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July 24, 2007
This Day in History: July 24th
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1567: Mary Queen of Scots deposed
During her imprisonment at Lochleven Castle in Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate in favor of her one-year-old son, later crowned King James VI of Scotland. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
Mary Queen of Scots deposed. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:43, Jul 24, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5202.
Books in the GSU Library Mary, Queen of Scots:
Author: Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805.
Uniform Title: Maria Stuart. English.
Title: Mary Stuart / freely translated and adapted from Schiller’s play by Stephen Spender.
Call Number: PT2473.M3 S61980
Author: Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945.
Title: In my end is my beginning, by Maurice Baring.
Call Number: DA787.A1 B3
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1832: Bonneville leads first wagon crossing of South Pass
Benjamin Bonneville, an inept fur trader who some speculate may have actually been a spy, leads the first wagon train to cross the Rocky Mountains at Wyoming's South Pass. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
Bonneville leads first wagon crossing of South Pass. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 06:53, Jul 25, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4591.
Read about Benjamin Bonneville:
Author: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Title: The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West, digested from his journal and illustrated from various other sources. New York, Putnam.
Call Number: F592 .I7331973
1915: Hundreds drown in Eastland disaster
On this day in 1915, the steamer Eastland overturns in the Chicago River, drowning between 800 and 850 of its passengers who were heading to a picnic. The disaster was caused by serious problems with the boat’s design, which were known but never remedied. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
Hundreds drown in Eastland Disaster. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:00, Jul 24, 2007 from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=855.
Read about the ghosts from Eastland disaster that still haunt Chicago today:
Author: Kaczmarek, Dale.
Title: Windy City ghosts / by Dale Kaczmarek.
Call Number: BF1472.U6 K322000
Posted by d-nadler at July 24, 2007 03:24 PM