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Pre-1600

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1132 Year 1132 ( MCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Levant * Summer – Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk governor (''atabeg'') of Aleppo and Mosul, marches ...
Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. *
1148 Year 1148 ( MCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Second Crusade * January 1 – The French crusaders under King Louis VII defeat a Turkish am ...
Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. *
1304 Year 1304 ( MCCCIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Battle of Skafida: Emperor Michael IX (Palaiologos) sends a Byzantine expedit ...
Wars of Scottish Independence The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. The First War (1296–1328) began with the English invasion of ...
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Fall of Stirling Castle There have been at least eight sieges of Stirling Castle, a strategically important fortification in Stirling, Scotland. Stirling is located at the crossing of the River Forth, making it a key location for access to the north of Scotland. The c ...
: King
Edward I of England Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Duchy of Aquitaine, Aquitaine and D ...
takes the stronghold using the War Wolf. * 1411Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place. *
1412 Year 1412 ( MCDXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) on the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 16 – The Medici Family are made official bankers of the Papacy. * January ...
Behnam Hadloyo becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin. *
1487 Year 1487 ( MCDLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 29 – Richard Foxe becomes Bishop of Exeter. * March – Sigismund ...
– Citizens of
Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of ...
, Netherlands, strike against a ban on foreign
beer Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from cer ...
. * 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 Francis I (french: François Ier; frm, Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin onc ...
. * 1567
Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of S ...
, is forced to abdicate and be replaced by her one-year-old son James VI.


1601–1900

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1701 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 12 – Parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian cal ...
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of
Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...
. * 1712
War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phili ...
: The French under
Marshal Villars Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis then Duc de Villars, Vicomte de Melun (, 8 May 1653 – 17 June 1734) was a French military commander and an illustrious general of Louis XIV of France. He was one of only six Marshal ...
win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain. * 1847 – After 17 months of travel,
Brigham Young Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his ...
leads 148
Mormon Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into seve ...
pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
. * 1847 –
Richard March Hoe Richard March Hoe (middle name spelled in some 1920s records as "Marsh"; September 12, 1812 – June 7, 1886) was an American inventor from New York City who designed a rotary printing press and related advancements, including the "Hoe web perfec ...
, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press. * 1864
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by state ...
: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate
General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". O ...
Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General
George Crook George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. During the 1880s, the Apache nicknamed Crook ''Nanta ...
in an effort to keep them out of the
Shenandoah Valley The Shenandoah Valley () is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Rid ...
. * 1866Reconstruction:
Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War.


