Talk:July 24

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July 24: Pioneer Day in Utah, United States (1847) Konstantinos Karamanlis 1411 – Scottish clansmen led by Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles, and Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, fought the Battle of Harlaw near Inverurie, Scotland. 1959 – Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. vice president Richard Nixon held an impromptu debate at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow. 1974 – The Metapolitefsi period began with Konstantinos Karamanlis (pictured) taking office as Prime Minister of Greece after the collapse of the military junta. 1980 – The Australian swimming team, nicknamed the Quietly Confident Quartet, won the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics. 2014 – Air Algérie Flight 5017 disappeared from radar shortly after take-off from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; its wreckage was found the following day in Mali with no survivors. Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1689) John William Finn (b. 1909) Ada Baker (d. 1949) James Chadwick (d. 1974) More anniversaries: July 23 July 24 July 25

Dutch Beer and Foreign Beer

I'm not familiar with the history, but shouldn't it say that the Dutch "protested" against a ban on foreign beer, rather than when on a "strike"? It seems to me that strikes are when people stop working, and usually that's done in connection with economic/workforce issues. I suspect that "protest" would be a more accurate word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dechrwr (talk • contribs) 16:24, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Chicago, Milwaukee Records - 1935

Problem here. The high temperature records in question were in 1934, not 1935. And the height of the dust bowl heat wave was in 1936, not 1935. 76.219.156.108 (talk) 22:30, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

AMD purchase? So what?

Is the reference to AMD's intent to purchase a company worthy of inclusion on this page? My opinion is "no". Anybody care to second this motion and delete it? Thanks Hu Gadarn 14:51, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Any person or organisation's intent to do anything should never be included. This article is about what has happened, not what might happen / might have happened. Jim Michael (talk) 15:01, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Questions

Do pornographic "acting" folk really belong here? Do we want a resource that's available to all, including the very young, to include them as important/famous? And are they actors or performers? The term acting implies a certain skill, whereas most-to-all humans are capable of sexually performing. Just a thought.

Also, who is StatQuo (I read his page) and why is he on here as one of the most important/famous people in history? Apparently his "debut" album, due out in 2003, has yet to appear...

Successful porn stars (such as Jenna Jameson and Ron Jeremy) do belong in the Births section of the relevant Day articles. The actor / performer description is disputed. Whether or not Stat Quo is notable enough to be included in the Births section is debatable. Jim Michael (talk) 02:17, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Learn Nothing Day

This observance has been repeatedly added to the article but it clearly does not meet the requirements of WP:DOY. This observance is not the subject of an article and it seems that it is a bit of a "made up" observance observed by a small group. I understand that every observance was "made up" at one time, but this one, right now, doesn't seem to fit. It should not be included in this article. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 11:17, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

No article, no place on this article. Trivial nonsense should never be included. Jim Michael (talk) 15:01, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Latvian festivals

why do these keep appearing with links to the Latvian mythology page when the latter has been disputed (and not corrected) for years?The Lesser Merlin (talk) 11:50, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

I couldn't tell you why, but speaking for myself I simply hadn't noticed it. Only currently celebrated holidays should be included, per WP:DOY, (although this is frequently ignored on DOY pages, and I'm not about to champion a campaign to remove all ancient holidays) so removing any of these is unlikely to be controversial. I have removed it, and will try and keep and eye out for these. Winston365 (talk) 22:14, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request on 25 July 2013

• 1901 – O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.

The page says he was released from prison in Austin, Texas. He was actually in prison in Ohio. The Wikipedia article has the correct location. Here is another source: http://www.austinlibrary.com/ahc/ohchronology.htm Dmcneill (talk) 04:18, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Done, thanks. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 09:36, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Analog broadcasts end in Japan on 24 July 2011

In July 2011, analog television broadcasts ended across 44 of the 47 Japanese prefectures. Is this event appropriate to be listed in this article? J4lambert (talk) 22:49, 19 January 2020 (UTC)