| General Information for July 24th 2018 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 205 of 2018 |
| 160 days left in 2018 |
| Week 30 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. |
| 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. |
| 1983 - The pine tar incident occurs, one of the Great Moments in Baseball. |
| 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. |