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On this day: July 24

POSTED: 10:23 PM PDT Jul 23, 2012 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 23, 2012

An aviation pioneer is born, a lost city is rediscovered, a famous comedy duo performs together for the first time, George Brett flips out and Apollo 11 splashes down, all on this day.

OTD July 24 - Simeon II of Bulgaria — 31 / 33

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2001: Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as prime minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.

OTD July 24 - Mary Queen of Scots

OTD July 24 - Detroit

OTD July 24 - Alexandre Dumas

OTD July 24 - Salt Lake City

OTD July 24 - Martin Van Buren

OTD July 24 - Tennessee

July 24 OTD - Amelia Earhart

OTD July 24 - Zelda Fitzgerald

OTD July 24 - O Henry

OTD July 24 - Machu Picchu

OTD July 24 - SS Eastland

OTD July 24 - Martin and Lewis

OTD July 24 - Marvin the Martian

OTD July 24 - Cape Canaveral

OTD July 24 - High Noon

OTD July 24 - Gus Van Sant

OTD July 24 - kitchen debate

OTD July 24 - Karl Malone

OTD July 24 - Barry Bonds

OTD July 24 - Apollo 11

OTD July 24 - Jennifer Lopez

OTD July 24 - Richard Nixon

OTD July 24 - Ted Bundy

OTD July 24 - 1980 Olympics

OTD July 24 - Peter Sellers

OTD July 24 - Summer Glau

OTD July 24 - Anna Paquin

OTD July 24 - George Brett

OTD July 24 - Capitol shooting

OTD July 24 - Saving Private Ryan

OTD July 24 - Simeon II of Bulgaria

OTD July 24 - James Traficant

OTD July 24 - Lance Armstrong

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