Page 6: Historical Events In June - 24

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

1930  The birth of Claude Chabrol, French film director on June - 24.   

1930  On this day in history the first radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC   

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

1931  On June - 24 uSSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty   

1932  Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand on June - 24.   

1933  Sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64 on June - 24.   

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

1936  Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49 on June - 24.   

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 June - 24 france signs an armistice with Italy during WW II   

1941  On this day in history entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated   

1942  Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered on this day in history.   

1943  On June - 24 allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg   

1944  On June - 24 rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36   

1945  Schermerhorn govt forms on this day in history.   

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

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

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  "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes first network western (NBC) on June - 24.   

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

1950  On June - 24 m Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua   

1952  On June - 24 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  On June - 24 beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"   

1962  Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 24 the first demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London   

1963  On this day in history zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain   

1966  On June - 24 bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die   

1968  On this day in history canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner   

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

1322  On June - 24 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  On this day in history birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  On this day in history birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)   

1519  On this day in history 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  On June - 24 death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)   

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

1475  On this day in history albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54   

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on June - 24.   

1520  On June - 24 death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

1572  On this day in history death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged   

1604  On June - 24 death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)