EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
July 24
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Day 204 of 2026 | Week 30 | 155 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Angara Airlines Flight 2311 crashes on approach to Tynda Airport, killing all 48 people on board.
A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashes during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal killing 18.
Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May.
Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people on board are killed.
Santiago de Compostela derailment: 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.
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.
Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes at Mashhad International Airport, killing 16.
The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, resulting in military and civilian casualties and destroyed aircraft.
Air Fiji flight 121 crashes while en route to Nadi, Fiji, killing all 17 people on board.
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.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1989; Seattle Seahawks)
American film director (The Bourne Identity
American MLB catcher (Cincinnati Reds)
American actor (A Different World
American cartoonist
American jockey (only female to ride Triple Crown race winner; Colonial Affair Belmont Stakes 1993)
British-Greek comic actress (The Kenny Everett Television Show)
American College Football HOF placekicker (University of Georgia; Super Bowl 1985 Chicago Bears)
English footballer
American heavy metal drummer (Extreme - "Nore Than Words")
American Judo fighter (Olympic bronze 1984)
American country singer ("Melancholy Child"
English new wave rock singer-songwriter (Modern English - "I Melt With You")
Scottish punk rock singer (The Exploited)
American politician (Governor of Florida 2007-2011)
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