June, 24th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 24, 2004:
Habib Dodo, the general secretary of the Communist Youth of Côte d'Ivoire is assassinated by pro-government forces.

Thursday 24, 1999:
The guitar with which Eric Clapton recorded Layla is sold at auction for $497,500.

Monday 24, 1996:
Michael Johnson breaks the world record in the 200 metres with a time of 19.66 seconds

Saturday 24, 1995:
In the final of the Rugby Union World Cup held at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, a drop goal in extra time by Joel Stransky lifts South Africa to a 15-12 win over New Zealand.

Thursday 24, 1993:
Yale computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses the sight in one eye, the hearing in one ear, and part of his right hand after receiving a mailbomb from the Unabomber.

Friday 24, 1983:
Yasir Arafat banned from Damascus.

Wednesday 24, 1981:
For what would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years, the Humber Bridge, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, opens.

Tuesday 24, 1975:
An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashes at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York. 113 people die.

Monday 24, 1974:
The UPC label is used for the first time to ring up purchases at a supermarket.

Monday 24, 1963:
Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by the UK.

Monday 24, 1957:
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.

Thursday 24, 1948:
Start of the Berlin Blockade. The Soviet Union makes overland travel between the West with West Berlin impossible.

Tuesday 24, 1947:
First known sighting of UFOs: Kenneth Arnold, flying over Washington, notices nine luminous disks in the form of saucers.

Monday 24, 1946:
Georges Bidault becomes Prime Minister of France

Sunday 24, 1945:
The U.S.S.R. capture the Free Republic of Schwarzenberg.

Tuesday 24, 1941:
Government of briefly independent Lithuania conducts its first meeting under prime minister Juozas Ambrazevičius

Monday 24, 1940:
France and Italy sign an armistice.

Friday 24, 1932:
A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (Thailand).

Monday 24, 1918:
The giant cannon Big Bertha begins bombardments on Paris

Saturday 24, 1916:
Mary Pickford becomes first film star to get million dollar contract.

Tuesday 24, 1913:
Joseph Cook becomes the 6th Prime Minister of Australia.

Friday 24, 1910:
Japan invades Korea.

Tuesday 24, 1902:
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.

Monday 24, 1901:
First exhibition of Pablo Picasso's work opens.

Sunday 24, 1894:
The IOC decides to hold the Olympic Games every four years.

Thursday 24, 1880:
First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.

Monday 24, 1861:
Tennessee becomes the 11th and last state to secede from the US.

Friday 24, 1859:
Battle of Solferino: (Battle of the Three Sovereigns). Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.

Sunday 24, 1821:
Battle of Carabobo : Venezuela gains total independence from Spain.

Thursday 24, 1813:
Battle of Beaver Dams : A British, and Indian joint force defeat the U.S Army.

Wednesday 24, 1812:
Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins.

Monday 24, 1793:
First republican constitution in France adopted.

Tuesday 24, 1692:
Kingston, Jamaica founded.

Tuesday 24, 1664:
The colony of New Jersey is founded.

Saturday 24, 1662:
Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.

Tuesday 24, 1597:
The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java).

Monday 24, 1535:
The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.

Sunday 24, 1534:
Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island.

Thursday 24, 1509:
Henry VIII crowned King of England.

Thursday 24, 1497:
Cornish traitors Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank executed at Tyburn, London

Thursday 24, 1441:
Eton College founded.

Friday 24, 1374:
A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.

Sunday 24, 1314:
End of the Battle of Bannockburn. Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeat Edward II of England. Scotland regains its independence.

Sunday 24, 1128:
Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães. Portuguese forces led by Alfonso I defeat his mother D.Teresa and D.Fernão Peres de Trava. After this battle, the future king calls himself "Prince of Portugal", the first step towards "official independence" in 1143.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/24-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 24

1986:
Solange Knowles, American actress and singer (b: June 24, 1986) (Biography of Solange Knowles)

1979:
Craig Shergold, Internet folklore subject (b: June 24, 1979) (Biography of Craig Shergold)

1978:
Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (Nightwish) (b: June 24, 1978) (Biography of Emppu Vuorinen)

1970:
Glenn Medeiros, American singer and songwriter (b: June 24, 1970) (Biography of Glenn Medeiros)

1969:
Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian singer (b: June 24, 1969) (Biography of Sissel Kyrkjebø)

1967:
Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German guitarist (Rammstein) (b: June 24, 1967) (Biography of Richard Kruspe-Bernstein)

1958:
Jean Charest, Premier of Québec (b: June 24, 1958) (Biography of Jean Charest)

1956:
Joe Penny, English actor (b: June 24, 1956) (Biography of Joe Penny)

1955:
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Guru of Siddha Yoga (b: June 24, 1955) (Biography of Gurumayi Chidvilasananda)

