Historical Events In June - 24

1928  32nd US Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields Ill on June - 24.  

1930  On this day in history the birth of Claude Chabrol, French film director  

1930  The first radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC on June - 24.  

1930  1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC on this day in history.  

1931  USSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty on June - 24.  

1932  On this day in history coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand  

1933  Sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64 on this day in history.  

1936  Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4 on this day in history.  

1936  Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

1938  "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies on this day in history.  

1939  Pan Am's first US to England flight on June - 24.  

1939  On June - 24 pan Am's 1st US to England flight  

1940  On this day in history france signs an armistice with Italy during WW II  

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

1942  Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered on June - 24.  

1943  Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg on this day in history.  

1944  On this day in history rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36  

1945  Schermerhorn govt forms on June - 24.  

1946  On this day in history 29.77 cm (11.72") of rainfall, Mellen, Wisc. (state 24-hr record)  

1947  Looking skyward this night, Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Idaho reported seeing flying saucers over Mt. Rainier, Washington on this day in history.  

1948  On June - 24 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 this day in history.  

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  Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84 on June - 24.  

1959  On June - 24 lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69  

1961  Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1968  On June - 24 canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner  

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on this day in history.  

1322  On this day in history birth of johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1499  On June - 24 birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)  

1519  On June - 24 birth of theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)  

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

0803  On June - 24 death of higbald of Lindisfarne  

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on June - 24.  

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on this day in history.  

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

1519  On this day in history lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39  

1520  Death of Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) on June - 24.  

1572  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on this day in history.  

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on this day in history.