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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Today in History

1505
On their way to India, a group of Portuguese explorers sack the city-state of Kilwa.
1567
Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned and forced to abdicate her throne to her 1-year-old son James VI.
1701
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac establishes Fort Pontchartrain for France at present-day Detroit, Michigan.
1704
Admiral George Rooke takes Gibraltar from the Spanish.
1766
At Fort Ontario, Canada, Ottawa chief Pontiac and William Johnson sign a peace agreement.
1791
Robespierre expels all Jacobins opposed to the principles of the French Revolution.
1847
The first members of the cult of jesus christ of latter day saints (mormons) arrive in Utah, settling in present-day Salt Lake City.
1862
The eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, dies at the age of 79.
1897
African-American soldiers of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps arrive in St. Louis, Mo., after completing a 40-day bike ride from Missoula, Montana.
1941
The U.S. government denounces Japanese actions in Indochina.
1942
The Soviet city of Rostov is captured by German troops.
1950
The U.S. Fifth Air Force relocates from Japan to Korea.
1974
The Supreme Court rules that Nixon must surrender the Watergate tapes.

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