What happend on 24th July

23.07
25.07
1915

Passenger ship Eastland capsizes in central Chicago, Illinois, with the loss of 845 lives.

1911

Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu "the Lost City of the Incas".

1910

James MacGillivray publishes first account of Paul Bunyan in the Detroit News.

1901

O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.

1866

Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.

1864

American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown

1847

After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.

1832

Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass.

1814

War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.

1701

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded trading post at Ft Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.