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On This Day: Monday July 24, 2006

This is the 205th day of the year, with 160 days remaining in 2006.

Fact of the Day: college and university

A university is an institution of higher education, usually comprising a liberal arts and sciences college and graduate and professional schools and having the authority to confer degrees in various fields of study. A university differs from a college in that it is usually larger, has a broader curriculum, and offers graduate and professional degrees in addition to undergraduate degrees. In Europe, the first modern-style universities were set up in Italy (Bologna) in the 11th century, and in France and England (University of Paris and University of Oxford respectively) in the 12th century.

Holidays

• Feast day of St. Christina the Astonishing, St. Boris or Romanus, St. Declan, St. Christina of Bolsena, St. Lewinna, and St. Gleb or David.
• Utah, western U.S. states: Pioneer Day.
• Venezuela: Bolivar's Birthday.

Events

• 1701 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac established Fort Ponchartrain for France at present-day Detroit.
• 1847 - Brigham Young arrived with 148 Mormon pioneers at Utah's Valley of the Great Salt Lake.
• 1866 - Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War.
• 1911 - Machu Picchu was discovered by Hiram Bingham.
• 1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor.

Births

• 1783 - Simón Bolivar, Latin American revolutionary.
• 1802 - Alexander Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie) (Dumas PÈre), French playwright, novelist.
• 1897 - Amelia Earhart, American aviator.
• 1920 - Bella Abzug, American feminist, U.S. Congresswoman.

Deaths

• 1862 - Martin van Buren, 8th President of the United States of America.
• 1980 - Peter Sellers, English comic actor.

 

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