Historical Events In June - 24

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 June - 24.   

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

1930  On June - 24 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 June - 24.   

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

1939  Pan Am's first US to England flight on June - 24.   

1939  On this day in history pan Am's 1st US to England flight   

1940  On this day in history france signs an armistice with Italy during WW II   

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

1942  On June - 24 admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered   

1943  Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg on this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history schermerhorn govt forms   

1946  On June - 24 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  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 June - 24.   

1949  "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes first network western (NBC) on June - 24.   

1949  On this day in history cargo airlines first licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board   

1950  M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua on this day in history.   

1952  On June - 24 lodewijk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84   

1959  On this day in history 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 June - 24 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 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 June - 24.   

1968  Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner on this day in history.   

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on June - 24.   

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on June - 24.   

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1533  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth was born on this day in history.   

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on June - 24.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history 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 June - 24.