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  On June - 24 the birth of Claude Chabrol, French film director   

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

1930  1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC on June - 24.   

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  On this day in history 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  On June - 24 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania   

1938  "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies on June - 24.   

1939  Pan Am's first US to England flight on this day in history.   

1939  Pan Am's 1st US to England flight on this day in history.   

1940  On June - 24 france signs an armistice with Italy during WW II   

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

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 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 June - 24.   

1949  On this day in history "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes first network western (NBC)   

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

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

1952  Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1963  The first demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London on this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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1244  On June - 24 birth of hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)   

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on this day in history.   

1343  On June - 24 birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)   

1386  On June - 24 birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

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

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on this day in history.   

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on June - 24.   

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  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1572  On June - 24 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) on this day in history.