Important Events Of July – 24

2019-07-24

Events

1998 – Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
2001 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
2001 – The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. 11 civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while 7 soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, 3 civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed down the Sri Lankan economy.
2013 – 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.
2014 – 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

Births

Deaths

2012 – John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana.
2012 – Gregorio Peces-Barba, Spanish jurist and politician.
2013 – Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport.
2013 – Fred Dretske, American philosopher and academic.
2013 – Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and sexologist.
2013 – Pius Langa, South African lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of South Africa.
2014 – Ik-Hwan Bae, Korean-American violinist and educator.
2014 – Dale Schlueter, American basketball player.
2014 – Hans-Hermann Sprado, German journalist and author.
2015 – Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter.
2015 – Ingrid Sischy, South African-American journalist and critic.
2016 – Marni Nixon, American actress and singer.
2017 – Harshida Raval, Indian Gujarati playback singer.