1950 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua

1961 Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"

1963 The first demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London

1963 Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain

1966 Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die

1968 Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner

1968 Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion

1968 Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title

1968 Resurrection City closed

1970 Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

1973 Marlene Raymond (15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6 1/8"

1975 113 killed in Eastern Boeing 727 crash at JFK

1975 Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113

1977 IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976

1982 Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat

1982 Jean-Loup Chretien, first spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16)

1983 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB

1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth

1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F

1985 The motion picture " Cocoon", directed by Ron Howard, grossed some $7.9 million during its opening weekend across the country. "Cocoon", which had a brilliant cast, including screen legend Don Ameche, beat out "Rambo First Blood, Part II" starring Sylvester Stallone, in firstweekend receipts

1985 The wife of exiled Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn became a U.S. citizen.

1986 Guy Hunt elected first Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years

1986 US Senate approves "tax reform"

1987 ‘The Great One’, Jackie Gleason, passed away on this day, at the age of 71. Gleason was one of TV’s biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s. He started on the DuMont Television Network, became a celebrated fixture on CBSTV, and later, a movie star. He starred in honored films such as, "Gigot" and "The Hustler". He also starred in "Smokey and the Bandit". Jackie Gleason is best remembered from TV, however, as bus driver Ralph Kramden in "The Honeymooners", which still ranks as one of TV’s greatest sitcoms.

1997 "Mars Attacks!" becomes the first DVD ever to incorporate sound with menus

1997 June 24 - Port Colborne Harbour Railway, a division of the Caledonia and Hamilton Southern Railway (Trillium Rail), starts operation between Welland and Port Colbourne on the following lines in Ontario CN Port Colbourne Spur (6.6 miles). Macy Spur (west of the Welland Canal). Government Spur (off Macy Spur). a new 1.1 mile connection between the Port Colbourne Spur and the Macy Spur.

1901 Picasso displays his work for the very first time

1978 North Yemen President assassinated

1982 First Frenchman launches into orbit, as part of Soviet mission

1983 Syria expels PLO leader Yasser Arafat

1930 The birth of Claude Chabrol, French film director

2007 The refurbished Millennium Dome, now called The O2, reopens in London.

2007 South Lake Tahoe - A wildfire starts eventually destroying 254 homes in the area.

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