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What happened in history on this day: June 24?
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- 79 - Death of Roman emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus.
- 109 - In Rome, emperor Trajan inaugurates Aqua Traiana aqueduct, taking water from Lake Bracciano into the capital.
- 451 - Tenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1292 - Graf Adolf von Nassau is crowned German King at Aachen.
- 1314 - Battle of Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce leads Scots to regain independence from England with victory at Bannockburn.
- 1322 - Jews are expelled from France.
- 1441 - Eton College founded by Henry VI.
- 1497 - John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) claims eastern Canada for England.
- 1509 - Henry VIII crowned King of England.
- 1535 - Anabaptists Protestants conquerered and disbanded.
- 1540 - Henry VIII divorces his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
- 1647 - Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council.
- 1662 - Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day).
- 1717 - The Grand Lodge of England is created, as grouping of four existing lodges. First Grand Master is chosen, Anthony Sayer.
- 1771 - Birth of E I Du Pont France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont).
- 1778 - David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia.
- 1793 - First republican constitution in France is adopted.
- 1797 - Birth of John Hughes; archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx (New York).
- 1812 - Emperor and General Napoleon Bonaparte leads an army of about 650,000 across the Neman River to attack Russia.
- 1813 - Battle of Beaver Dam: British and Indian forces defeat US forces.
- 1813 - Birth of Henry Ward Beecher in Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; clergyman/orator (The Independent).
- 1821 - Battle of Carabobo; Simon Bolívar defeats Spanish royalists outside of Caracas.
- 1839 - Birth of Gustavus Franklin Swift; founded Swift and Co.
- 1841 - Saint John's College opens in the Bronx, New York.
- 1850 - Birth of Horatio Herbert Kitchener in England; original Order of Merit member.
- 1852 - J R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene.
- 1861 - Tennessee becomes eleventh state to secede from USA.
- 1881 - 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla, Mexico.
- 1882 - US Baseball's National League expells umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty.
- 1893 - Birth of Roy Oliver Disney in Chicago, Illinois, USA; CEO of Walt Disney Productions 40+ years, president for 25+ years (dies 1971).
- 1894 - Decision is made to begin modern Olympics every four years.
- 1895 - Birth of Jack Dempsey; heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26) (Manassa Mauler).
- 1897 - Hail injures 26 in Topeka, Kansas, USA.
- 1898 - American troops drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas, Cuba.
- 1899 - Birth of Chief Dan George AKA Teswahno at the Burrard Reserve #3 in North Vancouver, BC, Canada; Chief of the Squamish Band (1951-63), actor (Cariboo Country TV show (1961), (The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (1967), The Beachcombers TV show (1971)).
- 1901 - The first exhibition of Pablo Picasso's work opens.
- 1901 - Birth of Harry Partch in Oakland, California, USA; composer (Oedipus).
- 1903 - Birth of Phil Harris; singer/actor ("Anything Goes").
- 1908 - A Kopff discovers asteroids #663 Gerlinde and #664 Judith.
- 1908 - Death of Stephen Grover Cleveland at age 71 after a heart attack in Princeton, New Jersey, USA; lawyer, Eric County district attorney (1863-65), Erie County sheriff (1871-73), mayor of Buffalo (1881), governor of New York (1882-85), 22nd US President (1885-89), 24th US President (1893-97).
- 1909 - Birth of Milton Katims in New York City, New York, USA; conductor/violist (WOR-New York City).
- 1911 - John McDermott becomes first American to win US Open golf tournament.
- 1912 - Birth of Norman Cousins; editor (Saturday Review).
- 1914 - G Neujmin discovers asteroid #789 Lena.
- 1915 - 800 die as excursion steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1915 - Birth of Fred Hoyle; cosmologist, proposed steady-state universe theory.
- 1916 - Birth of John Ciardi; poet/critic (translated Dante).
- 1919 - Birth of Al Molinaro in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA; actor (The Odd Couple, Happy Days).
- 1920 - Chuvash Autonomous Region formed in RSFSR.
- 1922 - AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears.
- 1922 - Birth of Roy Elihu Travis in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Passion of Oedipus).
- 1922 - Birth of Sibohan McKenna in Ireland; stage actress (Saint Joan).
- 1922 - Dr Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, is killed by anti-semites.
- 1923 - Birth of Jack Carter in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Amazing Dobermans, Octagon, Stage Show, Ed Sullivan Show).
- 1930 - First radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC.
- 1930 - Birth of Claude Chabrol in Paris, France; director (Les Cousins, Ophéila).
- 1932 - Birth of David McTaggart; cofounded Greenpeace.
- 1932 - Coup ends absolute monarchy in Siam.
- 1934 - In Germany, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Reinhard Heydrich begin planning the murders of opponents to prevent a supposed putsch by the SA.
- 1935 - Birth of Pete Hamill; journalist (New York Post).
- 1935 - Birth of Terry Riley in Colfax, California, USA; composer (Spectra).
- 1936 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit two home runs in one inning, New York Yankees beat Saint Louis Browns 18-4.
