Page 6: 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 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  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  500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on June - 24.   

1938  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

1941  Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated on June - 24.   

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

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

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

1945  On this day in history schermerhorn govt forms   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1949  On June - 24 cargo airlines first licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board   

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

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

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

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

1962  Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 on June - 24.   

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

1963  On June - 24 zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain   

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

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

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on June - 24.   

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  On this day in history birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on June - 24.   

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

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

1533  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth was born on June - 24.   

0803  On June - 24 death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

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

1439  On this day in history death of duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)   

1475  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1519  On June - 24 lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39   

1520  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)