July 24
Today is the 205th day of 2015. There are 160 days left in the year.
1783 - Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in 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 the age of 79.
1866 - Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union following the Civil War.
1915 - The SS Eastland, a passenger ship carrying more than 2,500 people, rolled onto its side while docked at the Clark Street Bridge on the Chicago River; an estimated 844 people died in the disaster.
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 with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev compared the merits of capitalism and communism in the "kitchen debate", so-named because it took place at a model kitchen at a U.S. exhibition.
1969 - Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
1974 - The Supreme Court unanimously ruled 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 of Representatives 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
24 - Emily Rickards (actress)
28 - Mara Wilson (actress)
29 - Megan Park (actress)
33 - Anna Paquin (actress)
34 - Summer Glau (actress)
36 - Rose Byrne (actress)
38 - Danny Dyer (actor)
40 - Torrie Wilson (professional wrestler/model)
46 - Jennifer Lopez (singer/actress)
46 - Rick Fox (basketball player)
47 - Kristin Chenoweth (actress)
47 - Laura Leighton (actress)
51 - Barry Bonds (baseball player)
52 - Karl Malone (basketball player)
64 - Lynda Carter (actress)
66 - Michael Richards (actor)
69 - Gallagher (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - July 24
1960 - Jay Hebert won the PGA Championship.
1967 - Don January won the PGA Championship.
1973 - The National League won the All-Star Game 7-1 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City. Bobby Bonds of the San Francisco Giants was named MVP.
1983 - The infamous "pine tar" incident took place in a game between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees.
1984 - Terry Bradshaw announced his retirement from football.
1999 - Lance Armstrong became the first American to win the Tour de France since Greg Lemond in 1990.
2005 - Lance Armstrong won a seventh consecutive Tour de France.
2011 - Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven, and Pat Gillick were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Today is the 205th day of 2015. There are 160 days left in the year.
1783 - Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in 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 the age of 79.
1866 - Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union following the Civil War.
1915 - The SS Eastland, a passenger ship carrying more than 2,500 people, rolled onto its side while docked at the Clark Street Bridge on the Chicago River; an estimated 844 people died in the disaster.
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 with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev compared the merits of capitalism and communism in the "kitchen debate", so-named because it took place at a model kitchen at a U.S. exhibition.
1969 - Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
1974 - The Supreme Court unanimously ruled 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 of Representatives 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
24 - Emily Rickards (actress)
28 - Mara Wilson (actress)
29 - Megan Park (actress)
33 - Anna Paquin (actress)
34 - Summer Glau (actress)
36 - Rose Byrne (actress)
38 - Danny Dyer (actor)
40 - Torrie Wilson (professional wrestler/model)
46 - Jennifer Lopez (singer/actress)
46 - Rick Fox (basketball player)
47 - Kristin Chenoweth (actress)
47 - Laura Leighton (actress)
51 - Barry Bonds (baseball player)
52 - Karl Malone (basketball player)
64 - Lynda Carter (actress)
66 - Michael Richards (actor)
69 - Gallagher (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - July 24
1960 - Jay Hebert won the PGA Championship.
1967 - Don January won the PGA Championship.
1973 - The National League won the All-Star Game 7-1 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City. Bobby Bonds of the San Francisco Giants was named MVP.
1983 - The infamous "pine tar" incident took place in a game between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees.
1984 - Terry Bradshaw announced his retirement from football.
1999 - Lance Armstrong became the first American to win the Tour de France since Greg Lemond in 1990.
2005 - Lance Armstrong won a seventh consecutive Tour de France.
2011 - Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven, and Pat Gillick were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