- 1938 - Birth of Boris Lagutin in USSR; light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68).
- 1938 - Birth of Walter Willison in Monterrey Park, California, USA; actor (McDuff the Talking Dog).
- 1938 - In Chicora, Pennsylvania, USA, a cow is struck and injured by a 450-ton falling meteorite.
- 1940 - France signs an armistice with Italy.
- 1942 - Birth of Michele Lee in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress/singer (Karen - Knots Landing, Love Bug).
- 1943 - Birth of Georg Stanford Brown in Havana, Cuba; actor (Terry Webster - The Rookies, Nip/Tuck TV show).
- 1944 - Birth of Arthur Brown in England; rocker (Fire).
- 1944 - Birth of Bruce Johnston; rocker (Beach Boys - "Surfin' Girl").
- 1944 - Birth of Jeff Beck in Surrey, England; singer/songwriter (The Yardbirds - "Over Under Sideways Down" song, Jeff Beck Group, eight-time Grammy winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee (with Yardbirds 1992, as solo artist 2009)).
- 1945 - Birth of Betty Stove in the Netherlands; tennis player (US Doubles 1972).
- 1945 - Birth of Colin Blunstone; rocker (Zombies - "Never Even Thought").
- 1946 - 29.77 cm (11.72 inches) of rainfall, Mellen, Wisconsin. (state 24-hour record)
- 1946 - Birth of Ellison S Onizuka in Hawaii; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS 51C, 51L-Challenger disaster).
- 1947 - Birth of Mick Fleetwood; drummer (Fleetwood Mac).
- 1947 - Birth of Peter Weller; actor (Robocop, First Born, Of Unknown Origin, 24 TV show).
- 1947 - Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier, Washington state, by pilot Ken Arnold.
- 1948 - American Republican National Convention in Philadelphia nominates New York governor Thomas Dewey.
- 1948 - The Soviet Union cuts off all land and sea routes to West Berlin, in an attempt to pressure the Allies to evacuate.
- 1949 - Birth of John Illsley; bassist (Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing").
- 1949 - Hopalong Cassidy becomes first TV network western (NBC).
- 1949 - Cargo airlines first licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board.
- 1950 - Birth of Derrick Simpson; reggae singer (Black Uhuru).
- 1950 - Birth of Nancy Allen in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill, Another Life).
- 1950 - M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua.
- 1950 - New York Giants' Wes Westrum hits three home runs and a triple.
- 1951 - Birth of Ivar Formo in Norway; 50km cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976).
- 1955 - Harmon Killebrew hits his first home run (off Billy Hoeff).
- 1956 - Birth of Joe Penny; actor (Jake and the Fatman, Riptide).
- 1956 - NBC premieres The Steve Allen Show 60-minute variety TV show.
- 1957 - CBC debuts the Front Page Challenge game-interview TV show in Canada.
- 1957 - Birth of Astro; rocker (UB40 - "Red Red Wine").
- 1957 - NBC-TV airs the last Robert Montgomery Presents TV show.
- 1957 - NBC-TV airs the last Producers' Showcase TV show.
- 1958 - Birth of Victor M Gerena in New York City, New York, USA; security guard, robbed US$7 million (FBI wanted list).
- 1959 - Birth of Andy McClusky; rocker (Orchestal Manoeveres in the Dark - "Electricity").
- 1961 - Birth of Curt Smith; rocker (Tears for Fears - "Shout").
- 1961 - Birth of Natalya Shaposhnikova in USSR; sidehorse vaulter (Olympic-gold-1980).
- 1963 - First demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London, England.
- 1963 - Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by Britain.
- 1965 - Birth of Danielle Spencer in the Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Dee Thomas - What's Happening).
- 1966 - Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die.
- 1967 - Birth of Sherry Stringfield; actress (ER TV show, NYPD Blue TV show).
- 1968 - Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US and first rookie LPGA winner.
- 1968 - Jim Northrup hits two grand-slammers to help Detroit Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 14-3.
- 1968 - Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title.
- 1968 - Last day of US Treasury redeeming US silver certificates for silver, in any form.
- 1969 - Birth of Melissa Gurney in California, USA; tennis player (Virginia Slims of South Dakota, 1986).
- 1970 - Birth of Glenn Medeiros; singer ("Someday Love").
- 1970 - Bobby Murcer ties record of four consecutive home runs.
- 1970 - US Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
- 1971 - Death of Kenneth Washington at age 53; actor (Sargeant Baker - Hogan's Heroes TV show).
- 1973 - Marlene Raymond (age 15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6.125 inches.
- 1975 - Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashes at JFK Airport in New York, kills 113.
- 1978 - Yemen Arab Republic President Ahmad al-Ghashmi is killed.
- 1978 - The Gay & Lesbian Solidarity March is held in Sydney, Australia to mark 10th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots (which later becomes the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras; later incorporating a festival).
- 1978 - Birth of Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish rock musician (Nightwish).
