July 24 - Happy Birthday Aunt Jennifer!

Happy Birthday Aunt Jennifer!

Family Birthdays

Jennifer Rushing-Schurr

This Day In History

1487

Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer.

1567

Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.

1715

A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under Admiral Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.

1911

Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".

1950

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.

1969

Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.

1980

The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level.

2009

The MV Arctic Sea, reportedly carrying a cargo of timber, is allegedly hijacked in the North Sea by pirates, but much speculation remains as to the actual cargo and events.

Famous Birthdays

1725

John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)

1783

Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military commander (d. 1830)

1786

Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (d. 1843)

1802

Alexandre Dumas, père, French writer (d. 1870)

1853

William Gillette, American actor and author (d. 1937)

1856

Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (d. 1941)

1897

Amelia Earhart, American aviator (d. 1937)

1916

John D. MacDonald, American novelist, (d. 1986)

1951

Lynda Carter, American actress

1957

Pam Tillis, American singer-songwriter

1968

Kristin Chenoweth, American singer and actress

1981

Summer Glau, American actress
1982
Anna Paquin, Canadian-born New Zealand actress