General Events and Observations of July 24

1115: Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)
1129: Shirakawa, Emperor of Japan (b. 1053)
1240: Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
1568: Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)
1594: John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)
1739: Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686)
1768: Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
1862: Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
1910: Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
1927: Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)
1957: Sacha Guitry, French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1885)
1965: Constance Bennett, American actress (b. 1904)
1966: Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
1969: Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist and dramatist (b. 1904)
1970: Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman (b. 1897)
1974: James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
1980: Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor (b. 1925)
1986: Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1991: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-born Yiddish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1992: Arletty, French singer and actress (b. 1898)
1992: Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900)
1993: Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (b. 1957)
1995: George Rodger, British photojournalist (b. 1908)
1995: Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (b. 1934)
1997: Saw Maung, Burmese dictator (b. 1928)
1997: William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1906)
2000: Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (b. 1925)
2001: Georges Dor, Canadian author, composer, singer and playwright (b. 1931)
2005: Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (b. 1912)
2007: Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)
2007: Chaney Kley, American Actor (b. 1972)

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