What Happened on July 24

Complete Timeline — July 24 Through the Ages

1. 1411

   Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place

   Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place

2. 1487

   Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, rebel against ban on foreign beer

   Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, rebel against ban on foreign beer

3. 1525

   Second attempt to circumnavigate the globe as seven ships departs Corunna headed by García Jofre de Loaísa on orders of

   Second attempt to circumnavigate the globe as seven ships departs Corunna headed by García Jofre de Loaísa on orders of King Charles I of Spain for the Spice Islands (only one will make it)

4. 1534

   French explorer Jacques Cartier claims for France the lands around Gaspé by erecting a 30-foot cross at Pointe-Penouille

   French explorer Jacques Cartier claims for France the lands around Gaspé by erecting a 30-foot cross at Pointe-Penouille [1]

5. 1554

   Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem

   Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her...

6. 1567

   Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate; her 1-year-old son becomes King James VI of Scotland

   James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and...

7. 1577

   Spanish army and German mercenaries conquer Namur

   Spanish army and German mercenaries conquer Namur

8. 1651

   Anthony Johnson, a free African American, receives grant of 250 acres in Virginia

   Anthony Johnson, a free African American, receives grant of 250 acres in Virginia

9. 1660

   Great Fire of 1660 in Constantinople: two-thirds of the city is destroyed, including 280,000 wooden houses, with a death

   Great Fire of 1660 in Constantinople: two-thirds of the city is destroyed, including 280,000 wooden houses, with a death toll of around 40,000

10. 1683

    First settlers from Germany to the US leave aboard the Concord

    First settlers from Germany to the US leave aboard the Concord

11. 1684

    Expedition to establish French colony in Louisiana leaves La Rochelle with four ships led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur

    Expedition to establish French colony in Louisiana leaves La Rochelle with four ships led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (the expedition is disastrous with only 15 survivors) [1]

12. 1701

    French trader and soldier Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds trading post at Fort Pontchartrain; later becomes the city

    French trader and soldier Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds trading post at Fort Pontchartrain; later becomes the city of Detroit

13. 1704

    English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar

    The capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance occurred between 1 and 4 August 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.

14. 1712

    Battle of Denain: France under Villars defeats the Dutch army

    The Battle of Denain was fought on 24 July 1712 as part of the War of the Spanish Succession.

15. 1783

    Georgia becomes a protectorate of Tsarist Russia

    The country of Georgia became part of the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Throughout the early modern period, the Muslim Ottoman and Persian empires had fought over various fragmented Georgian...

16. 1783

    Simón Bolívar is born

    Simón Bolívar, Spanish venezuelan statesman and military officer, known for venezuelan statesman and military officer, was born on 1783-07-24.

17. 1793

    France passes first copyright law

    The droit d'auteur or French authors' rights law, is in the jurisdiction of France a set of exclusive prerogatives available to a creator over his or her intellectual work, as part of the...

18. 1802

    Alexandre Dumas is born

    Alexandre Dumas, French writer and dramatist, known for french writer and dramatist, was born on 1802-07-24.

19. 1823

    Slavery is abolished in Chile

    The following lists events that happened during 1823 in Chile.

20. 1831

    Maria Szymanowska dies

    Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist, known for polish composer and pianist, died on 1831-07-24.

21. 1832

    Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains through Wyoming's South Pass

    Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains through Wyoming's South Pass

22. 1833

    HMS Beagle departs Maldonado, Uruguay

    HMS Beagle departs Maldonado, Uruguay

23. 1844

    Ilya Repin is born

    Ilya Repin realist painter, known for russian realist painter, was born on 1844-07-24. Ilya Yefimovich Repin (5 August [O.S. 24 July] 1844 – 29 September 1930) was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter.

24. 1860

    Olympics defeat St. George 25-17 at St. George's Cricket Grounds in Philadelphia in the first baseball game played in an

    Olympics defeat St. George 25-17 at St. George's Cricket Grounds in Philadelphia in the first baseball game played in an enclosed field

25. 1862

    Martin Van Buren dies

    Martin Van Buren dies

26. 1863

    Battle of Battle Mountain, Virginia

    The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.

