July 24

July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining.

Births:

• 1783 - [Simon Bolivar]? (South American liberator)
• 1802 - [Alexander Dumas]? (La Pailleterie)]] (playwright, novelist)
• 1898 - [Amelia Earhart]? (first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic)
• 1908 - [Cootie Williams]? (trumpeter)
• 1933 - [Doug Sanders]? (golfer)
• 1934 - [Rudy Collins]? (drummer for the Dizzy Gillespie quintet)
• 1935 - [Pat Oliphant]? (political cartoonist)
• 1942 - Chris Sarandon (actor)
• 1947 - [Robert Hays]? (actor)
• 1951 - [Lynda Carter]? (actress)
• 1964 - Barry Bonds (baseball player)
• 1965 - [Kadeem Hardison]? (actor)
• 1968 - [Laura Leighton]? (actress)
• 1970 - Jennifer Lopez (actress)
• 1982 - [Anna Paquin]? (actress)

Anniversaries:

• 198? - Bjorn Borg first wedding (then divorced)

Events:

Deaths:

• 1996 - [Mohammed Farrah Aidid]? (Somali warlord)

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

July 23 - July 25 - June 24 - August 24 - more historical anniversaries