consider themselves a contending team. When are they going to start playing like one? Back to .500. That's where the Brewers landed with a giant thud Friday ni...
2009 Jul 24 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 3-1
So this is what it has come to, even at home, even against an Orioles team all but allergic to Fenway Park. The Red Sox can give up no earned runs. They can get nine hits and play sparkli...
2009 Jul 24 G-Force (film) is released
G-Force is a 2009 action comedy film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures in Disney Digital 3-D. Written by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, the film is the directorial de...
2009 Jul 24 Houston Astros defeat New York Mets, 5-4
HOUSTON - Even Mike Hampton can outslug the Mets. (That's outslug in the longball sense, not referring to minor-league-clubhouse-type zaniness.) Hampton belted a two-run homer off Joha...
2009 Jul 24 Los Angeles Angels defeat Minnesota Twins, 6-3
ANAHEIM, CALIF. - Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has thrown his hands up twice during this road trip when looking for a No. 2 hitter. On Friday, he might have really meant it. "I'll prob...
2009 Jul 24 New York Yankees defeat Oakland Athletics, 8-3
The Yankees crossed seven more innings off their dwindling tally for Joba Chamberlain, but after adding another win to their total, that's just fine with them. Chamberlain made his sec...
2009 Jul 24 Rod Blagojevich sends his hairbrush to "Rod Blagojevich Superstar" Cast
The football has arrived at Second City. Courtesy of Rod R. Blagojevich. Convinced that the legendary comedy theater's representation of the infamous implement used to tame the indi...
2009 Jul 24 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 8-1
PHILADELPHIA - Cardinals manager Tony La Russa surveyed his lineup Friday, packed at the top with three players he didn't have a month ago, and said it offered the kind of depth the team ...
2009 Jul 24 Warped Tour 2009 - Orlando
The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/s...
2010 Jul 24 Chicago Cubs defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 6-5
Tyler Colvin, the Cubs' 24-year-old right fielder who looks like he would get carded trying to buy root beer, was standing at his locker and pointed to his next-door neighbors. On one sid...
2010 Jul 24 Kansas City Royals defeat New York Yankees, 7-4
Drama and Alex Rodriguez have a way of finding each other. Saturday at the Stadium it appeared the two would unite for the perfect milestone moment. With the Yankees down three runs in...
2010 Jul 24 Love Parade Disaster
Nineteen people were crushed to death on Saturday after a wave of panic swept through this year's Love Parade street party in the German city of Duisburg, north of Dusseldorf, police said...
2010 Jul 24 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Washington Nationals, 4-3
In essence, Jim Edmonds announced his retirement Saturday night, effective at the end of the season. He plans to go out with a bang, however. "I'm going to play these last nine week...
2010 Jul 24 Oakland Athletics defeat Chicago White Sox, 10-2
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Less than a week from now, the questions will all go away. The July 31 trade deadline, the rumors, the speculation and the daily inquiries will all be gone. More tha...
2010 Jul 24 Seattle Mariners defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-1
SEATTLE — As Jon Lester walked off the mound at the end of the evening, leaving his teammates three outs to redeem themselves, his head remained down until he reached the steps, when he t...