Historical Events In June - 24

1997  On June - 24 brian Keith, actor (Family Affair), commits suicide at 75   

1997  On this day in history june 24 - Port Colborne Harbour Railway, a division of the Caledonia and Hamilton Southern Railway (Trillium Rail), starts operation between Welland and Port Colbourne on the following lines in Ontario: CN Port Colbourne Spur (6.6 miles). Macy Spur (west of the Welland Canal). Government Spur (off Macy Spur). a new 1.1 mile connection between the Port Colbourne Spur and the Macy Spur.   

2007  South Lake Tahoe - A wildfire starts eventually destroying 254 homes in the area on this day in history.   

2007  The refurbished Millennium Dome, now called The O2, reopens in London on June - 24.   

2012  On this day in history mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood becomes President of Egypt   

2012  Shenzhou 9, a Chinese spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts, including the first-ever female one, docked manually with an orbiting module Tiangong 1, first time as the country, making them as the third country, after the United States and Russia, to successfully perform the mission on this day in history.   

2012  On June - 24 lonesome George, the last known individual of the Pinta Island Tortoise subspecies, dies at a Galapagos National Park, thus making the subspecies extinct.   

2013  The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Boston Bruins to win the NHL Stanly Cup Finals on June - 24.   

2014  Sidney Crosby wins the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award for the 2014 NHL season on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history uN states Yemen cholera epidemic reached 200,000 cases, with 1,300 deaths. Worst cholera outbreak anywhere in the world.   

2017  On this day in history world record for highest altitude football match ever played at 18,799ft on Mount Kilimanjaro by women's international team   

2018  Women drive for the first time in Saudi Arabia after ban is lifted on this day in history.   

2018  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins second term with president's AK Party winning 42% parliamentary votes on June - 24.   

2018  Britain's Prince William begins a five-day tour of the Middle East visiting Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories on June - 24.   

2018  Saudi Arabia allows women to drive on June - 24.   

2019  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump imposes sanctions on Iran, targeted at Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in response to the shooting down of a US drone   

2020  NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announces people arriving from nine states hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic will have to isolate for two weeks on this day in history.   

2021  On June - 24 surfside condominium collapse: A portion of the Champlain South Towers condominium building collapses in Surfside, Florida, United States, leaving 98 people dead. One survivor was pulled from the wreckage while 35 others were evacuated from the uncollapsed section of the building.   

2023  Wagner Group mercenaries led by Yevgeny Prigozhin rebel against Vladimir Putin ’s government, march towards Moscow, only a last minute deal by Aleksander Lukashenko gets them to stand down and move to Belarus [1] on June - 24.   

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1244  On June - 24 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 this day in history.   

1386  On this day in history birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

1485  On June - 24 birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  On June - 24 birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)   

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 this day in history.   

0803  On this day in history 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 June - 24.   

1572  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on this day in history.   

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on this day in history.