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
2013 - A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers.
1943 - World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
1923 - The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
1534 - French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.