This Day in History for July 24 – Lance Armstrong Breaks Record and More

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI (More info)

1847 – Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City (More info)

1974 – The US Supreme Court unanimously rules that President Richard Nixon has to turn over White House tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor (More info)

1983 – George Brett, batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the “Pine Tar Incident” (More info)

2005 – Lance Armstrong wins his record-breaking seventh consecutive Tour de France (More info)