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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_24" title="July 24">July 24</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Day" title="Pioneer Day">Pioneer Day</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, United States (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1847" title="1847">1847</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1567" title="1567">1567</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a></b>, was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I" title="James VI and I">James VI</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920" title="1920">1920</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Syrian_War" title="Franco-Syrian War">Franco-Syrian War</a>: At the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maysalun" title="Battle of Maysalun">Battle of Maysalun</a></b> forces of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Kingdom_of_Syria" title="Arab Kingdom of Syria">Arab Kingdom of Syria</a> were defeated by a French army moving to occupy the territory allocated to them by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Remo_conference" title="San Remo conference">San Remo conference</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923" title="1923">1923</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lausanne" title="Treaty of Lausanne">Treaty of Lausanne</a></b> was signed to settle part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Partition of the Ottoman Empire">partition of the Ottoman Empire</a>, establishing the boundaries of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – During a speech in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, French president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a> declared "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vive_le_Qu%C3%A9bec_libre" title="Vive le Québec libre">Long live free Quebec!</a></b>", a statement that was interpreted as support for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_sovereignty_movement" title="Quebec sovereignty movement">Quebec independence</a> from Canada.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> – A gunman entered the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">United States Capitol</a> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_Capitol_shooting" title="1998 United States Capitol shooting">opened fire</a></b>, killing two police officers.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Tughj_al-Ikhshid" title="Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid">Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 946); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar" title="Simón Bolívar">Simón Bolívar</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1783); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Baker" title="Ada Baker">Ada Baker</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1949); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Sischy" title="Ingrid Sischy">Ingrid Sischy</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2015)</p>