1901–present

* 1901
O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the M ...
is released from prison in
Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, an ...
, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank. *
1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
– The
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
captures the city of
Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. The city sprawls across the Plain of Mbishkodra between the southern part of Lake Sh ...
, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. * 1911Hiram Bingham III re-discovers
Machu Picchu Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain range.UNESCO World Heritage Centre. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, whi ...
, "the Lost City of the Incas". * 1915 – The passenger ship 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 The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five la ...
. * 1922 – The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923. *
1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
– The
Treaty of Lausanne The Treaty of Lausanne (french: Traité de Lausanne) was a peace treaty negotiated during the Lausanne Conference of 1922–23 and signed in the Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 July 1923. The treaty officially settled the conf ...
, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece,
Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...
and other countries that fought in
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
. * 1924Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece. *
1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...
– The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at
Ypres Ypres ( , ; nl, Ieper ; vls, Yper; german: Ypern ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality ...
. * 1929 – The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of
foreign policy A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through ...
, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers). * 1935 – The
Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. The phenomenon was caused by a combination of both natural factors (severe drought) an ...
heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in
Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...
and 104 °F (40 °C) in
Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
. *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb
Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
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. * 1950Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a
Bumper Bumper or Bumpers may refer to: People * Betty Bumpers (1925-2018), American activist, First Lady of Arkansas, wife of Dale Bumpers * Dale Bumpers (1925–2016), American politician, governor of Arkansas and senator * Bumper Robinson (born 1974 ...
rocket. * 1959 – At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow,
U.S. Vice President The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice pr ...
Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was t ...
and Soviet
Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev ...
have a " Kitchen Debate". *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...
– The ship '' Bluenose II'' was launched in
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia. The economy was traditionally based on the offshore fishery and today Lu ...
. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol. * 1966
Michael Pelkey Michael Pelkey (born March 28, 1940) is considered one of the first individuals to influence the mass practice of BASE jumping as a sport, together with fellow skydiver Brian Schubert. Pelkey and Schubert's first jump was made on July 24, 1966, ...
makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap. * 1967 – During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in
Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...
: ''
Vive le Québec libre " (, 'Long live free Quebec!') was a phrase in a speech delivered by French President Charles de Gaulle in Montreal, Quebec on July 24, 1967, during an official visit to Canada for the Expo 67 world's fair. While giving an address to a large ...
!'' ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians. * 1969Apollo program:
Apollo 11 Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module ''Eagle'' on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, a ...
splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean. * 1974
Watergate scandal The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual ...
: The
United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point ...
unanimously ruled that President
Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was t ...
did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed
White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C., NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. preside ...
tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor. *
1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
– End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War. * 1980 – The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level. *
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...
– Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at
Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in th ...
, Japan, killing 299. * 1983 – The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War. * 1983
George Brett George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953) is an American former professional baseball player who played all of his 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a third baseman for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are second-mos ...
playing for the
Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expa ...
against the
New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one o ...
, has a game-winning home run nullified in the " Pine Tar Incident". * 1987 – US supertanker collides with mines laid by
IRGC The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker. * 1987 –
Hulda Crooks Hulda Hoehn Crooks (May 19, 1896 – November 23, 1997) was an American mountaineer. Affectionately known as "Grandma Whitney" she successfully scaled Mount Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91. She had climbed 97 other peaks during ...
, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak. *
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
Russell Eugene Weston Jr. Russell may refer to: People * Russell (given name) * Russell (surname) * Lady Russell (disambiguation) * Lord Russell (disambiguation) Places Australia * Russell, Australian Capital Territory * Russell Island, Queensland (disambiguation) ** ...
bursts into the
United States Capitol The United States Capitol, often called The Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the Seat of government, seat of the Legislature, legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, which is form ...
and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial. *
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...
Air Fiji flight 121 Air Fiji Flight 121 (PC121/FAJ121) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Nausori International Airport in Fiji's capital Suva to Nadi International Airport in Nadi, operated by an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante. On 24 July 1999, the Ban ...
crashes while en route to Nadi, Fiji, killing all 17 people on board. *
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...
– The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n economy. * 2009Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes at Mashhad International Airport, killing 16. *
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê. *
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...
– A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an speed limit at , killing 78 passengers. *
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
Air Algérie Flight 5017 Air Algérie Flight 5017 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria, which crashed near Gossi, Mali, on 24 July 2014. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 twinjet with 110 passengers and 6 crew on bo ...
loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in
Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Ma ...
. All 116 people onboard are killed. *
2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
Boris Johnson Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (; born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as F ...
becomes
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As moder ...
after defeating
Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since 14 October 2022. He previously served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport ...
in a leadership contest, succeeding
Theresa May Theresa Mary May, Lady May (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served in David Cameron's cabi ...
.


Births


Pre-1600

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1242 Year 1242 ( MCCXLII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – Prince Alexander Nevsky is joined by his brother Andrey II (Yaroslavic ...
Christina von Stommeln, German Roman Catholic mystic, ecstatic, and stigmatic (d. 1312) * 1468Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1524) *
1529 __NOTOC__ Year 1529 ( MDXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * February 2 – The Örebro Synod provides the theological foundation of the ...
Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1577) *
1561 Year 1561 ( MDLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 31 – The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots in ...
Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern (d. 1589) * 1574Thomas Platter the Younger, Swiss physician and author (d. 1628)


