July 24

Events

 * 1939 - The first experimental FM stations go on the air

Births

 * 1803 –, French composer (d. 1856)
 * 1880 –, Swiss composer (d. 1959)
 * 1904 –, French-American composer (d. 1991)
 * 1908 –, American trumpeter (d. 1985)
 * 1917 –, Canadian-born conductor, composer, and arranger (d. 2005)
 * 1918 –, American violinist
 * 1949 –, French singer and songwriter
 * 1957 –, American singer
 * 1979 –, American rapper