Page 7: Historical Events In June - 24

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

1968  Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1968  Resurrection City closed on June - 24.   

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

1970  Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on this day in history.   

1971  Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies on June - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1975  On June - 24 eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113   

1977  IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976 on this day in history.   

1978  North Yemen President assassinated on this day in history.   

1982  On June - 24 equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat   

1982  On June - 24 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  7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB on this day in history.   

1983  Syria expels PLO leader Yasser Arafat on this day in history.   

1984  William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94 on June - 24.   

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  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 June - 24.   

1985  The wife of exiled Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn became a U.S. citizen on June - 24.   

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  US Senate approves "tax reform" on this day in history.   

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  Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies on this day in history.   

1991  Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, NY Stories), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1992  Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns on June - 24.   

1994  Leonarda da Vinci MacLaren, founder of the LSE, dies at 83 on June - 24.   

1995  Inshan Ali, cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies on this day in history.   

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

1997  "Mars Attacks!" becomes the first DVD ever to incorporate sound with menus on June - 24.   

1997  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 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 June - 24.   

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

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

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

1533  On June - 24 birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth   

0803  On June - 24 death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

1398  On June - 24 death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)   

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

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  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.