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July 24: Day of the Week
July 24, 2024 is the 206th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 160 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
July 24 Historical Event(s)
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.
1823
Slavery is abolished in Chile.
1901
O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
1922
the draft of The British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; and which came into effect on 26 September 1923.
1972
Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces.
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.
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 event at Olympic level.
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”.
1990
Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait-Iraq border.
2002
Democrat James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1.
Who were born on July 24?
1856
Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (d. 1941)
1912
Essie Summers, New Zealand writer (d. 1998)
1914
Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and theatrical impresario (d. 2007)
1916
Bob Eberly, singer with the Jimmy Dorsey Band and Helen O'Connell, (d. 1981)
1917
Robert Farnon, Canadian conductor, composer, and arranger (d. 2005)
1949
Michael Richards, American comedian
1971
John Partridge, English singer
1972
Rev. Jen Miller, American performance artist
1982
Anna Paquin, Canadian-born New Zealand actress
1987
Cafu, Brazilian footballer
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