July 24 marks significant historical events, including the splashing down of Apollo 11 in 1969, the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1567, and Brigham Young's arrival in Utah in 1847. The SS Eastland disaster occurred in 1915, claiming about 844 lives. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 1974 ruling forced Nixon to release White House tapes. Other notable events include the Apollo-Soyuz docking in 1975 and a deadly train crash in Spain in 2013. The date also celebrates the birthdays of several actors and directors.
On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts, two of whom had been the first humans to set foot on the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific.
In 1915, the SS Eastland, a passenger ship carrying more than 2,500 people, rolled onto its side while docked at the Clark Street Bridge on the Chicago River, resulting in an estimated 844 deaths.
In 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor.
In 2013, a high-speed train crash outside Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain killed 79 people, marking one of the deadliest rail accidents in recent European history.
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