Major historical anniversaries and events for this day in history and this week for 2024.
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Historical Anniversaries this Week
July 15
Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (d. 2014)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Marianne Bernadotte, Swedish actress and philanthropist
Deaths (750 years ago today): 1274 – Bonaventure, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1221)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Christine Chubbuck, American journalist (b. 1944)[57]
July 16
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – James L. Greenfield, American journalist and politician (d. 2024)[51]
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Bess Myerson, American model, actress, game show panelist, and politician, Miss America 1945 (d. 2014)[52]
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Rupert Deese, Northern Mariana Islander ceramic artist (d. 2010)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Maret Maripuu, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Wendell Sailor, Australian rugby player
Deaths (700 years ago today): 1324 – Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)
July 17
Births (350 years ago today): 1674 – Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (d. 1748)
Births (250 years ago today): 1774 – John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (d. 1856)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d. 2013)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Claudio López, Argentine footballer
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
July 18
Births (300 years ago today): 1724 – Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (d. 1780)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Inge Sřrensen, Danish swimmer (d. 2011)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Tullio Altamura, Italian actor
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Alan Morrison, British poet
Deaths (1100 years ago today): 924 – Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, Abbasid vizier (b. 855)
Commemorations:
Nelson Mandela International Day
July 19
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 2005)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Pat Hingle, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Arthur Rankin Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Rey Bucanero, Mexican wrestler
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Francisco Copado, German footballer and manager
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Josée Piché, Canadian ice dancer
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Vince Spadea, American tennis player
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Preston Wilson, American baseball player and sportscaster
Deaths (650 years ago today): 1374 – Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1304)
Deaths (200 years ago today): 1824 – Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican general and emperor (b. 1783)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Ern? Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (b. 1904)
July 20
Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
Births (250 years ago today): 1774 – Auguste de Marmont, French general (d. 1852)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Lola Albright, American actress and singer (d. 2017)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (d. 2014)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Mort Garson, Canadian-American songwriter and composer (d. 2008)
Deaths (500 years ago today): 1524 – Claude, queen consort of France (b. 1499)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (b. 1900)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. (b. 1912)
July 21
Events (350 years ago today): 1674 – A Dutch assault on the French island of Martinique is repulsed against all odds.[2]
Events (250 years ago today): 1774 – Russo-Turkish War (1768-74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Don Knotts, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player and coach
Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – René Reinumägi, Estonian actor, director, and screenwriter
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