Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In June - 24
Sunday, 22 December 2024
1968 On June - 24 deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion 
1968 On this day in history joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title
1968 Resurrection City closed on this day in history.
1969 On June - 24 maria Belgado, entertainer, dies
1970 On June - 24 senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1971 Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies on this day in history.
1973 Marlene Raymond (15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6 1/8" on June - 24.
1973 Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99 on this day in history.
1975 On June - 24 113 killed in Eastern Boeing 727 crash at JFK
1975 On this day in history eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113
1977 On this day in history iRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
1978 On this day in history north Yemen President assassinated
1982 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB
1983 Syria expels PLO leader Yasser Arafat on June - 24.
1984 William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94 on June - 24.
1985 On June - 24 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth
1985 On this day in history challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F
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 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
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 ‘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 on June - 24.
1987 On June - 24 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 Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns on this day in history.
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 June - 24.
1996 On this day in history quinton Hazell, businessman, dies at 76
1997 "Mars Attacks!" becomes the first DVD ever to incorporate sound with menus on this day in history.
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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