What are the important events that happened on July 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 24: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 24 is the 205th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 160 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 11, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 487,032 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectapentagon’ day.
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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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 208 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,598 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 24 Historical Events
- 1411 –Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
- 1487 –Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer.
- 1715 –A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under Admiral Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
- 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.
- 1937 –Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called “Scottsboro Boys”.
- 1977 –End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
- 1982 –Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
- 2001 –Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
- 2009 –The MV Arctic Sea, reportedly carrying a cargo of timber, is allegedly hijacked in the North Sea by pirates, but much speculation remains as to the actual cargo and events.
Who were born on July 24?
- 1794 –Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist (d. 1865)
- 1924 –Aris Poulianos, Greek anthropologist
- 1935 –Pat Oliphant, Australian political cartoonist
- 1945 –Hugh Ross, Canadian scientist and creationist advocate
- 1949 –Michael Richards, American comedian
- 1964 –Barry Bonds, American baseball player
- 1964 –John Rosengren, American writer and author
- 1980 –Wilfred Bungei, Kenyan runner
- 1986 –Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater
- 1998 –Bindi Irwin, Australian entertainer
Who died on July 24?
- 1240 –Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
- 1594 –John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)
- 1908 –Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. 1867)
- 1962 –Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer (b. 1917)
- 1969 –Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist and dramatist (b. 1904)
- 1973 –Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and Prime Minister (b. 1898)
- 1992 –Arletty, French singer and actress (b. 1898)
- 1997 –William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1906)
- 2005 –Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (b. 1912)
- 2008 –Norman Dello Joio, American composer (b. 1913)
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