Today is Tuesday, July 24, the 204th day of 2007. There are 161 days left in the year.
1683 . 1st settlers from Germany to U.S., leave aboard the Concord
1701 . French make 1st landing at site of Detroit
1704 . Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain
1847 . Brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah
1870 . 1st trans-U.S. rail service begins
1948 . Soviets blockades Berlin from the west
1963 . 124 Unification church couples wed in Korea