Saturday, July 24, 2021

History for July 24

History for July 24 - On-This-Day.com
Amelia Earhart 1898
  • 1847 - Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.
  • 1866 - Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the U.S. Civil War.
  • 1948 - Soviet occupation forces in Germany blockaded West Berlin. The U.S.-British airlift began the following day.
  • 1969 - The Apollo 11 astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean.

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