1601–1900

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1660 Events January–March * January 1 ** At daybreak, English Army Colonel George Monck, with two brigades of troops from his Scottish occupational force, fords the River Tweed at Coldstream in Scotland to cross the border into England ...
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1718) *
1689 Events January–March * January 22 (January 12, 1688 O.S.) – Glorious Revolution in England: The Convention Parliament is convened to determine if King James II of England, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, vacated ...
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, son of Queen Anne of Great Britain and Prince George of Denmark (d. 1700) *
1725 Events January–March * January 15 – James Macrae, a former captain of a freighter for the British East India Company, is hired by the Company to administer the Madras Presidency (at the time, the "Presidency of Fort St. Ge ...
John Newton John Newton (; – 21 December 1807) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade. He served as a sailor in the Royal Navy (after forc ...
, English sailor and priest (d. 1807) * 1757Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter (d. 1825) *
1783 Events January–March * January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain. * January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, ...
Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and ...
, Venezuelan commander and politician, second President of Venezuela (d. 1830) *
1786 Events January–March * January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed, between the United States and the Choctaw. * January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of En ...
Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (d. 1843) *
1794 Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United Sta ...
Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish mineralogist and geologist (d. 1865) *
1802 Events January–March * January 5 – Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, begins removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, claiming they were at risk of destruction during the Ot ...
Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer. ...
, French novelist and playwright (d. 1870) * 1803Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (d. 1856) * 1803 –
Alexander J. Davis Alexander Jackson Davis, or A. J. Davis (July 24, 1803 – January 14, 1892), was an American architect, known particularly for his association with the Gothic Revival style. Education Davis was born in New York City and studied at t ...
, American architect (d. 1892) * 1821
William Poole William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, was the leader of the Washington Street Gang, which later became known as the Bowery Boys gang. He was a local leader of the Know Nothing political movement ...
, American boxer and gangster (d. 1855) * 1826Jan Gotlib Bloch, Polish theorist and activist (d. 1902) *
1851 Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. ...
Friedrich Schottky, Polish-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1935) * 1856Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (d. 1941) * 1857Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
laureate (d. 1943) * 1857 – Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuelan general and politician, 27th President of Venezuela (d. 1935) * 1860Princess Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1919) * 1860 – Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1939) * 1864Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright (d. 1918) *
1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...
Fred Tate, English cricketer and coach (d. 1943) * 1874Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and author (d. 1917) *
1877 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sio ...
Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (d. 1954) * 1878
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957, usually Lord Dunsany) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. Over 90 volumes of fiction, essays, poems and plays appeared in his lifetime.Lanham, ...
, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1957) * 1880Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator (d. 1959) * 1884
Maria Caserini Maria Caserini (née Gasperini; 24 July 1884 – 15 April 1969) was an Italian stage and film actress, as well as a pioneer of filmmaking during the early 20th century. She often starred in adaptations of stage and film productions for the works ...
, Italian actress (d. 1969) *
1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author (d. 1965) *
1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...
Arthur Richardson, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1973) * 1889
Agnes Meyer Driscoll Agnes Meyer Driscoll (July 24, 1889 – September 16, 1971), known as "Miss Aggie" or "Madame X'", was an American cryptanalyst during both World War I and World War II and was known as “the first lady of naval cryptology." Early years Born in ...
, American cryptanalyst (d. 1971) * 1895Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (d. 1985) *
1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...
Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author (d. 1937) *
1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a c ...
Chief Dan George Chief Dan George (born Geswanouth Slahoot; July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of No ...
, Canadian actor (d. 1981) *
1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), ...
Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist and ballet dancer (d. 1948)


