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| July 24th, 2007 (July 24 2007) | Event | Libya frees all six of the Medics in the HIV trial in Libya. | |
| July 24th, 2007 (July 24 2007) | Death | Albert Ellis, American psychologist (born in 1913) | |
| July 24th, 2007 (July 24 2007) | Death | Chaney Kley, American Actor (born in 1972) | |
| July 24th, 1997 (July 24 1997) | Death | William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (born in 1906) | |
| July 24th, 1997 (July 24 1997) | Death | Saw Maung, Burmese dictator (born in 1928) | |
| July 24th, 1987 (July 24 1987) | Birth | Mara Wilson, American actress | |
| July 24th, 1977 (July 24 1977) | Event | End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War. | |
| July 24th, 1977 (July 24 1977) | Birth | Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian football player | |
| July 24th, 1977 (July 24 1977) | Birth | Danny Dyer, English actor and television presenter | |
| July 24th, 1967 (July 24 1967) | Event | During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Quebec libre! (Long live free Quebec!). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians. | Charles de Gaulle Quotes |
| July 24th, 1957 (July 24 1957) | Birth | Pam Tillis, American singer | |
| July 24th, 1957 (July 24 1957) | Death | Sacha Guitry, French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright (born in 1885) | Sacha Guitry Quotes |
| July 24th, 1947 (July 24 1947) | Birth | Robert Hays, American actor | |
| July 24th, 1947 (July 24 1947) | Birth | Peter Serkin, American pianist | |
| July 24th, 1947 (July 24 1947) | Birth | Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer | |
| July 24th, 1937 (July 24 1937) | Event | Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys." | |
| July 24th, 1927 (July 24 1927) | Event | The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres. | |
| July 24th, 1927 (July 24 1927) | Death | Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (born in 1892) | |
| July 24th, 1917 (July 24 1917) | Birth | Robert Farnon, Canadian-born conductor, composer, and arranger (died in 2005) | |
| July 24th, 1897 (July 24 1897) | Birth | Amelia Earhart, American aviator (disappeared 1937) | |
| July 24th, 1877 (July 24 1877) | Birth | Calogero Vizzini, Sicilian mafioso (died in 1954) | |
| July 24th, 1867 (July 24 1867) | Birth | Edward Frederic Benson, English writer (died in 1940) | |
| July 24th, 1857 (July 24 1857) | Birth | Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1943) | |
| July 24th, 1847 (July 24 1847) | Event | After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. Celebrations of this event include the Pioneer Day Utah state holiday and the Days of 47 Parade. | |
| July 24th, 1757 (July 24 1757) | Birth | Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (died in 1825) | |
| July 24th, 1567 (July 24 1567) | Event | Mary Queen of Scots is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son James VI. | |
| July 24th, 1487 (July 24 1487) | Event | Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer. | |
