This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
06/24/1244 Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) 
06/24/1322 Johanna, duke of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) 
06/24/1499 Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Netherland Brentianen) 
06/24/1533 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth 
06/24/1542 Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint 
06/24/1561 Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Lead 
06/24/1572 Jan Campanus, composer 
06/24/1590 Samuel Ampzing, poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge) 
06/24/1619 R˜cklof Volckertsz of Goens, governor-general (East Indies) 
06/24/1669 Fran‡ois van Aerssen, vice-admiral (Suriname/Algeria) 
06/24/1746 Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer 
06/24/1747 Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer 
06/24/1762 Johann Paul Wessely, composer 
06/24/1771 E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont) 
06/24/1783 Johann Heinrich von Thnen, economist/geographer/farmer 
06/24/1797 John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx 
06/24/1803 George James Webb, composer 
06/24/1808 Anna Caroline Oury, composer 
06/24/1811 John Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889 
06/24/1813 Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent) 
06/24/1820 Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 
06/24/1822 Birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891

06/24/1832 Edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915 
06/24/1838 Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Cathederal Socialism) 
06/24/1839 Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co 
06/24/1842 Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary) 
06/24/1847 Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer 
06/24/1848 Brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions) 
06/24/1850 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member 
06/24/1852 Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister 
06/24/1873 Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer 
06/24/1877 Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer (Iveren) 
06/24/1888 Gerrit T Rietfield, architect (Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion) 
06/24/1891 Irving Pichel, actor/director (Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist) 
06/24/1894 Rudolf Hess, German nazi minister 
06/24/1895 Jack Dempsey, [Manassa Mauler], heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26

06/24/1899 Magdalene Sz‚kely-Lulofs, author (Hongertocht] 
06/24/1901 Harry Partch, Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus) 
06/24/1903 Phil Harris, singer/actor (Anything Goes, High & Mighty, Robin Hood)

06/24/1904 Kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit) 
06/24/1906 Pierre Fournier, French violon cellist 
06/24/1907 Jose de Lima Siquiera, composer 
06/24/1908 Hugo Distler, composer 
06/24/1909 Milton Katims, NYC, conductor/violist (WOR-NYC) 
06/24/1909 William G Penney, British physicist (1st British Atom Bomb) 
06/24/1912 Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review) 
06/24/1913 Max van Praag, Dutch singer 
06/24/1915 Fred Hoyle, cosmologist (proposed steady-state universe theory) 
06/24/1916 John Ciardi, poet/critic (translated Dante) 
06/24/1919 Al Molinaro, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Odd Couple, Happy Days) 
06/24/1920 Bernhard Krol, composer 
06/24/1921 Billy Casper, golfer 
06/24/1922 Aadje [Alida WM] Lyre, twin daughter of Prince Hendrik(?) 
06/24/1922 Rietje [Maria SC) Lyre, twin daughter of Prince Hendrik(?) 
06/24/1922 Roy Elihu Travis, NYC, composer (Passion of Dedipus) 
06/24/1922 Roy Travis, composer 
06/24/1922 Sibohan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress (Saint Joan) 
06/24/1923 Jack Carter, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Amazing Dobermans, Octagon) 
06/24/1924 Ranasinghe Premadasa, president of Sri Lanka (1989-93) 
06/24/1927 Joseph Pierce Jr, horse trainer 
06/24/1930 Claude Chabrol, Paris France, director (Les Cousins, Oph‚ila) 
06/24/1930 Herbert C Klien, (Rep-D-New Jersey) 
06/24/1932 David McTaggart, cofounded Greenpeace 
06/24/1934 Bob Holthus, horse trainer 
06/24/1935 Pete Hamill, journalist (NY Post) 
06/24/1935 Terry Riley, Colfax Calif, composer (Spectra) 
06/24/1938 Boris Lagutin, USSR, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68