1901–present

* 1909
John William Finn John William Finn (24 July 1909 – 27 May 2010) was a sailor in the United States Navy who, as a chief petty officer, received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbo ...
, American lieutenant,
Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor ...
recipient (d. 2010) *
1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
Harry Horner, American director and production designer (d. 1994) * 1912Essie Summers, New Zealand author (d. 1998) * 1913Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (d. 2010) * 1914Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (d. 2015) * 1914 – Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2007) * 1914 – Alan Waddell, Australian walker (d. 2008) * 1915
Enrique Fernando Enrique Medina Fernando (July 25, 1915 – October 13, 2004) was the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. A noted constitutionalist and law professor, he served in the Supreme Court for 18 years, including 6 years as Chief ...
, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines The chief justice of the Philippines ( fil, Punong Mahistrado ng Pilipinas) presides over the Supreme Court of the Philippines and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of April 5, 2021, the position is cur ...
(d. 2004) * 1916
John D. MacDonald John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916December 28, 1986) was an American writer of novels and short stories. He is known for his thrillers. MacDonald was a prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many set in his adopted home of Florida. On ...
, American colonel and author (d. 1986) * 1917Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2005) * 1917 –
Jack Moroney John Moroney (24 July 1917 – 1 July 1999) was an Australian cricketer who played in seven Test matches from 1949 to 1951. Moroney was a solid Australian opening batsman who toured South Africa with success in 1949–50, making his maiden Te ...
, Australian cricketer (d. 1999) *
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (d. 2012) *
1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...
Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge (d. 1999) * 1919 –
Kenneth S. Kleinknecht Kenneth Samuel Kleinknecht (July 24, 1919 in Washington, D.C. – November 20, 2007) worked for the United States National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics as an engineer and continued at NASA to become a manager of the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo CS ...
, NASA manager (d. 2007) * 1919 – John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (d. 2014) * 1920Bella Abzug, American lawyer and politician (d. 1998) * 1920 – Constance Dowling, American model and actress (d. 1969) * 1921Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (d. 2008) * 1921 –
Billy Taylor Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the ...
, American pianist and composer (d. 2010) * 1922
Madeleine Ferron Madeleine Ferron (July 24, 1922 – February 27, 2010) was a Canadian writer. Biography She was born in Louiseville, Quebec. She began her early studies with the Sisters of Saint Anne, continuing at the Université de Montréal and Universit ...
, Canadian radio host and author (d. 2010) * 1924
Wilfred Josephs Wilfred Josephs (24 July 1927 – 17 November 1997) was an English composer. Life Born in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, the fourth and youngest son of Russian and South Shields Jewish parents, Wilfred Josephs had his first musical studies in Ne ...
, English composer (d. 1997) * 1924 – Aris Poulianos, Greek anthropologist and archaeologist * 1926Grace Glueck, American arts journalist (d. 2022) *
1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...
Alex Katz, American painter and sculptor * 1927 – Zara Mints, Russian-Estonian philologist and academic (d. 1990) * 1928Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician, tenth Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 2020) *
1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...
Alfred Balk Alfred Balk (July 24, 1930 – November 25, 2010) was an American reporter, nonfiction author and magazine editor who wrote groundbreaking articles about housing segregation, the Nation of Islam, the environment and Illinois politics. His refusal ...
, American journalist and author (d. 2010) *
1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...
Ermanno Olmi, Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 2018) * 1931 – Éric Tabarly, French commander (d. 1998) * 1932
Gustav Andreas Tammann Gustav Andreas Tammann (24 July 1932 – 6 January 2019) was a German astronomer and academic. He served as director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Basel; as a member of the European Space Agency Space Telescope Advisory Team ...
, German astronomer and academic (d. 2019) * 1933Doug Sanders, American golfer (d. 2020) * 1934
P. S. Soosaithasan Pilesiyan Sosai Soosaithasan ( ta, பிலேசியன் சூசை சூசைதாசன், translit=Pilēciyaṉ Cūcai Cūcaitācaṉ; 24 July 1934 – 13 October 2017) was a Sri Lankan Tamil accountant, politician and Member of ...
, Sri Lankan accountant and politician (d. 2017) * 1935Aaron Elkins, American author and academic * 1935 – Pat Oliphant, Australian cartoonist * 1935 – Mel Ramos, American painter, illustrator, and academic (d. 2018) * 1935 – Les Reed, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019) * 1935 – Derek Varnals, South African cricketer (d. 2019) * 1936Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian * 1936 – Mark Goddard, American actor * 1937Manoj Kumar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1937 – Quinlan Terry, English architect, designed the Brentwood Cathedral * 1938
Alexis Jacquemin Alexis Jacquemin (24 July 1938 – 14 August 2004) was a Belgian economist. He received his PhD at the Université catholique de Louvain in 1967 and eventually became a professor at the same university in 1974. In 1983, he was awarded the Francqu ...
, Belgian economist and academic (d. 2004) * 1938 –
Eugene J. Martin Eugene James Martin (July 24, 1938 – January 1, 2005) was an African-American visual artist. Art Eugene J. Martin's art is best known for his imaginative, complex mixed media collages on paper, his often gently humorous pencil and pen and ...
, American painter (d. 2005) * 1938 – John Sparling, New Zealand cricketer *
1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidde ...
Walt Bellamy, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) * 1939 –
David Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury David Alec Gwyn Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury (born 24 July 1939) is a British businessman. Simon was educated at Christ's Hospital in Horsham, West Sussex. He studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating in 1961, and joined B ...
