On This Day: Sunday July 24, 2005 This is the 205th day of the year, with 160 days remaining in 2005. Fact of the Day: Bolivar South American soldier and statesman Simóolivar, "The Liberator," led the revolutions against Spanish rule in New Granada (renamed Colombia, or Gran Colombia, in 1819), Peru, and Upper Peru (Bolivia). Reluctantly, in 1830, BolÃr realized that his presence had become a danger to the internal and external peace of the nations that owed their independence to him, and he planned to take refuge in Europe - but died of tuberculosis before the end of that year. Bolivia is named for him. Holidays Feast day of St. Christina the Astonishing, St. Boris or Romanus, St. Declan, St. Christina of Bolsena, St. Lewinna, and St. Gleb or David. Utah, western U.S. states: Pioneer Day. Venezuela: Bolivar's Birthday. Events 1701 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac established Fort Ponchartrain for France at present-day Detroit. 1847 - Brigham Young arrived with 148 Mormon pioneers at Utah's Valley of the Great Salt Lake. 1866 - Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War. 1911 - Machu Picchu was discovered by Hiram Bingham. 1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor. Births 1783 - Simón Bolivar, Latin American revolutionary. 1802 - Alexander Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie) (Dumas PÈre), French playwright, novelist. 1897 - Amelia Earhart, American aviator. 1920 - Bella Abzug, American feminist, U.S. Congresswoman. Deaths 1862 - Martin van Buren, 8th President of the United States of America. 1980 - Peter Sellers, English comic actor.