Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: July 24
July 24, 2024 is the 206th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 160 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Historical Events: July 24
- 1148 –Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
- 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.
- 1866 –Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. State to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
- 1915 –The passenger ship S.S. Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
- 1929 –The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928 by most leading world powers).
- 1935 –The dust bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (44°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- 1972 –Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces.
- 2001 –Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, all died in this attack. They destroyed 11 Aircraft (mostly military) and damaged 15, there are no civilian casualties. This incident slowed down Sri Lankan economy.
- 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?
- 1914 –Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and theatrical impresario (d. 2007)
- 1924 –Aris Poulianos, Greek anthropologist
- 1933 –John Aniston, American actor
- 1944 –Jim Armstrong (guitarist), bassist and singer (d. 2000)
- 1947 –Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer
- 1950 –Marc Jampole, American poet
- 1953 –Jon Faddis, American jazz trumpet player and composer
- 1977 –Danny Dyer, English actor and television presenter
- 1979 –Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, French tennis player
- 1998 –Bindi Irwin, Australian entertainer
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