Page 6: Historical Events In June - 24

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

1930  On June - 24 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 June - 24.   

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

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

1933  On this day in history 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  "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  Pan Am's 1st US to England flight on June - 24.   

1940  France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II on June - 24.   

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

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

1943  On this day in history allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg   

1944  Rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1945  Schermerhorn govt forms on June - 24.   

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

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

1948  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 on June - 24.   

1948  Republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey on this day in history.   

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

1949  Cargo airlines first licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history m Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua   

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

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

1961  On this day in history beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"   

1962  On this day in history lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83   

1963  The first demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London on June - 24.   

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

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

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 June - 24 birth of johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)   

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

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 June - 24.   

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

1519  On June - 24 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  On June - 24 death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)