Page 7: Historical Events In June - 24

1968  On June - 24 deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion   

1968  On June - 24 joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title   

1968  Resurrection City closed on this day in history.   

1969  Maria Belgado, entertainer, dies on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution   

1971  Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies on this day in history.   

1973  On June - 24 marlene Raymond (15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6 1/8"   

1973  Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99 on this day in history.   

1975  113 killed in Eastern Boeing 727 crash at JFK on June - 24.   

1975  Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113 on June - 24.   

1977  IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976 on June - 24.   

1978  North Yemen President assassinated on this day in history.   

1982  Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat on June - 24.   

1982  On this day in history first Frenchman launches into orbit, as part of Soviet mission   

1982  On June - 24 jean-Loup Chretien, first spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16)   

1983  On this day in history 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB   

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 this day in history.   

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  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   

1985  On this day in history the wife of exiled Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn became a U.S. citizen.   

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 this day in history.   

1986  Guy Hunt elected first Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years on June - 24.   

1986  On this day in history uS Senate approves "tax reform"   

1987  On June - 24 ‘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.   

1987  On this day in history hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies   

1991  On this day in history martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, NY Stories), dies at 74   

1992  On June - 24 juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns   

1994  On this day in history leonarda da Vinci MacLaren, founder of the LSE, dies at 83   

1995  Inshan Ali, cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies on June - 24.   

1996  Quinton Hazell, businessman, dies at 76 on June - 24.   

1997  "Mars Attacks!" becomes the first DVD ever to incorporate sound with menus on this day in history.   

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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1244  On this day in history birth of hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)   

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 June - 24.   

1485  On this day in history birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0803  On this day in history death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54   

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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 June - 24.   

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