Top Historical Events That Happened on June 24

1863  Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac   

1866  2nd Battle at Custozza: Prussian-Austria beats Italian army.   

1873  Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer   

1877  Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer (Iveren)   

1879  Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer.   

1880  inaugural performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français   

1881  200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico.   

1882  NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty.   

1882  Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60   

1884  John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention.   

1885  British government of Salisbury forms.   

1888  Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion)   

1891  Irving Pichel, Pitts PA, actor/director (Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist)   

1891  Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80   

1894  Decision to begin modern Olympics every 4 years.   

1894  Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years   

1894  M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56.   

1895  Jack Dempsey, "Manassa Mauler", heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26).   

1897  Hail injures 26 in Topeka Kansas.   

1898  American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba.   

1899  Bruce Marshall, writer.   

1900  Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party and Socialistenbond merge   

1900  Memphis Minnie, rocker.   

1901  Picasso displays his work for the very inaugural time   

1901  1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris   

1901  Harry Partch, Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus).   

1902  King Edward VII develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation   

1903  Russia prohibits meetings dealing with Zionist.   

1903  Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver   

1904  Kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit)   

1906  Pierre Fournier, Paris France, violon cellist (Paris Conservatoire).   

1907  Jose de Lima Siquiera, composer.   

1908  Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276)   

1908  Hugo Distler, composer.   

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1244  Hendrik i: The child, 1st count of hessen (1256-1308)   

1322  Johanna: Duchess of brabant/limburg (joyful entry)   

1343  Jeanne de valois: Queen of navarre   

1386  Giovanni da capistrano: Italian saint   

1485  Johannes bugenhagen: German reformer   

1499  Johannes brenz: German theologist (dutch brentians)   

1519  Theodore beza: French theologian   

1533  Robert dudley: Earl of leicester/english commander-in-chief in neth   

0803  Death of Higbald of lindisfarne: Higbald of lindisfarne   

1398  Death of Hongwu emperor of china: Hongwu emperor of china (b. 1328)   

1439  Death of Duke frederick iv of austria: Duke frederick iv of austria (b. 1382)   

1475  Albrecht von eyb: German parson (bamberg & eichstattt),   

1519  Lucrezia borgia: Daughter of pope alexander,   

1520  Death of Hosokawa sumimoto: Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

1572  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)