What Happened on July 24, 2002

Historical Events

James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1

Film & TV History

On 200th anniversary of his birth French author Alexandre Dumas' ('The Three Musketeers') ashes are interred in the Panthéon in Paris in a televised ceremony

Famous Deaths

Gus Tinsley, American College Football Hall of Fame end and coach (All-American 1935, 36; coach LSU 1948-55; NFL: Chicago Cardinals), dies at 87
Maurice Denham, British actor (Mr Love, Damn the Defiant), dies at 92