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Day Of The Week: July 24

What day of the week?

July 24, 2025 is the 205th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 160 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Ruby is your modern birthstone. Ruby is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

Historical Events: July 24

  • 1567
    Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
  • 1701
    Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit, Michigan.
  • 1911
    Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, “the Lost City of the Incas”.
  • 1922
    the draft of The British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; and which came into effect on 26 September 1923.
  • 1950
    Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
  • 1977
    End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
  • 1998
    Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
  • 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.
  • 2002
    Democrat James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1.
  • 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?

  • 1725
    John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)
  • 1867
    Edward Frederic Benson, English writer (d. 1940)
  • 1867
    Fred Tate, English cricketer (d. 1943)
  • 1867
    Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (d. 1908)
  • 1895
    Robert Graves, English author (d. 1985)
  • 1936
    Dan Inosanto, Filipino-American martial artist
  • 1936
    Mark Goddard, American actor
  • 1936
    Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian
  • 1947
    Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1958
    Mick Karn, English musician (d. 2011)

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