July 24
Today is the 206th day of 2016, there are 160 days left in the year.
1783 - Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
1847 - Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.
1862 - Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, died in Kinderhook, New York at age 79.
1866 - Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union following the Civil War.
1937 - The state of Alabama dropped charges against five black men accused of raping two white women in the Scottsboro case.
1959 - During a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard Nixon got into a discussion at a U.S. exhibition with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was dubbed the "kitchen debate".
1969 - Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific.
1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that President Richard Nixon had to turn over White House tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
1979 - A Miami jury convicted Ted Bundy of first-degree murder in the slayings of two Florida State University sorority sisters.
1990 - Iraq massed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait.
1997 - Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan died at age 91.
2002 - The U.S. House expelled Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio) who had been convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion.
2002 - Nine coal miners were trapped in a mine in Pennsylvania. All were rescued three days later.
Birthdays
23 - Lucas Adams (actor)
25 - Emily Rickards (actress)
29 - Mara Wilson (actress)
30 - Megan Park (actress)
34 - Anna Paquin (actress)
34 - Elisabeth Moss (actress)
35 - Summer Glau (actress)
37 - Rose Byrne (actress)
39 - Danny Dyer (actor)
41 - Torrie Wilson (professional wrestler/model)
47 - Jennifer Lopez (singer/actress)
47 - Rick Fox (basketball player)
48 - Kristin Chenoweth (actress)
48 - Laura Leighton (actress)
52 - Barry Bonds (baseball player)
53 - Karl Malone (basketball player)
65 - Lynda Carter (actress)
67 - Michael Richards (actor)
70 - Gallagher (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - July 24
1963 - Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson to retain the heavyweight championship.
1969 - Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game.
1973 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 7-1 in Kansas City.
1978 - Billy Martin was fired for the first of three times as the manager of the New York Yankees baseball team.
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."
1984 - Terry Bradshaw announced his retirement from football.
2005 - Lance Armstrong won his seventh consecutive Tour de France.
Today is the 206th day of 2016, there are 160 days left in the year.
1783 - Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
1847 - Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.
1862 - Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, died in Kinderhook, New York at age 79.
1866 - Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union following the Civil War.
1937 - The state of Alabama dropped charges against five black men accused of raping two white women in the Scottsboro case.
1959 - During a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard Nixon got into a discussion at a U.S. exhibition with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was dubbed the "kitchen debate".
1969 - Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific.
1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that President Richard Nixon had to turn over White House tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
1979 - A Miami jury convicted Ted Bundy of first-degree murder in the slayings of two Florida State University sorority sisters.
1990 - Iraq massed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait.
1997 - Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan died at age 91.
2002 - The U.S. House expelled Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio) who had been convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion.
2002 - Nine coal miners were trapped in a mine in Pennsylvania. All were rescued three days later.
Birthdays
23 - Lucas Adams (actor)
25 - Emily Rickards (actress)
29 - Mara Wilson (actress)
30 - Megan Park (actress)
34 - Anna Paquin (actress)
34 - Elisabeth Moss (actress)
35 - Summer Glau (actress)
37 - Rose Byrne (actress)
39 - Danny Dyer (actor)
41 - Torrie Wilson (professional wrestler/model)
47 - Jennifer Lopez (singer/actress)
47 - Rick Fox (basketball player)
48 - Kristin Chenoweth (actress)
48 - Laura Leighton (actress)
52 - Barry Bonds (baseball player)
53 - Karl Malone (basketball player)
65 - Lynda Carter (actress)
67 - Michael Richards (actor)
70 - Gallagher (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - July 24
1963 - Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson to retain the heavyweight championship.
1969 - Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game.
1973 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 7-1 in Kansas City.
1978 - Billy Martin was fired for the first of three times as the manager of the New York Yankees baseball team.
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."
1984 - Terry Bradshaw announced his retirement from football.
2005 - Lance Armstrong won his seventh consecutive Tour de France.