- 1979 - In Bologna, Italy, the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal is founded, an international opinion tribunal, at the initiative of Senator Lelio Basso.
- 1980 - Birth of Minka Kelly; actress (Friday Night Lights TV show).
- 1980 - Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, first horse to win $2 million.
- 1981 - The Humber Bridge, the world's longest single-span suspension bridge (for the next 17 years), opens, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
- 1982 - Jean-Loup Chretien, first spacionaut, two others, lift off (Soyuz T-16).
- 1982 - British Airways Flight 9 suffers a temporary four-engine flameout and damage to the exterior of the plane, after flying through the otherwise undetected ash plume from Indonesia's Galunggung.
- 1983 - 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
- 1983 - Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters.
- 1984 - Joe Morgan sets career home run mark for second basemen with number 265.
- 1984 - Death of William Keighley at age 94 of a stroke; actor, film director, host (Lux Radio Theatre).
- 1985 - 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G) - Discovery 5 - returns to Earth. Payload Specialist Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud completes being the first Arab and first Muslim in space.
- 1986 - Guy Hunt elected first Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years.
- 1986 - In Papua New Guinea, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1987 - Death of Jackie Gleason at age 71 of liver and colon cancer; comedian/actor (The Life of Riley (1949), Cavalcade of Stars (1950), Ralph Kramden - The Honeymooners).
- 1988 - Buena Vista releases the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit to theaters.
- 1988 - Cleveland Indians' pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves.
- 1990 - Kathleen Young and Irene Templeton are ordained as priests in Saint Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, becoming the first Anglican women priests in the United Kingdom.
- 1993 - A Unabomber bomb injures computer scientist David Gelernter at Yale University.
- 1993 - Andrew Wiles wins worldwide fame after presenting his solution for Fermat's Last Theorem, a problem that has been unsolved for more than three centuries.
- 1994 - France's 1st all news TV station, LCI, begins broadcasting.
- 1995 - (to July 7) 5,000,000 view Christo's "wrapped" Reichstag in Berlin.
- 1995 - The New Jersey Devils sweep the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings to win their first Stanley Cup in the lock-out shortened season.
- 1997 - Death of Brian Keith AKA Robert Keith Richey Junior at age 75 by suicide; actor (Uncle Bill - Family Affair, Hardcastle and McCormick, Archer, Heartland).
- 1999 - Eric Clapton sells his "Brownie" 1956 sunburst Fender guitar, upon which he recorded "Layla", for a record price US$497,500.
- 2002 - Death of Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (born 1913).
- 2002 - The Igandu train disaster in Dodoma Region, Tanzania, kills 281 people in the worst rail accident in African history.
- 2005 - Death of Paul Winchell at age 82 in Los Angeles, California, USA; ventriloquist (dummies Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff on TV in 1950s/60s), inventor, children's TV show host (Winchell-Mahoney Time), voice actor (Tigger - Winnie the Pooh films).
- 2007 - A wildfire starts in South Lake Tahoe eventually destroying 254 homes in the area.
- 2007 - The refurbished Millennium Dome, now called The O2, reopens in London, England.
- 2008 - Death of Leonid Hurwicz, American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917).
- 2009 - In Iraq, a bomb explodes in a crowded market in Baghdad's main Shia district, Sadr City, killing at least 72 people and wounding 127.
- 2009 - Paramount releases the film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen to theaters.
- 2009 - Death of Roméo LeBlanc, 25th governor general of Canada (1995-1999), in New Brunswick, at age 81.
- 2010 - Julia Gillard is sworn in as Australia's first female prime minister after a leadership vote in the Labor Party ousts Kevin Rudd. Gillard was deputy prime minister to Rudd.
- 2010 - American tennis player John Isner defeats Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 6-4 3-6 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-3) 70-68 in their first-round encounter at Wimbledon. The longest match in history took 11 hours and five minutes over three days. The game broke the previous records for the longest match, the longest set, the most games in a set and a match, the most aces in a match and the most aces by a player.
- 2012 - Shenzhou 9, a Chinese spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts, docks manually with orbiting module Tiangong 1, first time for the country, making them as the third country to successfully perform the mission.
- 2012 - The last known individual of the Pinta Island Tortoise subspecies, dies at Galapagos National Park, thus making the subspecies extinct.
- 2013 - Death of Emilio Colombo, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920).
- 2016 - Brazil government suspends 10 percent tariff on imports of beans, due to weather damage of the domestic harvest.
- 2016 - British Prime Minister David Cameron announces his resignation, due to the country's unexpected vote to leave the European Union.
- 2018 - Saudi Arabia allows women to drive automobiles.
- 2021 - A portion of the Champlain South Towers condominium building collapses in Surfside, Florida, United States, leaving 98 people dead.
- 2021 - Death of Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (born 1960).
- 2021 - Death of Tr?n Thi?n Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (born 1925).
- 2022 - The US Supreme Court overturns the 1973 decision in Roe v Wade which considered abortion a right protected by the Constitution. The overturning decision moves the regulation of legality of abortions back to the individual states.
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