06/24/1938 Lowell Cross, composer 
06/24/1938 Walter Willison, Monterrey Park Calif, actor (McDuff the Talking Dog

06/24/1939 Henry Lawrence Garett III, Miami Fla, Sect of Navy (1989-92) 
06/24/1942 Michele Lee, LA Calif, actress/singer (Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug

06/24/1942 Mick Fleetwood, English pop drummer (Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way) 
06/24/1943 Georg Stanford Brown, Havana Cuba, actor (Terry Webster-Rookies) 
06/24/1944 Arthur Brown, England, rocker (Fire) 
06/24/1944 Bruce Johnston, singer/bassist (Beachboys-Surfin' Girl) 
06/24/1944 Jeff Beck, Surrey England, singer/songwriter (Jeff Beck Group) 
06/24/1945 Betty Stove, Netherlands, tennis player (US Doubles 1972) 
06/24/1945 Colin Blunstone, rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought) 
06/24/1946 Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast (STS 51C, 51L-Chal disaster)

06/24/1947 Peter Weller, actor (Robocop, 1st Born, Of Unknown Origin) 
06/24/1947 Walter Willison, entertainer 
06/24/1950 L‚on J P M Frissen, ambassador/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 
06/24/1950 Mercedes R Lackey, US, sci-fi author (Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn) 
06/24/1950 Nancy Allen, NYC, actress (Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill) 
06/24/1951 Ivar Formo, Norway, 50K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976) 
06/24/1951 Raelene Boyle, Australia, sprinter (Oly-Silver-72) 
06/24/1956 Joe Penny, actor (Jake & the Fatman) 
06/24/1957 Astro, [Terrence Wilson], British rock vocalist (UB40-Red Red Wine) 
06/24/1958 Victor M Gerena, NYC, security guard robbed $7 million (FBI wanted) 
06/24/1959 Andy McClusky, rocker (Orchestal Manoeveres in the Dark-Electricity)

06/24/1960 Nate Carr, Erie Pa, freestyle wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1988) 
06/24/1961 Curt Smith, rocker (Tears for Fears-Shout) 
06/24/1961 Natalya Shaposhnikova, USSR, sidehorse vaulter (Olympic-gold-1980) 
06/24/1964 David Daniel, jockey 
06/24/1965 Danielle Spencer, Bronx, actress (Dee Thomas-What's Happening) 
06/24/1967 Crystal Carson, actress (Cartel, Zero Boys) 
06/24/1969 Melissa Gurney, Calif, tennis player (Virginia Slims of SD, 1986) 
06/24/1970 Glenn Medeiros, singer (Someday Love) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
06/24/1475 Albrecht van Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichst„tt), dies at 54 
06/24/1629 Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies 
06/24/1652 Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65 
06/24/1673 John of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle 
06/24/1712 Simon van de Pose, governor of Cape colony (1679-99), dies at 72 
06/24/1724 Johann Theile, composer, dies at 77 
06/24/1778 Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], classical, dies 
06/24/1803 Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 8

06/24/1817 Thomas Mckean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83

06/24/1861 Abdl-Medjid, 31st sultan of Turkey (1839-61), dies at 38 
06/24/1882 Joachim Raff, composer, dies at 60 
06/24/1891 Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80 
06/24/1894 M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered 
06/24/1908 Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97), dies at 71 
06/24/1913 Frank Lynes, composer, dies at 55 
06/24/1922 Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister killed by anti-semites 
06/24/1936 Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49 
06/24/1944 Rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36 
06/24/1952 Lodew˜k Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84 
06/24/1959 Lou Bandy, [Lodew˜k F Dieben], revue-artist (Life is Real), dies at 

06/24/1962 Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 
06/24/1969 Maria Belgado, entertainer, dies 
06/24/1969 Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), dies 
06/24/1969 Willey Ley, US science writer, dies at 62 
06/24/1971 Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies 
06/24/1971 Kenneth Washington, actor (Sgt Baker-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 53 
06/24/1973 Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99 
06/24/1984 William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 

