Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In June - 24
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1968 Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion on this day in history. 
1968 Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title on June - 24.
1968 On this day in history resurrection City closed
1969 On this day in history maria Belgado, entertainer, dies
1970 On this day in history senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1971 Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies on June - 24.
1973 Marlene Raymond (15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6 1/8" on this day in history.
1973 On this day in history mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99
1975 On this day in history 113 killed in Eastern Boeing 727 crash at JFK
1975 On June - 24 eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113
1977 On this day in history iRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
1978 North Yemen President assassinated on this day in history.
1982 On June - 24 equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat
1982 First Frenchman launches into orbit, as part of Soviet mission on June - 24.
1982 Jean-Loup Chretien, first spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16) on June - 24.
1983 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB on June - 24.
1983 On this day in history syria expels PLO leader Yasser Arafat
1984 William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94 on June - 24.
1985 On this day in history 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F on this day in history.
1985 The motion picture " Cocoon", directed by Ron Howard, grossed some $7.9 million during its opening weekend across the country. "Cocoon", which had a brilliant cast, including screen legend Don Ameche, beat out "Rambo First Blood, Part II" starring Sylvester Stallone, in firstweekend receipts on June - 24.
1985 The wife of exiled Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn became a U.S. citizen on June - 24.
1985 On this day in history the motion picture " Cocoon", directed by Ron Howard, grossed some $7.9 million during its opening weekend across the country. "Cocoon", which had a brilliant cast, including screen legend Don Ameche, beat out "Rambo: First Blood, Part II" starring Sylvester Stallone, in firstweekend receipts
1986 On June - 24 guy Hunt elected first Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years
1986 On June - 24 uS Senate approves "tax reform"
1987 ‘The Great One’, Jackie Gleason, passed away on this day, at the age of 71. Gleason was one of TV’s biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s. He started on the DuMont Television Network, became a celebrated fixture on CBSTV, and later, a movie star. He starred in honored films such as, "Gigot" and "The Hustler". He also starred in "Smokey and the Bandit". Jackie Gleason is best remembered from TV, however, as bus driver Ralph Kramden in "The Honeymooners", which still ranks as one of TV’s greatest sitcoms on June - 24.
1987 Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies on June - 24.
1991 Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, NY Stories), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns
1994 Leonarda da Vinci MacLaren, founder of the LSE, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1995 Inshan Ali, cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies on June - 24.
1996 Quinton Hazell, businessman, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1997 On this day in history "Mars Attacks!" becomes the first DVD ever to incorporate sound with menus
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.
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