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On July 24, 538: The Ostrogoths abandoned the Siege of Ariminum upon the arrival of the larger than expected Byzantine fleet.

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The Ostrogoths abandoned the Siege of Ariminum upon the arrival of the larger than expected Byzantine fleet.

The Ostrogothic Kingdom, officially the Kingdom of Italy, was a barbarian kingdom established by the Germanic Ostrogoths that controlled Italy and neighbouring areas between 493 and 553. Led by Theodoric the Great, the Ostrogoths killed Odoacer, a Germanic soldier and erstwhile leader of the foederati. Odoacer had previously become the de facto ruler of Italy following his deposition of Romulus Augustulus, the final emperor of the Western Roman Empire, in 476.

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Born on July 24

Ryan Johnson 2001– American ice hockey player (born 2001)
Drake London 2001– American football player (born 2001)
Bindi Irwin 1998– Australian conservationist (born 1998)
Sophie Wotschke 1998– Austrian politician (born 1998)
Joe Mixon 1996– American football player (born 1996)
Valentine Holmes 1995– Australia international rugby league footballer
Kyle Kuzma 1995– American basketball player (born 1995)
Meisei Chikara 1995– Japanese sumo wrestler
Phillip Lindsay 1994– American football player (born 1994)
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Mikaël Kingsbury 1992– Canadian freestyle skier (born 1992)
Emily Bett Rickards 1991– Canadian actress (born 1991)
Elliot Rodger 1991– British-American mass murderer (1991–2014)
Maurkice Pouncey 1989– American football player (born 1989)
Han Seung-yeon 1988– South Korean singer and actress (born 1988)
Nichkhun 1988– Thai American rapper (born 1988)
Ricky Petterd 1988– Australian rules footballer
Nathan Gerbe 1987– American ice hockey player (born 1987)
Zack Sabre Jr. 1987– British professional wrestler (born 1987)

People

Died on July 24

Hulk Hogan American professional wrestler (1953–2025)
Cleo Laine English jazz singer (1927–2025)
Shafin Ahmed Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (1961–2024)
Hamzah Haz Vice President of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004
Dmytro Kiva Ukrainian engineer and designer (1942–2024)
George Alagiah British newsreader and journalist (1955–2023)
Trevor Francis English footballer and manager (1954–2023)
David Warner British actor (1941–2022)
Dale Snodgrass United States Navy pilot (1949–2021)
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Rodney Alcala American serial killer (1943–2021)
Regis Philbin American television personality (1931–2020)
Harshida Raval Indian singer
Marni Nixon American singer and actress (1930–2016)
Peg Lynch American actress
Ingrid Sischy South African-American writer and editor (1952–2015)
Ik-Hwan Bae Korean-American violinist and educator (born 1956)
Dale Schlueter American basketball player
Hans-Hermann Sprado German journalist and author (1956–2014)

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Every July 24 on record

  1. 538 The Ostrogoths abandoned the Siege of Ariminum upon the arrival of the larger than expected Byzantine fleet.

    493–553 kingdom centered in Italy

    The Ostrogothic Kingdom, officially the Kingdom of Italy, was a barbarian kingdom established by the Germanic Ostrogoths that controlled Italy and neighbouring areas between 493 and 553. Led by Theodoric the Great, the Ostrogoths killed Odoacer, a Germanic soldier and erstwhile leader of the foederati. Odoacer had previously become the de facto ruler of Italy following his deposition of Romulus Augustulus, the final emperor of the Western Roman Empire, in 476.

  2. 1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.

    1132 battle between the forces of Roger II of Sicily and Count Ranulf of Alife

    The Battle of Nocera or Scafati was the first major battle of Roger II of Sicily and the first of his two major defeats at the hands of Count Ranulf of Alife.

  3. 1148 Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.

    King of the Franks from 1137 to 1180

    Louis VII, was King of France from 1137 to 1180. Called the Younger or the Young to differentiate him from his father Louis VI, His first marriage was to Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe. The marriage temporarily extended the Capetian lands to the Pyrenees.

  4. 1304 Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.

    War of national liberation between Scotland and England

    The Scottish wars were a series of military campaigns in the late 13th and 14th centuries in order to protect the independence and sovereignty of the Kingdom of Scotland which had been threatened by the Kingdom of England. The wars were part of a great crisis for Scotland, and the period became one of the most defining times in its history. At the end of both extended wars, Scotland retained its status as an independent, sovereign country.

  5. 1411 Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.

    1411 Scottish clan battle

    The Battle of Harlaw was a Scottish clan battle fought on 24 July 1411 just north of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire. It was one of a series of battles fought during the Middle Ages between the barons of northeast Scotland and those from the west coast.

  6. 1412 Behnam Hadloyo becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin.
  7. 1487 Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, strike against a ban on foreign beer.
  8. 1534 French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
  9. 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and be replaced by her one-year-old son James VI.
  10. 1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
  11. 1712 War of the Spanish Succession: The French under Marshal Villars win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain.
  12. 1847 After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
  13. 1847 Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.
  14. 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
  15. 1866 Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War.
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  1. 1901 O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  2. 1910 The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
  3. 1911 Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  4. 1915 The passenger ship SS Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
  5. 1922 The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
  6. 1923 The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
  7. 1924 Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
  8. 1927 The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
  9. 1929 The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
  10. 1935 The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in Chicago and 104 °F (40 °C) in Milwaukee.
  11. 1943 World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
  12. 1950 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
  13. 1959 At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
  14. 1963 The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
  15. 1966 Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.

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