Thursday, July 24, 2014

History for July 24

History for July 24 - On-This-Day.com:
Birth anniversary of Alexandre Dumas (1802-70), author of The Three Musketeers.


Birth Anniversary of aviator Amelia Earhart (1897-1937?).

Happy Birthday! Ruth Buzzi, Lynda Carter, Kristen Chenoweth


1701 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landed at the site that became Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit.


1847 - Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah. 


1847 - Richard M. Hoe patented the rotary-type printing press. 


1923 - The Treaty of Lausanne, which settled the boundaries of modern Turkey, was concluded in Switzerland. 


1929 - U.S. President Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy
















1956 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ended their team. They ended the partnership a decade after it began on July 25, 1946. 


1969 - The Apollo 11 astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. 


1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor. 

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