History for the day

During a visit to the Soviet Union in 1959, Vice President Richard M. Nixon got into a discussion with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev on 24 July at the US exhibition that was dubbed the 'kitchen debate'.
On 24 July 1847, Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.
On 24 July 1866, Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War.
On 24 July 1969, Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific.
On 24 July 1990, Iraq massed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait.
On 24 July 2005, Lance Armstrong won a seventh consecutive Tour de France.