Day Guide for Sunday July 24th 2016 What are the holidays on July 24th 2016?

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Holidays on July 24th 2016

International: Simon Bolivar Day

Simón Bolívar led Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire

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General Information for July 24th 2016
There are 1 public holidays today.
Day 206 of 2016
160 days left in 2016
Week 29 of the year
On this Day in History
1998 - Russell Eugene Weston, Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
1915 - The passenger ship S.S. Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
1908 - Italian pastry cook Dorando Pietri almost wins the marathon race of the fourth Olympic Games of the modern era, held in London.
1823 - In Maracaibo, Venezuela the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla, defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.