July 24

Theme park happenings

• 1966 - New Orleans Square opens up at Disneyland.

Films

• 1985 - The Black Cauldron
• 1998 - Mafia!
• 2020 - Jungle Cruise

Television

• 2006 - The W.I.T.C.H. episode "G is for Garbage" premieres.

Books

• 2012
  • A Roaring Adventure
  • I Am a Princess

People

Births

• 1870 - Alexandre Dumas (writer)
• 1936 - Ruth Buzzi (actress, voice actress, and singer)
• 1947 - Robert Hays (actor, producer, and director)
• 1949 - Michael Richards (actor, voice actor, writer, television producer, and comedian)
• 1951
  • Lynda Carter (actress, singer, songwriter, and beauty pageant titleholder)
  • Jim Kouf (screenwriter, director, and producer)
• 1968 - Kristin Chenoweth (actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer)
• 1969 - Jennifer Lopez (singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and producer)
• 1973 - Jamie Denbo (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
• 1982
  • Elisabeth Moss (actress)
  • Anna Paquin (actress and voice actress)
• 1987
  • Mara Wilson (actress) 
  • Adam Rose (dancer, actor, voice actor, and blogger)
• 1990 - Daveigh Chase (actress, voice actress, singer, and model)

Deaths

• 1979 - Archie Duncan (actor)
• 1980 - Peter Sellers (actor, comedian, and singer)
• 2012 - Sherman Hemsley (actor, voice actor, and comedian)