27. 1866

    Tennessee becomes the first Confederate state readmitted to the Union

    Tennessee (locally ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

28. 1870

    First trans-US rail service begins

    Rail transport in Pakistan began in 1855 during the British Raj, when several railway companies began laying track and operating in present-day Pakistan.

29. 1877

    First time federal troops are used to combat strikers

    First time federal troops are used to combat strikers

30. 1880

    First commercial hydroelectric power plant in the world begins generating electricity in Grand Rapids, Michigan

    First commercial hydroelectric power plant in the world begins generating electricity in Grand Rapids, Michigan

31. 1883

    Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt

    Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt

32. 1886

    China takes British protectorate of Burma

    British colonial rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the successive three Anglo-Burmese Wars through the creation of Burma as a province of British India to the establishment of an...

33. 1893

    For the only time in the history of the US Tennis Championships, an event is held off the Eastern Seaboard: the Men's Do

    For the only time in the history of the US Tennis Championships, an event is held off the Eastern Seaboard: the Men's Doubles Championship in Chicago

34. 1900

    Race riot in New Orleans kills two white policemen

    Race riot in New Orleans kills two white policemen

35. 1902

    In Turkey, the Sultan Abdul-Hamid, under pressure from within the Ottoman Empire, appoints a commission to consider refo

    In Turkey, the Sultan Abdul-Hamid, under pressure from within the Ottoman Empire, appoints a commission to consider reforms that might pacify Macedonian revolutionaries

36. 1908

    After days of discussion with his ministers, Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey announces he is restoring the liberal constitu

    After days of discussion with his ministers, Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey announces he is restoring the liberal constitution of 1876 and will become more responsive to demands of dissidents

37. 1909

    Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates in a 1-0 victory at Washington Park, Brooklyn

    Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates in a 1-0 victory at Washington Park, Brooklyn

38. 1910

    Matador Juan Belmonte (18) kills his first bull

    Juan Belmonte García (14 April 1892 – 8 April 1962) was a Spanish bullfighter. He fought in a record number of bull fights and was responsible for changing the art of bullfighting.

39. 1911

    American explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas

    American explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas

40. 1915

    Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, killing 852 people

    Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, killing 852 people

41. 1919

    Race riot in Washington, D.C., kills 6 and injures 100

    The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919.

42. 1923

    Treaty of Lausanne signed by Allied Powers and Turkey recognizes modern boundaries of Turkey and British control of Cypr

    Treaty of Lausanne signed by Allied Powers and Turkey recognizes modern boundaries of Turkey and British control of Cyprus

43. 1927

    The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres

    The Menin Gate (Dutch: Menenpoort), officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the...

44. 1929

    New York to San Francisco foot race ends after 2½ months; the winner is 60-year-old Monteverde

    New York to San Francisco foot race ends after 2½ months; the winner is 60-year-old Monteverde

45. 1931

    A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, kills 48 people

    A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, kills 48 people

46. 1934

    First ptarmigan hatched and reared in captivity in Ithaca, New York

    First ptarmigan hatched and reared in captivity in Ithaca, New York

47. 1935

    First greetings telegram sent in Britain

    First greetings telegram sent in Britain

48. 1936

    °F (48°C) recorded in Minden, Nebraska (state record)

    Minden is a city in Kearney County, Nebraska, United States. The city serves as the county seat of Kearney County. The population was 3,118 at the 2020 census.

49. 1937

    Alabama drops charges against five Blacks accused of rape in Scottsboro

    Alabama drops charges against five Blacks accused of rape in Scottsboro

50. 1940

    First illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" is published in Netherlands

    First illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" is published in Netherlands

51. 1942

    German troops occupy Rostov-on-Don in Southern Russia for the second time

    German troops occupy Rostov-on-Don in Southern Russia for the second time

52. 1943

    Operation Gomorrah: RAF begins bombing Hamburg (until 3rd August), creating a firestorm and killing 42,600 people

    Operation Gomorrah: RAF begins bombing Hamburg (until 3rd August), creating a firestorm and killing 42,600 people

53. 1944

    Allied bombers drop firebombs on German positions at Saint-Lô, France

    Allied bombers drop firebombs on German positions at Saint-Lô, France

54. 1945

    WWII: A suicide attack by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo sinks the US Navy destroyer USS Underhill west of Guam; nearl

