Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 24

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 * 1411 – Scottish clansmen led by Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles, and Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, fought the Battle of Harlaw (monument pictured) near Inverurie, Scotland.
 * 1920 – Franco-Syrian War: At the Battle of Maysalun forces of the Arab Kingdom of Syria were defeated by a French army moving to occupy the territory allocated to them by the San Remo conference.
 * 1923 – The Treaty of Lausanne was signed to settle part of the partition of the Ottoman Empire, establishing the boundaries of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.
 * 1967 – During a speech in Montreal, French president Charles de Gaulle (pictured) declared "Long live free Quebec!", a statement that was interpreted as support for Quebec independence from Canada.
 * 1948 – Australia set a world record for the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket history during the Fourth Test of the Ashes series against England.
 * 1987 – Iran–Iraq War: In opposition to the American plan to protect Kuwaiti tankers, Iran laid mines and damaged the SS Bridgeton, resulting in a propaganda victory for Iran.
 * 1998 – A gunman entered the United States Capitol and opened fire, killing two police officers.


 * Born/died: | Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid|d|946| John Salusbury |d|1612| Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury|b|1660| Prince William, Duke of Gloucester|b|1689| Simón Bolívar|b|1783| Princess Charlotte of Prussia|b|1860| Martin Van Buren|d|1862| Robert Graves|b|1895| Zelda Fitzgerald|b|1900| John William Finn|b|1909| Bella Abzug|b|1920| Ada Baker|d|1949| Kini Kapahu Wilson|d|1962| Jennifer Lopez|b|1969| James Chadwick|d|1974| Torrie Wilson|b|1975| Marjorie Cameron|d|1995| Ingrid Sischy|d|2015|

July 24: Pioneer Day in Utah, United States (1847)


 * 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son, who became James VI.
 * 1959 – Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. vice president Richard Nixon held an impromptu debate at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow.
 * 1974 – The Metapolitefsi period began with Konstantinos Karamanlis (pictured) taking office as Prime Minister of Greece after the collapse of the military junta.
 * 1980 – The Australian swimming team, nicknamed the Quietly Confident Quartet, won the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics.
 * 2014 – Air Algérie Flight 5017 disappeared from radar shortly after take-off from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; its wreckage was found the following day in Mali with no survivors.