Historical Events In June - 24

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

1997  On June - 24 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  On this day in history the refurbished Millennium Dome, now called The O2, reopens in London.  

2012  Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood becomes President of Egypt on June - 24.  

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 June - 24.  

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

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

2014  On this day in history sidney Crosby wins the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award for the 2014 NHL season  

2017  UN states Yemen cholera epidemic reached 200,000 cases, with 1,300 deaths. Worst cholera outbreak anywhere in the world on June - 24.  

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  On this day in history women drive for the first time in Saudi Arabia after ban is lifted  

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

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

2018  On this day in history saudi Arabia allows women to drive.  

2019  On June - 24 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 June - 24.  

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.  

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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  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on this day in history.  

1386  Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) was born on June - 24.  

1485  On this day in history birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)  

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

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

1533  On June - 24 birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth  

0803  On this day in history death of higbald of Lindisfarne  

1398  On June - 24 death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)  

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

1475  On June - 24 albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54  

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 June - 24.  

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on June - 24.