A bit of July 24th history…
1534 Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France
1567 - Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate; her 1 yr old son becomes King James VI of Scotland (and later King James I of England)
1847 - Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah
1911 - American explorer Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas
1917 - Trial of Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari begins in Paris for allegedly spying for Germany and thus causing the deaths of 50,000 soldiers (pictured)
2005 - 92nd Tour de France - Lance Armstrong wins a record 7th consecutive victory; he was disqualified in 2012 for doping
2019 - Special Council Robert Mueller reports to the US Senate that President Trump was not exonerated of obstruction of justice and that Russia interfered in the US election to benefit Trump
2019 - Global warming is fastest in 2000 years and scientific consensus that humans are the cause is at 99 % according to 3 major reports published in journals “Nature” and “Nature Geoscience”
A bit of July 24th history… 1534 Jacques Cartier lands in...