Page 8: Historical Events In June - 24

1997  Brian Keith, actor (Family Affair), commits suicide at 75 on June - 24.   

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 June - 24.   

2007  The refurbished Millennium Dome, now called The O2, reopens in London on this day in history.   

2012  Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood becomes President of Egypt on this day in history.   

2012  On June - 24 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.   

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 this day in history.   

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

2014  On June - 24 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  Women drive for the first time in Saudi Arabia after ban is lifted on June - 24.   

2018  On this day in history 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 June - 24.   

2018  On June - 24 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 this day in history.   

2021  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 on June - 24.   

2023  On this day in history wagner Group mercenaries led by Yevgeny Prigozhin rebel against Vladimir Putin ’s government, march towards Moscow, only a last minute deal by Aleksander Lukashenko gets them to stand down and move to Belarus [1]   

2024  On this day in history wikileaks founder Julian Assange reaches deal with the US; pleading guilty to criminal charges but allowed to go free, after five years in a UK prison [1]   

2024  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves the United Kingdom after being freed from prison in a plea deal with the United States. He returns to his native Australia two days later 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  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on June - 24.   

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on June - 24.   

1386  Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) was born on this day in history.   

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on this day in history.   

1499  On this day in history birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)   

1519  On June - 24 birth of theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)   

1533  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth   

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on June - 24.   

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on June - 24.   

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 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 June - 24 death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged   

1604  On June - 24 death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)