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What Happened on July 24

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Santiago de Compostela derailment:
A high-speed train traveling from Madrid to Ferrol derailed on a curve killing 79 people and injuring over 100.

The 4-day long Libyan-Egyptian War comes to an end:
The border war began with thousands of Libyans marching towards Egypt’s borders.

Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev:
A series of debates, now popularly called the kitchen debates, occurred between U.S. President Nixon and Soviet Premier Khrushchev in Moscow.

  • 1969 Jennifer Lopez
    American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman
  • 1900 Zelda Fitzgerald
    American author
  • 1897 Amelia Earhart
    American pilot, author
  • 2012 Robert Ledley
    American scientist, invented the full-body CT scanner
  • 2012 John Atta Mills
    Ghanaian politician, 3rd President of Ghana
  • 2010 Alex HigginsIrish snooker player
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