Page 6: Historical Events In June - 24

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

1930  On June - 24 the birth of Claude Chabrol, French film director   

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  USSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty on June - 24.   

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 June - 24.   

1936  Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4 on June - 24.   

1936  Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

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

1939  Pan Am's first US to England flight on this day in history.   

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

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

1941  Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated on this day in history.   

1942  On June - 24 admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered   

1943  Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1949  Cargo airlines first licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board on June - 24.   

1950  M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua on June - 24.   

1952  Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84 on June - 24.   

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

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

1962  Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 24 the first demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London   

1963  Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain on June - 24.   

1966  Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1386  Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) was born on June - 24.   

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on this day in history.   

1475  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on June - 24.   

1519  On this day in history 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  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on June - 24.   

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