Calendar: What Happened on July 24?

This calendar entry for July 24, 2026, offers a day-by-day review of historical events, anecdotes, and notable birthdays and death anniversaries.

Among the historical data, a conflict between Thailand and Cambodia escalated in 2025, involving military action and later a ceasefire brokered with U.S. President Donald Trump's involvement. In 2016, a Syrian refugee detonated a backpack bomb at a music festival in Ansbach, Germany, injuring 15 people and resulting in his death; the Islamic State claimed responsibility.

Further historical notes include the election of former Bulgarian King Simeon II as Prime Minister in 2001. In 1911, American archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered the Inca city ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru. Earlier, in 1701, Antoine Laumet, later known as de La Mothe Cadillac, founded a settlement that would become Detroit, establishing Fort Pontchartrain to protect French fur trade interests.

The entry also marks the birthdays of German television presenter Carmen Nebel and media manager Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt, both turning 70 in 2026. Journalist Ernst Elitz, who hosted political TV journals and served as Intendant of Deutschlandradio, would be 85. German show jumper Hans Günter Winkler, a five-time Olympic champion, would have been born in 1926. The death anniversary of German Cardinal Julius Döpfner, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, is also noted.