This Day In History

July 24
1148
Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
1974
Nixon 'must hand over Watergate tapes. The US Supreme Court orders President Nixon to surrender tape recordings of White House conversations about the Watergate affair.
1977
End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
1990
Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait-Iraq border.