1953:
Garry Shider, American musician (P Funk) (b: June 24, 1953) (Biography of Garry Shider)

1950:
Mercedes Lackey, American author (b: June 24, 1950) (Biography of Mercedes Lackey)

1946:
Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (b: June 24, 1946 ; d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Ellison Onizuka)

1945:
Colin Blunstone, British musician (The Zombies) (b: June 24, 1945) (Biography of Colin Blunstone)
George Pataki, Governor of New York (b: June 24, 1945) (Biography of George Pataki)

1944:
Jeff Beck, English guitarist (Yardbirds) (b: June 24, 1944) (Biography of Jeff Beck)
Chris Wood, British musician (b: June 24, 1944) (Biography of Chris Wood (Traffic))

1942:
Mick Fleetwood, musician (Fleetwood Mac) (b: June 24, 1942) (Biography of Mick Fleetwood)
Michele Lee, American actress (b: June 24, 1942) (Biography of Michele Lee)

1931:
Billy Casper, American golfer (b: June 24, 1931) (Biography of Billy Casper)

1930:
Claude Chabrol, French film director (b: June 24, 1930) (Biography of Claude Chabrol)

1927:
Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 24, 1927) (Biography of Martin Lewis Perl)

1922:
Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) (b: June 24, 1922 ; d: December 2, 1988) (Biography of Tata Giacobetti)

1915:
Fred Hoyle, British astronomer and science fiction author (b: June 24, 1915 ; d: August 20, 2001) (Biography of Fred Hoyle)

1914:
Robert Aickman, English author (b: June 24, 1914) (Biography of Robert Aickman)

1911:
Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (b: June 24, 1911 ; d: July 17, 1995) (Biography of Juan Manuel Fangio)

1909:
David Rose, English composer and musician (b: June 24, 1909) (Biography of David Rose)

1908:
Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (b: June 24, 1908 ; d: March 8, 1976) (Biography of Alfons Rebane)
Hugo Distler, German composer (b: June 24, 1908 ; d: November 1, 1942) (Biography of Hugo Distler)
Guru Gopinath Indian classical dancer (d 1987) (b: June 24, 1908 ; d: October 9, 1987) (Biography of Guru Gopinath)

1906:
Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b: June 24, 1906 ; d: January 8, 1986) (Biography of Pierre Fournier)

1901:
Harry Partch, American composer (b: June 24, 1901 ; d: September 3, 1974) (Biography of Harry Partch)

1895:
Jack Dempsey, American boxer (b: June 24, 1895 ; d: May 31, 1983) (Biography of Jack Dempsey)

1888:
Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (b: June 24, 1888 ; d: June 26, 1964) (Biography of Gerrit Rietveld)

1883:
Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 24, 1883 ; d: December 17, 1964) (Biography of Victor Franz Hess)

1882:
Carl Diem, German Olympic official (b: June 24, 1882) (Biography of Carl Diem)

1850:
Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, British field marshal (b: June 24, 1850) (Biography of Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum)

1842:
Ambrose Bierce, American author (b: June 24, 1842) (Biography of Ambrose Bierce)

1826:
George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (b: June 24, 1826 ; d: November 2, 1898) (Biography of George Goyder)

1813:
Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (b: June 24, 1813 ; d: March 8, 1887) (Biography of Henry Ward Beecher)

1804:
Willard Richards, American religious leader (b: June 24, 1804 ; d: March 11, 1854) (Biography of Willard Richards)

1803:
George James Webb, English-born composer (b: June 24, 1803) (Biography of George James Webb)

1795:
Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (b: June 24, 1795) (Biography of Ernst Heinrich Weber)

1777:
John Ross, British naval officer and explorer (b: June 24, 1777) (Biography of John Ross (Arctic explorer))

1704:
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b: June 24, 1704 ; d: January 11, 1771) (Biography of Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens)

1694:
Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss publicist (b: June 24, 1694) (Biography of Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui)

1687:
Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (b: June 24, 1687) (Biography of Johann Albrecht Bengel)

1663:
Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (b: June 24, 1663 ; d: September 28, 1742) (Biography of Jean Baptiste Massillon)

1546:
Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (b: June 24, 1546 ; d: April 15, 1610) (Biography of Robert Parsons)

1542:
St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (b: June 24, 1542) (Biography of St. John of the Cross)

1532:
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (b: June 24, 1532 ; d: September 4, 1588) (Biography of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester)

1519:
Theodore Beza, French theologian (b: June 24, 1519 ; d: October 13, 1605) (Biography of Theodore Beza)

1485:
Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b: June 24, 1485 ; d: April 20, 1558) (Biography of Johannes Bugenhagen)

1386:
Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b: June 24, 1386 ; d: October 23, 1456) (Biography of Giovanni da Capistrano)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/24-june/births.html