Page 6: Historical Events In June - 24

1928  On June - 24 32nd US Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields Ill   

1930  The birth of Claude Chabrol, French film director on this day in history.   

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

1930  1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC on June - 24.   

1931  On this day in history uSSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty   

1932  Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand on this day in history.   

1933  Sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1936  Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4 on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49   

1938  On this day in history 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania   

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

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

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

1940  France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II on this day in history.   

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

1942  Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history 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 June - 24.   

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  On this day in history republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey   

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

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  Lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69 on this day in history.   

1961  On June - 24 beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"   

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

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  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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1485  On June - 24 birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  On June - 24 birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)   

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on June - 24.   

1533  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth was born on June - 24.   

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on June - 24.   

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

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on June - 24.   

1475  On June - 24 albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54   

1519  On this day in history 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  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on this day in history.   

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on June - 24.