A little reason to celebrate
National Tequila Day
Drink · July 24
A day for tequila, the Mexican spirit distilled from blue agave, and for the sipping, mixing and label reading that come with it.
National days on July 24, 2027
Also on July 24
- National Drive-Thru Day
- Amelia Earhart Day
- National Cousins Day
- National Day of the American Cowboy
- National Tell an Old Joke Day
On this day
- 1534: French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France. Jacques Cartier
- 1847: Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patents the rotary-type printing press. Richard March Hoe
- 1935: The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in Chicago and 104 °F (40 °C) in Milwaukee. Dust Bowl
- 1980: The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the swimming event at Olympic level. Quietly Confident Quartet
- 1987: Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbs Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak. Hulda Crooks
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