July 24th (1983) was a Sunday. It's the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 160 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 24th July, 1983
» The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
» George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "George Brett known as Pine Tar Incident".
Famous Birthdays on July 24 in 1983
» Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer
» Joey Kovar, American model (d. 2012)
» Asami Mizukawa, Japanese actress
July 24th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
» Charbel
» Christina the Astonishing
» Christina of Bolsena
» Declán of Ardmore
» Kinga of Poland
» July 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Pioneer Day (Utah) named Pioneer Day (Utah) and its related observances: