* Astronomy

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RE: July 24th

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Machu Picchu was rediscovered by the American historian Hiram Bingham on the 24th July 1911
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu#History

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The Gran Telescopio Canarias formally opened its shutters on July 24, 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Telescopio_Canarias#Inauguration_ceremony

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Battle of Harlaw, 24 July 1411
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43047233/the-battle-of-harlaw/

Operation Gomorrah, was a campaign of air raids on Hamburg beginning 24 July 1943
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II#Battle_of_Hamburg

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The 1st Bumper V-2 Rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral in 1950
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081001.html

The GEOTAIL satellite was launched by a Delta II rocket on July 24, 1992.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOTAIL

Fragments of an Ariane-1 H-10 upper-stage booster hit the Cerise microsatellite on 24 July 1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerise_(satellite)

The Soviet Kosmos 1275 satellite disintegrated on 24 July 1981
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44863129/kosmos-1275/

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Boris Nikolayevich Belousov (24 July 1930 Khotimsk, Mogilev - 27 June 1998) was a Soviet cosmonaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nikolayevich_Belousov

Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 - disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart

Charles Emile Picard FRS (24 July 1856 - 11 December 1941) was a French mathematician.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%C3%89mile_Picard

Francis Edwin Close OBE (born 24 July 1945) is a noted particle physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50141164/francis-edwin-close/

Henry Emil Kandrup (July 24, 1955 - October 18, 2003) was an American astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kandrup

Hugh Norman Ross (born July 24, 1945) is a Canadian American astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Ross_(creationist)

Adolf Overweg (July 24, 1822 - September 27, 1852) was a German geologist, astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Overweg

Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (July 24, 1786 - September 11, 1843) was a French geographer, astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nicollet

Paolo Pizzetti (July 24, 1860 - April 14, 1918) was an Italian geodesist, astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Pizzetti

Henri Alexandre Deslandres (July 24, 1853 - January 15, 1948) was a French astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Alexandre_Deslandres

Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney (24 July 1843 - 3 December 1920) was an English astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Wiveleslie_Abney

Gustav Andreas Tammann (born 24 July 1932) works in the Field of Astronomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Andreas_Tammann

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Marvin the Martian made his debut on Looney Tunes on the 24th July 1948.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haredevil_Hare

The speaking clock service was first introduced in Britain on July 24, 1936.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44063055/the-speaking-clock/

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NGC 6138 was rediscovered by Edouard Stephan on the 24th July 1879 and relisted as NGC 6363.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58140078/ngc-6138/

Messier 54 was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier on the 24th July 1778.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46040064/messier-54/

Messier 55 was observed by Charles Messier in Paris, France on the 24th July 1778
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49087200/messier-55/

NGC 6582 was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on the 24th July 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63556684/ngc-6582/

NGC 6887 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 24th July 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58140035/ngc-6887/

NGC 6899 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 24th July 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58140026/ngc-6899/

NGC 6915 was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on the 24th July 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58140016/ngc-6915/

NGC 6922 was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on the 24th July 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58140004/ngc-6922/

NGC 6948 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 24th July 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58139990/ngc-6948/

NGC 7123 was discovered by John Herschel on the 24th July 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t61249747/ngc-7123/

NGC 7655 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 24th July 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58139973/ngc-7655/

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On July 24, 2009, the star MOA-2009-BLG-387L eclipsed a background star in a microlensing event
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOA-2009-BLG-387L#Observational_history

Comet 20D/Westphal was discovered by the German astronomer J. G. Westphal on July 24, 1852.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20D/Westphal

The Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter occurred on July 24, 1948 in the skies near Montgomery, Alabama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiles-Whitted_UFO_encounter

A fireball was reported to have passed over the general area of Socorro, New Mexico, on July 24, 1949
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58139837/fireball-of-july-24-1949/

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Meteorites

The Barbotan (H5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Aquitaine, France, on the 24th July 1790.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44062921/barbotan-meteorite/

The Gross-Divina (H5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Stredoslovensky, Slovakia, on the 24th July 1837.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44062929/gross-divina-meteorite/

The Gifu (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Chubu, Japan, on the 24th July 1909.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44062934/gifu-meteorite/

The Parambu (LL5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Ceara, Brazil, on the 24th July 1967.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44063111/parambu-meteorite/