July 24 in history
Events on July 24
Notable events that happened on July 24 in past years.
- 2025
Angara Airlines Flight 2311 crashes on approach to Tynda Airport, killing all 48 people on board.
Wikipedia article: Angara Airlines Flight 2311 - 2014
Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people on board are killed.
Wikipedia article: Air Algérie Flight 5017 - 2001
The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, resulting in military and civilian casualties and destroyed aircraft.
Wikipedia article: Bandaranaike Airport attack - 1987
US supertanker SS Bridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC, causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
Wikipedia article: SS Bridgeton - 1982
Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
Wikipedia article: Nagasaki - 1974
Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously rules that President Richard Nixon does not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
Wikipedia article: Watergate scandal - 1963
The ship Bluenose II is launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
Wikipedia article: Bluenose II - 1943
World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1927
The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
Wikipedia article: Menin Gate - 1915
The passenger ship SS 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.
Wikipedia article: SS Eastland - 1901
O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
Wikipedia article: O. Henry - 1847
Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patents the rotary-type printing press.
Wikipedia article: Richard March Hoe - 1567
Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and be replaced by her one-year-old son James VI.
Wikipedia article: Mary, Queen of Scots - 1411
Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
- 1132
Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
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