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 - Martin Van Buren
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

1862: Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, dies in Kinderhook, N.Y., at age 79.

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