July 24

2024 Calendar

July 24 is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 160 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

811 – Gao Yang, Chinese chancellor (b. 740)
1115 – Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)
1129 – Shirakawa, Emperor of Japan (b. 1053)
1568 – Carlos, Prince of Asturias, son of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)
1594 – John Boste, English martyr and saint (b. 1544)
1739 – Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686)
1768 – Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
1862 – Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
1883 – Matthew Webb, British swimmer (b. 1848)
1891 – Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)

1901 – 1950

1908 – Cootie Williams, trumpeter (d. 1985)
1914 – Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian physician (d. 2015)
1914 – Edwin Mirvish, retailer and impresario (d. 2007)
1916 – John D. MacDonald, novelist (d. 1986)
1917 – Robert Farnon, conductor, composer and arranger (d. 2005)
1918 – Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist (d. 2012)
1920 – Bella Abzug, American politician and activist (d. 1998)
1920 – Constance Dowling, American actress (d. 1969)
1921 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor (d. 2008)
1923 – Warren E. Hearnes, 46th Governor of Missouri (d. 2009)
1925 – Adele Addison, American soprano
1926 – Hans Günter Winkler, German equestrian jumper (d. 2018)
1929 – Peter Yates, British movie director (d. 2011)
1930 – Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Gujarat
1931 – Ermanno Olmi, Italian director (d. 2018)
1933 – John Aniston, Greek-American actor
1933 – Doug Sanders, American golfer
1934 – Rudy Collins, American drummer (Dizzy Gillespie Quintet)
1935 – Pat Oliphant, Australian political cartoonist
1936 – Ruth Buzzi, comedienne
1936 – Dan Inosanto, American martial artist and actor
1937 – Manoj Kumar, Indian actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1939 – Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (d. 2013)
1940 – Stanley Hauerwas, Christian theologian
1942 – Chris Sarandon, American actor
1944 – Jan-Carl Raspe, German Red Army Faction militant (d. 1977)
1945 – Azim Premji, Indian businessman
1947 – Robert Hays, actor
1947 – Peter Serkin, American pianist
1949 – Michael Richards, American actor and comedian
1949 – Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Catalan bishop and co-Prince of Andorra

1951 – 2000

1957 – Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
1960 – Hans Albers, German actor and singer (b. 1891)
1962 – Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer (b. 1917)
1965 – Constance Bennett, American actress (b. 1904)
1969 – Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist and dramatist (b. 1904)
1970 – Beatrice Roberts, American actress (b. 1901)
1973 – Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and Prime Minister (b. 1898)
1974 – James Chadwick, British physicist (b. 1891)
1976 – Julius Döpfner, German cardinal (b. 1913)
1980 – Peter Sellers, British actor (b. 1925)
1980 – Uttam Kumar, Indian actor, director and producer (b. 1926)
1985 – Ezechiele Ramini, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)
1986 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist (b. 1899)
1991 – Isaac Bashevis Singer, writer, received Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978 (b. 1902)
1992 – Arletty, French singer and actress (b. 1898)
1995 – Marjorie Cameron, American writer, painter, actress and occultist (b. 1922)
1996 – Mohammed Farah Aidid, Somali warlord
1997 – William J. Brennan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1906)
1997 – Saw Maung, Burmese dictator (b. 1928)

From 2001

2005 – Richard Doll, British epidemiologist (b. 1912)
2008 – Norman Dello Joio, American composer (b. 1913)
2010 – Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949)
2010 – Theo Albrecht, German businessman (Aldi Nord) (b. 1922)
2011 – Virgilio Noe, Italian cardinal (b. 1922)
2011 – Dan Peek, American singer (b. 1951)
2012 – Larry Hoppen, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1951)
2012 – John Atta Mills, President of Ghana (b. 1944)
2012 – Sherman Hemsley, American actor (b. 1938)
2012 – Chad Everett, American actor (b. 1936)
2013 – Fred Dretske, American philosopher (b. 1932)
2013 – Steve Berrios, American drummer (b. 1945)
2013 – Virginia E. Johnson, American sexologist (b. 1925)
2014 – Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer (b. 1973)
2014 – Jaan Arder, Estonian singer (b. 1952)
2014 – Dale Schlueter, American basketball player (b. 1945)
2015 – Peg Lynch, American comedy writer and actress (b. 1916)
2016 – Marni Nixon, American singer and actress (b. 1930)
2017 – Michiko Inukai, Japanese writer (b. 1921)
2017 – Yash Pal, Indian scientist and educator (b. 1926)
2017 – Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Indian space scientist (b. 1932)
2017 – Niculae Nedeff, Romanian handball player and coach (b. 1928)
2018 – Mary Ellis, British World War II aviator (b. 1917)
2018 – Walter Hirrlinger, German politician (b. 1926)
2018 – Tony Cloninger, American baseball player (b. 1940)
2019 – Claes Andersson, Finnish psychiatrist, writer and politician (b. 1937)
2019 – Margaret Fulton, Scottish-born Australian chef and cookbook writer (b. 1924)
2019 – Cathy Inglese, American college basketball coach (b. 1958)

