Page 8: Historical Events In July - 24

2005  Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight Tours de France before his scheduled retirement on this day in history.   

2012  John Dramani becomes President of Ghana after the death of President John Atta Mills on July - 24.   

2013  On July - 24 22 are left dead after a conflict between the Knights Templar Cartel and Mexican police in Michoacan   

2014  116 people are killed after Air Algérie Flight 5017 crashed in Mali on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history polish President Andrzej Duda vetoes 2 laws to put Polish courts under political control   

2017  Donald Trump ’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner says he did not collude with Russia after meeting with Senate investigators on this day in history.   

2017  On July - 24 taliban suicide bus bombing in Kabul kills at least 38, mainly employees of Afghan ministry of mines and petroleum   

2017  On July - 24 taliban suicide bomber on a motorbikes kills at least 26 and injuries 50 in Lahore, Pakistan   

2018  On this day in history wildfires near Athens, Greece, kill 91 with 104 injured, over 600 rescued from the coast by boats   

2018  First bison born in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in 140 years, after being reintroduced on this day in history.   

2018  On July - 24 singer Demi Lovato is hospitalized after a drug overdose in Los Angeles   

2019  On July - 24 19-year-old Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Milák breaks Michael Phelps ' 10 year old 200m butterfly world record at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea; swims 1:50.73, 0.78s faster than Phelps   

2019  Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May on July - 24.   

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1380  On July - 24 birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint   

1660  On this day in history birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]   

1720  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik was born on this day in history.   

1725  On July - 24 birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)   

1738  On July - 24 birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)   

1757  On this day in history birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)   

1759  On this day in history birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)   

1115  On July - 24 death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)   

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on July - 24.   

1345  On this day in history death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered   

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on July - 24.   

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on July - 24.   

1652  On July - 24 johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32   

1712  On July - 24 cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on July - 24.