Today In History: July 24, Apollo 11 Returns Home From The Moon

Today is Wednesday, July 24, the 206th day of 2024. There are 160 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts — two of whom had been the first humans to set foot on the moon — splashed down safely in the Pacific. Also on this date: In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate her throne to her one-year-old son James. In 1847, Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah. In 1866, Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War. In 1915, the SS Eastland, a passenger ship carrying more than 2,500 people, rolled onto its side while docked at the Clark Street Bridge on the Chicago River.