Updated July 23, 2012, 2:28 pm
On July 24, 1959, during a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard M. Nixon got into a discussion at a U.S. exhibition with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was dubbed the ”kitchen debate.”
On July 24, 1920, Bella Abzug, the American feminist, lawyer and politician, was born. Following her death on March 31, 1998, her obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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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. Current Birthdays
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Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez turns 43 years old today.
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Actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth turns 44 years old today.
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1935 Pat Oliphant, Political cartoonist, turns 77 1936 Ruth Buzzi, Comedian (“Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”), turns 76 1940 Dan Hedaya, Actor, turns 72 1942 Chris Sarandon, Actor, turns 70 1946 Gallagher, Comedian, turns 66 1947 Robert Hays, Actor (“Airplane!” movies), turns 65 1949 Michael Richards, Actor (“Seinfeld”), turns 63 1951 Lynda Carter, Actress (“Wonder Woman”), turns 61 1952 Gus Van Sant, Director, turns 60 1953 Claire McCaskill, U.S. senator, D-Mo., turns 59 1956 Charlie Crist, Former governor of Florida, turns 56 1957 Pam Tillis, Country singer, turns 55 1963 Karl Malone, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 49 1964 Barry Bonds, Baseball player, turns 48 1968 Laura Leighton, Actress, turns 44 1975 Eric Szmanda, Actor (“CSI”), turns 37 1979 Rose Byrne, Actress (“Damages”), turns 33 1981 Summer Glau, Actress, turns 31 1982 Elisabeth Moss, Actress (“Mad Men”), turns 30 1982 Anna Paquin, Actress (“True Blood”), turns 30 1987 Mara Wilson, Actress, turns 25
Historic Birthdays
Bella Abzug 7/24/1920 – 3/31/1998 American politician, lawyer and activist.Go to obituary »
53 Benedetto Marcello 7/24/1686 – 7/24/1739
Italian composer, writer and poet47 Simon Bolivar 7/24/1783 – 12/17/1830
South American soldier and statesman68 Alexander Dumas 7/24/1802 – 12/5/1870
French author and dramatist; wrote “The Three Musketeers”89 Alexander Davis 7/24/1803 – 1/14/1892
American architect, designer and illustrator84 William Gillette 7/24/1853 – 4/29/1937
American playwright and actor; portrayed Sherlock Holmes90 Robert Graves 7/24/1895 – 12/7/1985
English poet, novelist, critic and classical scholar40 Amelia Earhart 7/24/1897 – 7/2/1937
American aviator; the first woman to fly alone over the Atlantic84 James Rhyne Killian 7/24/1904 – 1/29/1988
American president of M.I.T. (1948-59); helped create NASA70 John D. MacDonald 7/24/1916 – 12/28/1986
American mystery and science fiction writer77 Cootie Williams 7/24/c 1908 – 9/15/1985
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