1987

SS Bridgeton

MV Bridgeton, ex-al-Rekkah, was a Kuwait Oil Company oil tanker that was reflagged to a U.S flag and renamed during Operation Earnest Will. The ship was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in its Nagasaki shipyard and launched August 14, 1976. Bridgeton was part of the first Earnest Will convoy when it struck an Iranian mine near Farsi Island resulting in a major propaganda victory for the Iranians. In the late 1990s, Bridgeton transferred to Panamanian registry and was renamed Pacific Blue. It was scrapped in 2002 at Haryana Ship Demolition in Alang, India.

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SS Bridgeton

1987

Hulda Crooks

Hulda Hoehn Crooks was an American mountaineer, dietitian and vegetarianism activist. Affectionately known as "Grandma Whitney" she successfully scaled 14,505-foot (4,421 m) Mount Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91. She had climbed 97 other peaks during this period. In 1990, an Act of Congress renamed Day Needle, one of the peaks in the Whitney area, to Crooks Peak in her honor.

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Hulda Crooks

1995

Birth of Valentine Holmes

Valentine Holmes, Australian rugby league player

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Valentine Holmes

1995

Birth of Kyle Kuzma

Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player

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Kyle Kuzma

1995

Birth of Meisei Chikara

Meisei Chikara, Japanese sumo wrestler

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Meisei Chikara

1996

Birth of Joe Mixon

Joe Mixon, American football player

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Joe Mixon

1998

1998 United States Capitol shooting

The 1998 United States Capitol shooting occurred on July 24, 1998, when Russell Eugene Weston Jr. entered the Capitol and fatally shot United States Capitol Police officers Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson.

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1998 United States Capitol shooting

1998

Birth of Bindi Irwin

Bindi Sue Irwin is an Australian conservationist, zookeeper, actress, and television personality. The daughter of conservationists Steve and Terri Irwin, she serves as the chief executive officer of Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland.

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Bindi Irwin

1998

Birth of Sophie Wotschke

Sophie Wotschke is an Austrian politician of NEOS. She was elected member of the National Council in the 2024 legislative election, and has served as leader of JUNOS since 2022.

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Sophie Wotschke

1999

Air Fiji Flight 121

Air Fiji Flight 121 (PC121/FAJ121) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Nausori International Airport in Fiji's capital Suva to Nadi International Airport in Nadi, operated by an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante. On 24 July 1999, the Bandeirante crashed into a mountain near Delailasakau, killing all 15 passengers and 2 crew on board, making it the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Fiji.

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Air Fiji Flight 121

2001

Bandaranaike Airport attack

The Bandaranaike International Airport attack was a commando raid on 24 July 2001 by Black Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) targeting the Sri Lanka Air Force base SLAF Katunayake and the adjoining Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka. The attack was one of the boldest the LTTE mounted during its war with the Sri Lankan government, and had a profound impact on the country's military, economy, and airline industry.

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Bandaranaike Airport attack

2001

Birth of Ryan Johnson (ice hockey, born 2001)

Ryan Johnson is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the first round, 31st overall, by the Sabres in the 2019 NHL entry draft.

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Ryan Johnson (ice hockey, born 2001)

2001

Birth of Drake London

Drake London is an American professional football wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans and was selected eighth overall by the Falcons in the 2022 NFL draft.

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Drake London

2009

Aria Air Flight 1525

Aria Air Flight 1525 was a scheduled Iranian domestic flight which crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran, on 24 July 2009.

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Aria Air Flight 1525

2012

Syrian civil war

The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring. The Assad regime responded to the protests with lethal force, which led to a series of defections, the emergence of armed opposition groups, and the civilian uprising descending into a civil war. The war lasted almost 14 years and culminated in the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Many sources regard this as the end of the civil war even though clashes have continued into 2026.

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Syrian civil war