July 24th, 2008

July 24th in History

1965:
Vietnam War: Four F-4C Phantoms escorting a bombing raid at Kang Chi are the targets of antiaircraft missiles in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other three sustain damage.

1956:
At New York City's Copacabana Club, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis perform their last comedy show together which started on July 25, 1946.

1915:
Passenger ship Eastland capsizes in central Chicago, Illinois, with the loss of 845 lives.

1567:
Mary Queen of Scots is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son King James VI.

1487:
Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer