ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC
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Today is the 206th day of 2024 and the 35th day of summer.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1866, Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union following the Civil War.
In 1959, the "Kitchen Debate" between Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev took place in Moscow.
In 1998, a lone gunman opened fire in the U.S. Capitol building, killing two police officers.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), South American liberator; Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), playwright/novelist; Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), aviator; Pat Oliphant (1935- ), cartoonist; Gallagher (1946-2022), comedian; Gus Van Sant (1952- ), filmmaker; Karl Malone (1963- ), basketball player; Barry Bonds (1964- ), baseball player; Jennifer Lopez (1969- ), actress/singer; Patty Jenkins (1971- ), filmmaker; Rose Byrne (1979- ), actress; Elisabeth Moss (1982- ), actress; Anna Paquin (1982- ), actress.
TODAY'S FACT: In 1911, American historian Hiram Bingham rediscovered the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu, which had been largely forgotten by those outside its immediate area in Peru.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1983, umpires at Yankee Stadium in New York nullified a two-run home run in the ninth inning by George Brett of the Kansas City Royals, due to excessive pine tar on Brett's bat. The ruling was later overturned, and the Royals won the restarted game 5-4 on Aug. 18.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "Learning does not make one learned: There are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy." -- Alexandre Dumas, "The Count of Monte Cristo"
TODAY'S NUMBER: 24,600 -- approximate speed (in mph) of Apollo 11's Columbia command module when it reentered Earth's atmosphere on this day in 1969, four days after astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.
TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (July 21) and last quarter moon (July 27).