, English businessman and politician * 1940Dan Hedaya, American actor *
1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
John Bond, English banker and businessman * 1942
Heinz The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six contin ...
, German-English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2000) * 1942 – David Miner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1942 – Chris Sarandon, American actor * 1944Jim Armstrong, Northern Irish guitarist * 1945Frank Close, English physicist and academic * 1945 – Azim Premji, Indian businessman and philanthropist * 1945 – Hugh Ross, Canadian-American astrophysicist and astronomer * 1945 – Anthony Watts, English geologist, geophysicist, and academic * 1946Gallagher, American comedian and actor * 1946 – Friedhelm Haebermann, German footballer and manager * 1946 – Hervé Vilard, French singer-songwriter *
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the count ...
Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer and manager * 1947 – Geoff McQueen, English screenwriter and producer (d. 1994) * 1947 – Peter Serkin, American pianist and educator (d. 2020) * 1949
Michael Richards Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949) is an American actor, writer, television producer, and comedian best known for playing Cosmo Kramer on the television sitcom ''Seinfeld''. He began his career as a stand-up comedian, first entering ...
, American actor and comedian * 1950
Jadranka Stojaković Jadranka Stojaković ( sr-cyr, Јадранка Стојаковић, 24 July 1950 – 3 May 2016) was a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique voice. Her best known hits are "Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te ...
, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (d. 2016) *
1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
Lynda Carter, American actress * 1951 – Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport * 1952Ian Cairns, Australian surfer * 1952 – Gus Van Sant, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1953Julian Brazier, English captain and politician * 1953 – Jon Faddis, American trumpet player, composer, and conductor * 1953 – Tadashi Kawamata, Japanese contemporary artist * 1953 – Claire McCaskill, American lawyer and politician * 1953 – James Newcome, English bishop * 1954Erdoğan Arıca, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012) * 1954 – Jorge Jesus, Portuguese footballer and manager * 1955Brad Watson, American author and academic (d. 2020) * 1956
Charlie Crist Charles Joseph Crist Jr. (; born July 24, 1956) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 and as the U.S. representative for from 2017 to 2022. Crist has been a member of the Democrati ...
, American lawyer and politician, 44th
Governor of Florida A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
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1957 1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...
Pam Tillis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress * 1958Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer and coach * 1960Catherine Destivelle, French rock climber and mountaineer * 1961Kerry Dixon, English footballer and manager * 1962Johnny O'Connell, American race car driver and sportscaster *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...
Louis Armary, French rugby player * 1963 – Karl Malone, American basketball player and coach * 1964Barry Bonds, American baseball player * 1964 – Pedro Passos Coelho, Portuguese economist and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal * 1964 –
Urmas Kaljend Urmas Kaljend (born 24 July 1964) is a retired Estonian professional footballer, who played as a defender. He was affiliated with FC Norma Tallinn, SK Tallinna Sport and TVMK Tallinn. Kaljend also played in Finland, for IFK Mariehamn, KPV, LoPa ...
, Estonian footballer * 1964 –
John Rosengren John Rosengren (born July 24, 1964) is an American award-winning writer and journalist, and the author of ten books, mostly on sports. Personal life Rosengren was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 24, 1964. He holds a master's degree in cr ...
, American journalist and author * 1965Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player and sportscaster * 1965 – Kadeem Hardison, American actor, director, and screenwriter * 1965 –
Doug Liman Douglas Eric Liman (; born July 24, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing the films '' Swingers'' (1996), '' Go'' (1999), '' The Bourne Identity'' (2002), '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005), '' Jumper'' (2008), '' E ...
, American director and producer * 1966Mo-Do, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2013) * 1966 – Aminatou Haidar, Sahrawi human rights activist * 1966 – Martin Keown, English footballer and coach *
1968 The year was highlighted by Protests of 1968, protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechos ...
Kristin Chenoweth, American actress and singer * 1968 – Colleen Doran, American author and illustrator * 1968 – Malcolm Ingram, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter * 1968 – Laura Leighton, American actress * 1969Rick Fox, Bahamian basketball player * 1969 – Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer, and dancer *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
Dino Baggio, Italian footballer * 1971 – Patty Jenkins, American film director and screenwriter * 1972Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler *
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
Russell Bawden, Australian rugby league player * 1973 –
Ana Cristina Oliveira Ana Cristina de Oliveira (born 24 July 1973) is a Portuguese model and actress. Early life and career Oliveira was born in Lisbon, Portugal. Her father worked in the Portuguese radio industry while her mother worked in a Lisbon movie theater. ...
, Portuguese model and actress * 1973 –
Amanda Stretton Amanda Stretton (née Cohn; born 24 July 1973, in London) is an English racing driver, broadcaster and motoring journalist. Early life and education The daughter of British automobile collector and historic racer Terry Cohn, she grew up in Lond ...
, English race car driver and journalist * 1974
Andy Gomarsall Andrew Charles Thomas Gomarsall MBE (born 24 July 1974, in Durham) is a former rugby union player who played at scrum-half for Leeds Carnegie and England. He previously played for Gloucester Rugby, Bedford and Wasps. Until May 2006 he ...
, English rugby player *
