On This Day: July 24, 2008
Birthdays:| 1802 | Alexander Dumas, French author of 'The Three Muskateers' | | 1880 | Ernst Bloch, American composer born in Switzerland | | 1898 | Emelia Earhart, American aviator; disappeared over the Pacific | | 1919 | Peter Yates, British film director | | 1930 | Charles Hambro, Financier | | 1951 | Lynda Carter, American actress & singer; TV's 'Wonder Woman' |
Events:| 1824 | The world's first opinion poll was held in the United States | | 1925 | Insulin was successfully used for the first time to treat a patient | | 1935 | Greetings telegrams were introduced in Britain | | 1958 | The first life barons & baronesses were named under the Life Peerages Act | | 1980 | Peter Sellers, the English actor and comedian, died | | 1984 | The Secretary of State announced which councils would be 'capped' because of overspending | | 1985 | France led an international campaign for sanctions against South Africa | | 1990 | Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait-Iraq boarder | | 2006 | Soraya Serajeddini, Vice President of Kurdish National Congress of North America and director of Kurdish American Committee for Democracy in Iran died in CA |
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