Page 6: Historical Events In June - 24

1928  On this day in history 32nd US Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields Ill   

1930  On this day in history the birth of Claude Chabrol, French film director   

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

1930  1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC on this day in history.   

1931  USSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty on this day in history.   

1932  Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand on June - 24.   

1933  On June - 24 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  Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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  Pan Am's 1st US to England flight on June - 24.   

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

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

1942  On this day in history admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered   

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  On June - 24 29.77 cm (11.72") of rainfall, Mellen, Wisc. (state 24-hr record)   

1947  On June - 24 looking skyward this night, Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Idaho reported seeing flying saucers over Mt. Rainier, Washington.   

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 this day in history.   

1948  Republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey on June - 24.   

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

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  Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1961  Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" on June - 24.   

1962  Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 on June - 24.   

1963  On this day in history the first demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London   

1963  On June - 24 zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain   

1966  On June - 24 bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die   

1968  Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner on June - 24.   

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on this day in history.   

1322  On this day in history birth of johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)   

1343  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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 June - 24.   

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  On this day in history death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

1572  On June - 24 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 this day in history.