Good morning. It's July 24th — let's begin where we always do: on this very date in history.
📅 On This Day — July 24
🥃 (It's also National Tequila Day.)
1959 — Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev traded jabs over capitalism and communism in the famous "Kitchen Debate" at a Moscow exhibition.
1967 — On a state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle told a Montreal crowd "Vive le Québec libre!" — angering Ottawa and cutting his trip short.
1969 — Apollo 11 splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, completing the first Moon landing mission and closing out one of the most remarkable nine-day journeys in human history.
1974 — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that President Nixon had to surrender the Watergate tapes.
1983 — In Yankee Stadium's "Pine Tar Game," George Brett's go-ahead homer off Goose Gossage was nullified over too much pine tar on his bat — a call the American League later overturned.
Now, let's set the dial back to 1998…
⏪ REWIND: 1998 Bill Clinton is in the White House, a first-class stamp costs 32 cents, gas runs about $1.06 a gallon — and baseball is in the middle of a home run chase nobody can look away from.
📰 The Headlines Just under two weeks ago, host nation France beat Brazil 3–0 to win the World Cup for the first time — Zinedine Zidane scoring twice, and the whole country still riding the high of Les Bleus' triumph.
🎬 At the Movies Opening today: Saving Private Ryan — Steven Spielberg's brutal, unflinching World War II epic, starring Tom Hanks, debuts at #1 and will go on to win five Oscars.
🎵 On the Charts Topping the Hot 100 is "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica — the duet showdown between two of the era's biggest R&B stars.
🏆 In Sports All summer, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have been locked in a home run chase for the ages — at the All-Star break, McGwire had 37 and Sosa 33, with both men on pace to threaten Roger Maris's single-season record.
🏰 The Disney Vault Five weeks into its run is Mulan — Disney's animated take on the Chinese legend of a young woman who takes her father's place in the army, one of the summer's biggest family hits.
— a couple of quick things before you go —
👟 Step Challenge: the Summer 2026 Step Challenge is rolling — grab the free Pacer app and walk with us: Join the challenge (already have Pacer? Club code E42727228). Every step counts.
💡 Health Snap: Friday fatigue is real by week's end — a short walk after dinner tends to help wind the week down better than the couch does.
🎉 Born on a July 24th — or know someone who was?
Forward this to them right now — there's no better "this is the day you were born" gift than a little time travel.
🎂 In good company: July 24 babies include entertainer Jennifer Lopez (1969), Wonder Woman's Lynda Carter (1951), Seinfeld's Michael Richards (1949), and aviator Amelia Earhart (1897).
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