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Tracey Crouch, English politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics * 1975 – Jamie Langenbrunner, American ice hockey player * 1975 – Torrie Wilson, American model, fitness competitor, actress and professional wrestler * 1975 – Eric Szmanda, American actor * 1976
Rafer Alston Rafer Jamel Alston (born July 24, 1976), also known as Skip to my Lou or Skip 2 My Lou, is an American retired professional basketball player. Alston first gained basketball fame playing in the AND1 Mixtape Tour in 1999 before making the National ...
, American basketball player * 1976 – Tiago Monteiro, Portuguese race car driver and manager * 1978Andy Irons, American surfer (d. 2010) * 1979Rose Byrne, Australian actress * 1979 – Jerrod Niemann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1979 –
Valerio Scassellati Valerio Scassellati (born 24 July 1979 in Gualdo Tadino) is an Italian racing driver. Career Euro F3000 Scassellati competed in the Euro Formula 3000 championship in both 2001 and 2002, starting fourteen races and scoring one point overall. For ...
, Italian race car driver * 1979 – Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, French tennis player * 1979 – Mark Andrew Smith, American author * 1979 – Ryan Speier, American baseball player * 1980 –
Joel Stroetzel Joel Michael Stroetzel (born July 24, 1980) is best known as the rhythm guitarist from the Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage. Background Stroetzel attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston but did not graduate. Stroetzel's ...
, American guitarist *
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...
Doug Bollinger Douglas Erwin Bollinger (born 24 July 1981) is a former Australian cricketer. He has played first-class cricket for the New South Wales cricket team and international cricket for Australia. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast bowle ...
, Australian cricketer * 1981 – Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran politician, 46th President of El Salvador * 1981 – Summer Glau, American actress * 1981 – Mark Robinson, English footballer *
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...
Trevor Matthews, Canadian actor and producer, founded Brookstreet Pictures * 1982 – Thiago Medeiros, Brazilian race car driver * 1982 – Mewelde Moore, American football player * 1982 – Elisabeth Moss, American actress * 1982 – Anna Paquin, Canadian-New Zealand actress * 1982 –
Michael Poppmeier Michael Poppmeier (born 24 July 1982 in Durban)Michael Poppmeier profile at s ...
, South African-German rugby player * 1983Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer * 1983 – Asami Mizukawa, Japanese actress * 1984Patrick Harvey, Australian actor * 1984 –
Tyler Kyte Jonathan Tyler "Ty" Kyte (born July 24, 1984) is a Canadian actor and musician. He was born in Lindsay, Ontario, and began his acting career with commercials and performing in the Musical Tommy in Toronto. Kyte was made famous amongst Canadia ...
, Canadian singer and drummer * 1985Patrice Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player * 1985 –
Aries Merritt Aries Merritt (born July 24, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics prog ...
, American hurdler * 1985 – Lukáš Rosol, Czech tennis player * 1985 – Eric Wright, American football player * 1986Natalie Tran, Australian actress and online producer * 1987Filipe Francisco dos Santos, Brazilian footballer * 1987 – Nathan Gerbe, American ice hockey player * 1987 – Zack Sabre Jr., English wrestler * 1988Han Seung-yeon, South Korean singer and dancer * 1988 – Nichkhun, Thai-American singer-songwriter and actor * 1988 – Ricky Petterd, Australian footballer * 1989Maurkice Pouncey, American football player * 1989 – Kim Tae-hwan, South Korean footballer * 1990Travis Mahoney, Australian swimmer *
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the ...
Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress * 1992Mikaël Kingsbury, Canadian skier *
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...
Phillip Lindsay, American football player *
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...
Valentine Holmes Valentine Holmes (born 24 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays across the backline as a or er for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL and Australia at international level. He began his career with the ...
, Australian rugby league player * 1995 – Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player * 1995 – Meisei Chikara, Japanese sumo wrestler *
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
Bindi Irwin Bindi Sue Irwin (born 24 July 1998) is an Australian television personality, conservationist, zookeeper and actress. She is the elder of the two children of the late conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin and his conservationis ...
, Australian conservationist, zookeeper, and actress * 2002
Nicole Pircio Nicole Pircio Nunes Duarte (born 24 July 2002) is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 and 2022 Pan American group all-around champion and the 2019 Pan American Games 3 hoops + 4 clubs champion. She won three gold medals at the 2018 Sou ...
, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 759Oswulf, king of
Northumbria la, Regnum Northanhymbrorum , conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Northumbria , common_name = Northumbria , status = State , status_text = Unified Anglian kingdom (before 876)North: Anglian kingdom (af ...
* 811Gao Ying, Chinese politician (b. 740) * 946Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Egyptian ruler (b. 882) *
1115 Year 1115 ( MCXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Levant * September 14 – Battle of Sarmin: The Crusaders, under Prince Roger of Salerno, surp ...
Matilda of Tuscany (b. 1046) *
1129 Year 1129 ( MCXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * April 14 – Following the Capetian tradition, King Louis VI (the Fat) has his eldes ...
Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1053) *
1198 Year 1198 ( MCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * March 8 – Philip of Swabia, son of the late Emperor Frederick I, is elected "Ki ...
Berthold of Hanover, Bishop of Livonia * 1345Jacob van Artevelde, Flemish statesman (b. 1290) *
1568 Year 1568 ( MDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 6– 13 – In the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, the delegates of Unio Tr ...
Carlos, Prince of Asturias (b. 1545) *
1594 Events January–June * March 21 – Henry IV enters his capital of Paris for the first time. * April 17 – Hyacinth of Poland is canonized. * May ** Uprising in Banat of Serbs against Ottoman rule ends with the public ...
John Boste, English martyr and saint (b. 1544)


