Page 8: Historical Events In July - 24

2005  Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight Tours de France before his scheduled retirement on July - 24.   

2012  On this day in history john Dramani becomes President of Ghana after the death of President John Atta Mills   

2013  22 are left dead after a conflict between the Knights Templar Cartel and Mexican police in Michoacan on this day in history.   

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 this day in history taliban suicide bus bombing in Kabul kills at least 38, mainly employees of Afghan ministry of mines and petroleum   

2017  On this day in history 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  On this day in history first bison born in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in 140 years, after being reintroduced   

2018  On this day in history singer Demi Lovato is hospitalized after a drug overdose in Los Angeles   

2019  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 on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May.   

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

1660  On July - 24 birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on this day in history.   

1720  On this day in history birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

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

1738  On this day in history 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  Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on July - 24.   

1240  On this day in history death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights   

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

1568  On this day in history death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on this day in history.   

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on July - 24.   

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.