Sunday 24th of July 1735

Murderess Patience Boston is executed by hanging at the age of 22 in Falmouth, Maine, United States.

Saturday 24th of July 1802

Writer Alexandre Dumas known for Les Trois Mousquetaires is born as Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie in Villers-Cotterêts, Picardie, France.

Tuesday 24th of July 1827

Friedrich Kleine is poisoned with arsenic by serial poisoner Gesche Gottfried aka Der Engel von Bremen in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Thursday 24th of July 1862

8th President of the United States Martin Van Buren dies of bronchial asthma and heart failure at the age of 80 in Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York, United States.

Sunday 24th of July 1864

Playwright Frank Benjamin Franklin Wedekind is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Tuesday 24th of July 1883

Swimmer Matthew Webb known for swimming the Channel dies in a dangerous swim through in the Niagara River at the age of 35 in Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls, New York, United States.

Accounts of the time indicate that in all likelihood Webb successfully survived the first part of the swim but died in the section of the river located near the entrance to the whirlpool.

Saturday 24th of July 1897

Aviation pioneer Amelia Mary Earhart is born in Atchison, Kansas, United States.

Saturday 24th of July 1909

Serial killer John George Haigh aka The Acid Bath Murderer is born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Saturday 24th of July 1915

844 die in SS Eastland capsizing in Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Passengers began boarding Eastland at about 6:30 am and by 7:10 am the ship had reached its capacity of 2.572 passengers. The ship was packed with many passengers standing on the open upper decks and began to list slightly to the port side. The crew attempted to stabilize the ship by admitting water to its ballast tanks to little avail. Sometime during the next 15 minutes a number of passengers rushed to the port side and at 7:28 am Eastland lurched sharply to port and then rolled completely onto its port side, coming to rest on the river bottom.

Sunday 24th of July 1932

Master Sergeant Max J. Beilke is born in Pipestone, Minnesota, United States.

Beilke was officially the last American combat soldier to leave Vietnam in 1973. Beilke was killed in the 9/11 terror attack on the Pentagon in 2001.

Thursday 24th of July 1941

29-year-old Serial killer Paul Ogorzow aka Der Schnell-Bahn Mörder is sentenced to death in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Monday 24th of July 1944

Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Jan-Carl Raspe is born in Seefeld, Tirol, Austria.

Thursday 24th of July 1958

25-year-old Ruth Rita Mercado aka Angela Rojas is abducted, raped and garotted by serial killer Harvey Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, United States.

Mercado's body was found on 31 October.

Thursday 24th of July 1975

37-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 49. Aktion in Schloss Prinzendorf, Schloss Straße 1, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Niederösterreich, Austria.

Thursday 24th of July 1980

Actor Peter Richard Henry Sellers known for his role as The Pink Panther dies of a heart attack at the age of 55 in Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London, Fitzrovia, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Thursday 24th of July 1980

21-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Untitled Series - 2' in Prinsenhof 03, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

I was laying on the floor in an empty room and let and icecube melt on my naked chest.

Wednesday 24th of July 1991

Murderer Albert Clozza is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 31 in Virginia State Penitentiary, Richmond, Virginia, United States.

Wednesday 24th of July 1991

Writer Isaac Bashevis Singer dies of a stroke at the age of 89 in Surfside, Florida, United States.

Thursday 24th of July 2003

Multiple murderer Allen Wayne Janecka is executed by lethal injection at the age of 54 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Thursday 24th of July 2003

Originally built for its researchers and scientists to study above-ground flora and fauna more effectively, the Canopy Walkway is opened to public whereby visitors will literally feel like they are hovering above the forest grounds, taking in views and landscapes that is unbeknown to the eye at ground level. The idea of walking at ‘tree level’ may be disorienting to some at first but it is certainly a spectacle that should not be missed out on in Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia.

Tuesday 24th of July 2007

Psychologist Albert Ellis known for founding cognitive-behavioral therapies dies of natural causes at the age of 94 in Albert Ellis Institute, 145 E 32nd St, New York, New York, United States.

Saturday 24th of July 2010

Entrepreneur Theodor Paul 'Theo' Albrecht known for co-founding Aldi supermarket dies of undisclosed causes at the age of 88 in Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus, Alfried-Krupp-Straße 21, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.