    WWII: A suicide attack by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo sinks the US Navy destroyer USS Underhill west of Guam; nearly half of the 236 crew members are killed

55. 1946

    Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Howard Hanson (49) weds Margaret Elizabeth Nelson at the Chautauqua Institution in New Y

    Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Howard Hanson (49) weds Margaret Elizabeth Nelson at the Chautauqua Institution in New York

56. 1946

    Nine Spokane baseball players (Western League) die in a bus crash

    Nine Spokane baseball players (Western League) die in a bus crash

57. 1948

    Four baseball players with the Duluth, Minnesota Dukes (St. Louis Cardinals Class C farm team) die in a crash

    Four baseball players with the Duluth, Minnesota Dukes (St. Louis Cardinals Class C farm team) die in a crash

58. 1948

    Zaheer Abbas is born

    Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani athlete, known for icc president & pakistani cricketer, was born on 1948-07-24.

59. 1950

    V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; first launch from Cape Canaveral

    The WAC Corporal was the first operational sounding rocket developed in the United States.

60. 1952

    American Western film "High Noon" is released, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Thom

    American Western film "High Noon" is released, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Thomas Mitchell

61. 1952

    °F (44°C) recorded in Louisville, Georgia (state record)

    °F (44°C) recorded in Louisville, Georgia (state record)

62. 1953

    KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, California (ABC) begins broadcasting

    Santa Barbara (Spanish: Santa Bárbara, meaning 'Saint Barbara') is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.

63. 1955

    Ali Sastroamidjojo resigns from the government in Indonesia

    Ali Sastroamidjojo resigns from the government in Indonesia

64. 1957

    KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting

    KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting

65. 1958

    Fourteen people are named as the first life peers in the UK

    Fourteen people are named as the first life peers in the UK

66. 1959

    ,000th Dutch TV set registered

    ,000th Dutch TV set registered

67. 1961

    A US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba

    A US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba

68. 1963

    Unification Church couples wed in Korea

    The Unification Church, officially the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU; 세계평화통일가정연합) is an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement, whose members are called...

69. 1964

    Race riot in Rochester, New York, kills 4

    The 1964 Rochester race riot was a riot that occurred in 1964 in Rochester, New York, United States.

70. 1964

    Karl Malone is born

    Karl Malone, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1964-07-24.

71. 1965

    British rock group "The Animals" appear for the first time in the British charts

    British rock group "The Animals" appear for the first time in the British charts

72. 1965

    Barry Bonds is born

    Barry Bonds, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1965-07-24.

73. 1970

    International Lawn Tennis Association institutes 9-point tiebreak rule

    International Lawn Tennis Association institutes 9-point tiebreak rule

74. 1970

    Jennifer Lopez is born

    Jennifer Lopez, American singer and actress, known for american singer and actress, was born on 1970-07-24. Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman.

75. 1971

    WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, Michigan (ABC) begins broadcasting

    WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, Michigan (ABC) begins broadcasting

76. 1972

    Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (24) weds Sarah Hugill

    Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (24) weds Sarah Hugill

77. 1972

    Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces

    The Bugojno group (Croatian: Bugojanska skupina) was the name given to a Croatian separatist insurgent cell which was infiltrated into SFR Yugoslavia on 20 June 1972 to spark a rebellion against the...

78. 1974

    James Chadwick dies

    James Chadwick, British experimental physicist, known for british experimental physicist, died on 1974-07-24.

79. 1976

    John Naber is the first to swim 200 m backstroke in under 2 minutes

    The men's 200 metre backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 24 July.

80. 1977

    Yulia Navalnaya is born

    Yulia Navalnaya, Russian economist and political activist, known for russian economist and political activist, was born on 1977-07-24.

81. 1980

    Peter Sellers dies

    Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian, known for english actor and comedian, died on 1980-07-24. Peter Sellers was an English actor and comedian.

82. 1981

    Mohammed Ali Rajai is elected president of Iran

    Ali Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989.

