What Happened on 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... Read more

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)... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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. Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more