Historical Events In June - 24
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
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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