July 24
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1983
The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
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George Brett, playing for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
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US supertanker SS Bridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC, causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
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Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbs Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
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Air Fiji flight 121 crashes while en route to Nadi, Fiji, killing all 17 people on board.
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Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes at Mashhad International Airport, killing 16.
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Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.
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Santiago de Compostela derailment: A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers.
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Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people on board are killed.
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Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May.
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A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashes during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, killing 18.
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Angara Airlines Flight 2311 crashes on approach to Tynda Airport, killing all 48 people on board.
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2001Ryan Johnson, American ice hockey player
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2001Drake London, American football player
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1998Bindi Irwin, Australian conservationist, zookeeper, and actress
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1998Sophie Wotschke, Austrian politician
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1998Cailee Spaeny, American actress
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1996Joe Mixon, American football player
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1995Valentine Holmes, Australian rugby league player
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1995Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player
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1995Meisei Chikara, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1994Phillip Lindsay, American football player
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1992Mikaël Kingsbury, Canadian skier
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1991Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress
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