1601–1900

* 1601Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter (b. 1542) *
1612 Events January–June * January 6 – Axel Oxenstierna becomes Lord High Chancellor of Sweden. He persuades the Riksdag of the Estates to grant the Swedish nobility the right and privilege to hold all higher offices of governme ...
John Salusbury, Welsh politician and poet (b. 1567) * 1739Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686) * 1768Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian and author (b. 1684) * 1862
Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he ...
, American lawyer and politician, eighth
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ...
(b. 1782) *
1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)


1901–present

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1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867) * 1908 – Sigismondo Savona, Maltese educator and politician (b. 1835) *
1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841) *
1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892) *
1957 1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...
Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follo ...
, French actor and director (b. 1885) * 1962Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917) * 1965Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904) * 1966Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934) * 1969Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904) * 1970Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897) * 1974James Chadwick, English physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
laureate (b. 1891) * 1980Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (b. 1925) * 1985
Ezechiele Ramin Ezechiele Ramin, MCCJ (Padua, Italy, February 9, 1953 – Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil, July 24, 1985), familiarly known as "Lele" in Italy and "Ezequiel" in Brazil, was an Italian Comboni missionary and artist who was described as a martyr of ...
, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953) * 1986Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
laureate (b. 1899) * 1986 – Qudrat Ullah Shahab, Pakistani civil servant and author (b. 1917) *
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the ...
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
laureate (b. 1902) * 1992Arletty, French actress and singer (b. 1898) * 1992 – Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1900) *
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...
Helen Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo (Native American) Pueblo potter (b. 1915) *
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...
George Rodger, English photographer and journalist (b. 1908) * 1996Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Vincentian cricketer and activist (b. 1937) * 1997William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and jurist (b. 1906) * 1997 – Saw Maung, Burmese general and politician, seventh
Prime Minister of Burma The prime minister of Myanmar is the head of government of Myanmar. The post was re-established in 2021 by the State Administration Council, the country's ruling military junta, to lead its nominally-civilian provisional government. The prov ...
(b. 1928) *
2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian poet and journalist (b. 1925) *
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...
Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (b. 1931) * 2005Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (b. 1912) *
2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...
Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (b. 1913) * 2007 –
Nicola Zaccaria Nicola Zaccaria (9 March 1923 - 24 July 2007), born Nicholas Angelos Zachariou was a Greek bass. Career Born in Piraeus, Zaccaria studied at the Athens Conservatory where he enjoyed his debut in 1949, aged 26. He sang at La Scala in 1953 and his p ...
, Greek opera singer (b. 1923) *
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...
Norman Dello Joio, American pianist and composer (b. 1913) * 2010Alex Higgins, Northern Irish
snooker Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sport played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by British Army officers stationed in Ind ...
player (b. 1949) * 2011Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966) * 2011 – Dan Peek, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950) * 2011 – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist and composer (b. 1970) * 2011 –
David Servan-Schreiber David Servan-Schreiber (April 21, 1961 – July 24, 2011) was a French people, French physician, neuroscientist and author. He was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He was also a lecturer in the ...
, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (b. 1961) * 2011 – Skip Thomas, American football player (b. 1950) *
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
Chad Everett, American actor and director (b. 1937) * 2012 – Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (b. 1938) * 2012 – Larry Hoppen, American singer and guitarist (b. 1951) * 2012 – Robert Ledley, American physiologist and physicist, invented the
CT scanner A computed tomography scan (CT scan; formerly called computed axial tomography scan or CAT scan) is a medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body. The personnel that perform CT scans are called radiographers ...
(b. 1926) * 2012 – Themo Lobos, Chilean author and illustrator (b. 1928) * 2012 – John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician,
President of Ghana The president of the Republic of Ghana is the elected head of state and head of government of Ghana, as well as commander-in-chief of the Ghana Armed Forces. The current president of Ghana is Nana Akufo-Addo, who won the 2020 presidential ele ...
(b. 1944) * 2012 – Gregorio Peces-Barba, Spanish jurist and politician (b. 1938) *
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...
Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (b. 1921) * 2013 – Fred Dretske, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932) * 2013 – Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and sexologist (b. 1925) * 2013 – Pius Langa, South African lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1939) *
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
Ik-Hwan Bae, Korean-American violinist and educator (b. 1956) * 2014 –
Dale Schlueter Dale Wayne Schlueter (November 12, 1945 – July 24, 2014) was an American professional basketball player born in Tacoma, Washington. A 6'10" center from Colorado State University, Schlueter was selected by the San Francisco Warriors in the sixt ...
, American basketball player (b. 1945) * 2014 –
Hans-Hermann Sprado Hans-Hermann "Hannes" Sprado (born 3 July 1956 in Bassum; died 24 July 20142015Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1916) * 2015 – Ingrid Sischy, South African-American journalist and critic (b. 1952) * 2016Marni Nixon, American actress and singer (b. 1930) Fox, Margalit
"Marni Nixon, the Singing Voice Behind the Screen, Dies at 86"
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'', July 25, 2016
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2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...
Harshida Raval Harshida Raval was a singer from Gujarat, India. She had worked as a playback singer in Gujarati cinema as well as Sugam Sangeet and devotional music. She died on 24 July 2017 at Ahmedabad. Life Rawal was born in Limdi, Gujarat to Manishankar Vy ...
, Indian Gujarati playback singer *
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...
Regis Philbin, American actor and television host (b. 1931) * 2021Dale Snodgrass, United States Naval Aviator and air show performer (b. 1949) * 2022
David Warner David or Dave Warner may refer to: Sports * Dave Warner (strongman) (born 1969), Northern Ireland strongman competitor * David Bruce Warner (born 1970), South African alpine skier * David Warner (cricketer) (born 1986), Australian cricketer Others ...
, English actor (b. 1941)


