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

1930  The first radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC on June - 24.   

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

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

1932  On this day in history coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand   

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

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 June - 24.   

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

1938  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

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 June - 24.   

1943  On this day in history allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg   

1944  On June - 24 rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36   

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  On June - 24 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   

1948  On June - 24 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 June - 24.   

1952  Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69   

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  The first demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London on this day in history.   

1963  Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain on this day in history.   

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  On June - 24 birth of hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  On June - 24 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  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on June - 24.   

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on June - 24.   

1520  Death of Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) on June - 24.   

1572  On this day in history 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)