On July 24, 2005, American cyclist Lance Armstrong wins a record-setting seventh consecutive Tour de France and retires from the sport.

On July 24, 1998, the director Steven Spielberg’s World War II epic, Saving Private Ryan, is released in theaters across the United States.

On July 24, 1982, Sylvester Stallone’s hit Rocky franchise produces its second #1 pop hit when Survivor’s “Eye Of The Tiger” begins a six-week run atop the Billboard pop chart.

Historic Apollo-Soyuz Mission Concludes with Pacific Splashdown In a groundbreaking moment in space exploration, an Apollo spacecraft made a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean in 1975, marking the conclusion of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

On July 24, 1974, a pivotal moment in American political history unfolded as the U.

At 12:51 EDT on July 24, 1969, Apollo 11, the U.

During the grand opening ceremony of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev engage in a heated debate about capitalism and communism in the middle of a model kitchen set up for the fair.

In July 1959, the world witnessed a remarkable confrontation between two towering figures of the Cold War: Vice President Richard Nixon of the United States and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

On July 24, 1945, through an interpreter, President Harry S.

On July 24, 1943, British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week.