| General Information for July 24th 2017 |
| There are 3 public holidays today. |
| Day 205 of 2017 |
| 160 days left in 2017 |
| Week 30 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1991 - Manmohan Singh presents his budget speech to the Indian Parliament which led to economic liberalisation in India |
| 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. |
| 1935 - The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago, Illinois and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| 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. |