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Today in History: Friday, July 24, 2015
On July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that President Richard M. Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor.
1783- Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
1847- Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.
1862- Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, died in Kinderhook, N.Y., at age 79.
1866- Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War.
1937- The state of Alabama dropped charges against five black men accused of raping two white women in the Scottsboro case.
1959- During a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev compared the merits of capitalism and communism in the “kitchen debate,” so-named because it took place at a model kitchen at a U.S. exhibition.
1969- Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific.
1979- A Miami jury convicted Ted Bundy of first-degree murder in the slayings of two Florida State University sorority sisters.
1990- Iraq massed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait.
1997- Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan died at age 91.
2002- The U.S. House expelled Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, who had been convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion.
2005- Lance Armstrong won a seventh consecutive Tour de France.
Today’s Birthdays:
Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez turns 46 years old today.
Pat Oliphant, Political cartoonist, 80
Ruth Buzzi, Comedian (“Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”), 79
Dan Hedaya, Actor, 75
Chris Sarandon, Actor, 73
Gallagher, Comedian, 69
Robert Hays, Actor (“Airplane!” movies), 68
Michael Richards, Actor (“Seinfeld”), 66
Lynda Carter, Actress (“Wonder Woman”), 64
Gus Van Sant, Director, 63
Claire McCaskill, U.S. senator, D-Mo., 62
Charlie Crist, Former governor of Florida, 59
Pam Tillis, Country singer, 58
Karl Malone, Basketball Hall of Famer, 52
Barry Bonds, Baseball player, 51
Laura Leighton, Actress, 47
Eric Szmanda, Actor (“CSI”), 40
Rose Byrne, Actress (“Damages”), 36
Summer Glau, Actress, 34
Elisabeth Moss, Actress (“Mad Men”), 33
Anna Paquin, Actress (“True Blood”), 33
Mara Wilson, Actress, 28
Actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth turns 47 years old today.