83. 1982

    Single "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor from "Rocky III" soundtrack starts a 6-week run at #1 on US charts (Grammy for Bes

    Single "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor from "Rocky III" soundtrack starts a 6-week run at #1 on US charts (Grammy for Best Rock Performance)

84. 1982

    Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299

    Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299

85. 1983

    Elisabeth Moss is born

    Elisabeth Moss, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1983-07-24. Elisabeth Singleton Moss is an American actor, director, and producer.

86. 1986

    13th Commonwealth Games open in Edinburgh, Scotland

    Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. It is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland...

87. 1987

    IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) is released

    IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) is released

88. 1988

    US and Jamaica play a scoreless tie in the second round of the 1990 World Cup

    US and Jamaica play a scoreless tie in the second round of the 1990 World Cup

89. 1989

    Paula Gwynn, 22, is crowned the 21st Miss Black America

    Paula Gwynn, 22, is crowned the 21st Miss Black America

90. 1990

    Ms. Magazine hits newsstands again after an 8-month hiatus

    Ms. Magazine hits newsstands again after an 8-month hiatus

91. 1991

    A team of international astronomers led by Georgina Dransfield from the University of Birmingham announces the discovery

    A team of international astronomers led by Georgina Dransfield from the University of Birmingham announces the discovery of a planet outside the solar system

92. 1993

    New York Met Anthony Young loses a record 27th consecutive game

    The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

93. 1994

    Asociación de Estados del Caribe (AEC) forms

    Asociación de Estados del Caribe (AEC) forms

94. 2001

    An Iranian warship in the Caspian Sea threatens a BP oil exploration ship off the coast of Azerbaijan

    Sources include: Dow Jones (DJ), New York Times (NYT), Wall Street Journal (WSJ), and the Washington Post (WP). January 10 The White House announces that President Clinton will not designate the...

95. 2002

    James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1

    James Anthony Traficant Jr. ( TRAF-ih-kənt; May 8, 1941 – September 27, 2014) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.

96. 2005

    92nd Tour de France: no winner; Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive victory but disqualif

    92nd Tour de France: no winner; Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive victory but disqualified in 2012 for doping

97. 2007

    Libya frees all six of the medics in the HIV trial in Libya

    The HIV trial in Libya (or Bulgarian nurses affair) concerns the trials, appeals and eventual release of six foreign medical workers charged with conspiring to deliberately infect over 400 children...

98. 2009

    FINA Congress votes to ban all body-length swimsuits; men's suits to cover from the waist to the knee, and women's from

    FINA Congress votes to ban all body-length swimsuits; men's suits to cover from the waist to the knee, and women's from shoulder to knee; fabric must be a "textile" or woven material; effective 1 January 2010

99. 2013

    A conflict between the Knights Templar Cartel and Mexican police in Michoacán leaves 22 people dead

    A conflict between the Knights Templar Cartel and Mexican police in Michoacán leaves 22 people dead

100. 2014

     Air Algérie Flight 5017 crashes in Mali, killing 116 people

     Air Algérie SpA is the flag carrier of Algeria, with its head office in the El-Djazair office block in Algiers.

101. 2019

     Global warming is the fastest in 2,000 years and scientific consensus that humans are the cause is at 99%, according to

     Global warming is the fastest in 2,000 years and scientific consensus that humans are the cause is at 99%, according to three major reports published in journals "Nature" and "Nature Geoscience"

102. 2022

     Singer-songwriter icon Joni Mitchell makes a surprise concert appearance, joining Brandi Carlile at Newport Folk Festiva

     Singer-songwriter icon Joni Mitchell makes a surprise concert appearance, joining Brandi Carlile at Newport Folk Festival in Mitchell's first public performance in 19 years

103. 2023

     Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh, caused by heavy monsoon rains, claims more than 170 lives, with 33,000 hospitalizations,

     Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh, caused by heavy monsoon rains, claims more than 170 lives, with 33,000 hospitalizations, according to local health officials [1]

104. 2024

     "Inside Out 2" surpasses "Frozen II" to become the highest-grossing animated film in history, making $1.46 billion world

     "Inside Out 2" surpasses "Frozen II" to become the highest-grossing animated film in history, making $1.46 billion worldwide [1]

105. 2025

     Hulk Hogan dies

     Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler, known for american professional wrestler, died on 2025-07-24.

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