Page 6: Historical Events In June - 24
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
1928 32nd US Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields Ill on June - 24.
1930 The birth of Claude Chabrol, French film director on this day in history.
1930 The first radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC on June - 24.
1930 On this day in history 1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC
1931 On June - 24 uSSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty
1932 Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand on this day in history.
1933 On this day in history sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64
1936 On this day in history joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4
1936 Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49 on June - 24.
1938 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on this day in history.
1938 "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies on June - 24.
1939 On June - 24 pan Am's first US to England flight
1939 Pan Am's 1st US to England flight on June - 24.
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 Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg on June - 24.
1944 On June - 24 rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36
1945 On June - 24 schermerhorn govt forms
1946 29.77 cm (11.72") of rainfall, Mellen, Wisc. (state 24-hr record) on June - 24.
1947 On this day in history looking skyward this night, Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Idaho reported seeing flying saucers over Mt. Rainier, Washington.
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 On June - 24 republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey
1949 "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes first network western (NBC) on this day in history.
1949 Cargo airlines first licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board on June - 24.
1950 On June - 24 m Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua
1952 On June - 24 lodewijk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84
1959 On June - 24 lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69
1961 Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1963 On June - 24 zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain
1966 Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die on June - 24.
1968 Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner on June - 24.
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