Births

1951 – 1975

1951 – Lynda Carter, American actress
1951 – Chris Smith, British politician
1952 – Carsten Jensen, Danish writer
1952 – Gus Van Sant, American movie director
1953 – Claire McCaskill, American politician, United States Senator for Missouri
1956 – Charlie Crist, American politician, 44th Governor of Florida, 2007 – 2011
1956 – Pat Finn, American game show host and producer
1957 – Pam Tillis, American country music singer
1958 – Konrad Graber, Swiss politician
1958 – Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer
1960 – Catherine Destivelle, Algerian-born French rock climber and mountaineer
1963 – Karl Malone, American basketball player
1964 – Pedro Passos Coelho, former Prime Minister of Portugal
1964 – Barry Bonds, American Major League Baseball player
1964 – Banana Yoshimoto, Japanese writer
1965 – Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player and broadcaster
1965 – Kadeem Hardison, actor
1966 – Martin Keown, English footballer
1966 – Hilarion, Russian writer and theologian
1968 – Kristin Chenoweth, American actress and singer
1968 – Laura Leighton, American actress
1969 – Rick Fox, American basketball player
1969 – Jennifer Lopez, American actress, dancer, fashion designer and singer
1970 – Julia Bradbury, English journalist and presenter
1971 – Dino Baggio, Italian footballer
1971 – John Partridge, English actor, singer and dancer
1974 – Eugene Mirman, Russian-American actor, comedian and writer
1974 – Boogie2988, American Internet personality (Francis)
1975 – Tracey Crouch, English politician
1975 – Eric Szmanda, American actor

From 1976

1976 – Rashida Tlaib, American politician
1977 – Danny Dyer, British actor
1977 – Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian footballer
1978 – Andy Irons, American surfer (d. 2010)
1979 – Rose Byrne, Australian actress
1979 – Ryan Humphrey, American basketball player
1981 – Summer Glau, American actress
1982 – Elisabeth Moss, American actress
1982 – Anna Paquin, Canadian-born actress
1983 – Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer
1985 – Lukas Rosol, Czech tennis player
1986 – Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater
1986 – Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess player (d. 2014)
1986 – Natalie Tran, Australian actress and writer
1987 – Mara Wilson, American actress
1987 – Jovan Belcher, American football player (d. 2012)
1989 – Kim Tae-Hwan, South Korean footballer
1989 – Felix Loch, German luger
1990 – Daveigh Chase, American actress
1990 – Jay McGuiness, English singer (The Wanted)
1991 – Lin Yue, Chinese diver
1991 – Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress
1992 – Mitch Grassi, American singer
1992 – Mikael Kingsbury, Canadian skier
1998 – Bindi Irwin, daughter of Steve Irwin

Deaths

1901 – 1950

1906 – Ferdinand von Saar, Austrian writer, dramatist and poet (b. 1833)
1908 – Vicente Acosta, El Salvadorean poet (b. 1867)
1910 – Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
1920 – Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (b. 1855)
1922 – Saint George Ashe, British rower (b. 1871)
1927 – Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)

Holidays and observances

Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela – Simón Bolívar Day
Utah – Pioneer Day (1847)
Vanuatu – Children's Day
Venezuela – Birth of the Libertador (Simón Bolívar Day)
Ancient Latvia – Jekaupa Diena held