Holidays and observances

* Carnival of Awussu (
Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...
) *
Children's Day (Vanuatu) This is a list of public holidays in Vanuatu. Public holidays References {{DEFAULTSORT:Public Holidays In Vanuatu Vanuatu Law of Vanuatu Events in Vanuatu Holidays A holiday is a day set aside by Norm (social), custom or by law o ...
*Christian feast day: ** Charbel (
Maronite Church The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic '' sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The current head of the Mar ...
/
Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
) ** Christina the Astonishing **
Christina of Bolsena Christina of Bolsena, also known as Christine, or in the Eastern Orthodox Church as Christina the Great Martyr, is venerated as a Christian martyr of the third century. Archaeological excavations of an underground cemetery constructed over her t ...
** Declán of Ardmore ** John Boste ** Kinga (or Cunegunda) of Poland **
Martyrs of Daimiel The Passionist Martyrs of Daimiel were a group of priests and brothers of the Passionist Congregation killed by anti-clericalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. Martyrdom At 11:30 pm on the night of 24 July 1936, a group of armed men arrived ...
** Menefrida of Cornwall **
Sigolena of Albi Saint Sigolena of Albi (fl. 7th. c.) was an Albigensian deaconess and saint from Albi, France. Sigolena was born into a noble family of Aquitaine. Upon wedding during adolescence, she desired a chaste marriage and offered her husband all of her ...
**
July 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - July 25 All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on ''August 6'' by Old Calendar. For July 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''July 11''. Saints ...
* Pioneer Day (Utah) * Police Day (Poland) * Simón Bolívar Day (
Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...
,
Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...
, Colombia, and
Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
) **
Navy Day (Venezuela) Many nations around the world observe some kind of Armed Forces Day to honor their military forces. This day is not to be confused with Veterans Day or Memorial Day. Africa Egypt In Egypt, Armed Forces Day is celebrated on 6 October, ...


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