Historical Events In June - 24

1928  32nd US Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields Ill on this day in history.   

1930  The birth of Claude Chabrol, French film director on this day in history.   

1930  The first radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC on this day in history.   

1930  1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC on June - 24.   

1931  On June - 24 uSSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty   

1932  On June - 24 coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand   

1933  On June - 24 sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64   

1936  On June - 24 joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4   

1936  On this day in history nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49   

1938  On this day in history 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania   

1938  On June - 24 "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies   

1939  On June - 24 pan Am's first US to England flight   

1939  Pan Am's 1st US to England flight on this day in history.   

1940  France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II on June - 24.   

1941  On June - 24 entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated   

1942  On this day in history admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered   

1943  On this day in history allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg   

1944  Rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1945  Schermerhorn govt forms on this day in history.   

1946  On June - 24 29.77 cm (11.72") of rainfall, Mellen, Wisc. (state 24-hr record)   

1947  On June - 24 looking skyward this night, Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Idaho reported seeing flying saucers over Mt. Rainier, Washington.   

1948  On this day in history berlin, Germany was completely isolated from the outside world. Joseph Stalin, premier of Soviet Russia, who had already cut rail and road access to the city three months earlier, now blocked all ground and water access and cut electricity to the Western sector. Within a few days, the great Berlin Airlift began. U.S. planes dropped up to 13,000 tons of goods per day for the next 10 months   

1948  Republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey on June - 24.   

1949  On June - 24 "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes first network western (NBC)   

1949  Cargo airlines first licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board on June - 24.   

1950  On this day in history m Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua   

1952  On this day in history lodewijk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84   

1959  On this day in history lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69   

1961  Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" on June - 24.   

1962  On June - 24 lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83   

1963  On this day in history the first demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London   

1963  Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain on June - 24.   

1966  Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die on this day in history.   

1968  Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner on June - 24.   

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1244  On this day in history birth of hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)   

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on this day in history.   

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on June - 24.   

1386  Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) was born on June - 24.   

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on this day in history.   

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on June - 24.   

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth   

0803  On this day in history death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

1398  On this day in history death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)   

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on June - 24.   

1475  On June - 24 albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54   

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1520  Death of Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1572  On June - 24 death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged   

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on June - 24.