06/24/1987 Jackie Gleason, actor (Honeymooners), dies at 71 in Fort Lauderdale 
06/24/1991 Martin Rosenblatt, actor, dies 
06/24/1991 Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter, dies 
06/24/1992 Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns 
06/24/1992 Tom Alexander, actor, dies 
06/24/1992 Tony LeMans, singer/songwriter, dies in a car crash at 29 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
06/24/ 451 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 
06/24/ 843 Vikings destroy Nantes 
06/24/1128 Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa 
06/24/1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred 
06/24/1314 Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England 
06/24/1322 Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time 
06/24/1340 Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 kille

06/24/1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna 
06/24/1397 Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom 
06/24/1441 Eton College founded by Henry VI 
06/24/1497 John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England 
06/24/1509 Henry VIII crowned King of England 
06/24/1535 Anabaptists Protestants conquerered & disbanded 
06/24/1540 Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves 
06/24/1597 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Bantam, West Java 
06/24/1647 Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council 
06/24/1662 Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day) 
06/24/1690 King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus, Ireland 
06/24/1692 Kingston Jamaica founded 
06/24/1717 1st Free mason's grand lodge mental home opens in London 
06/24/1778 David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia 
06/24/1793 1st republican constitution in France adopted 
06/24/1806 English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires 
06/24/1813 Battle of Beaver Dam-British & Indian forces defeat US forces 
06/24/1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast 
06/24/1821 Battle of Carabobo; Bol¡var defeats royalists outside of Caracas 
06/24/1841 Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx 
06/24/1843 Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy 
06/24/1852 J R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene 
06/24/1859 Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria 
06/24/1861 Battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries 
06/24/1861 Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US 
06/24/1863 Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac 
06/24/1866 Battle at Custozza: Prussian-Austria beats Italian army 
06/24/1881 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico 
06/24/1882 NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty 
06/24/1884 John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention 
06/24/1885 Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st US black bishop 
06/24/1894 Decision to begin modern Olympics every 4 years 
06/24/1897 Hail injures 26 in Topeka Kansas 
06/24/1898 American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba 
06/24/1900 Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party & Socialistenbond merge 
06/24/1901 Jewish National Fund starts 
06/24/1903 Russia prohibits meetings dealing with zionist 
06/24/1908 A Kopff discovers asteroids #663 Gerlinde & #664 Judith 
06/24/1909 Best 72 holes of golf at US open (George Sargent-290) 
06/24/1911 John McDermott becomes 1st American to win US open golf tournament 
06/24/1914 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #789 Lena 
06/24/1914 King Peter I of Sweden names son Alexander the Prince-regent 
06/24/1915 800 dies as excursion steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago 
06/24/1917 Russian Black Sea fleet munity at Sebastopol 
06/24/1920 Chuvash Autonomous Region formed in RSFSR 
06/24/1922 AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears 
06/24/1923 Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied 
06/24/1928 Johnny Farrell wins US Open golf tournament 
06/24/1930 1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC 
06/24/1931 USSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty 
06/24/1932 Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand 
06/24/1936 Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18

06/24/1936 Mary McLeod Bethune named director of Negro Affairs in Natl Youth Ad

06/24/1938 500 ton meteorite hits Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
06/24/1939 Pan Am's 1st US to England flight 
06/24/1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II 
06/24/1941 Nazis exterminate entire male population of Gargzdai 
06/24/1942 Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) annexed 
06/24/1943 Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg 
06/24/1946 29.77 cm (11.72') of rainfall, Mellen, Wisc. (state 24-hr record) 
06/24/1946 Georges Bidault elected premier of France 
06/24/1947 Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold 
06/24/1947 Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament 
06/24/1948 Republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey 
06/24/1948 Soviet Union begins Berlin Blockade 
06/24/1949 'Hopalong Cassidy' becomes 1st network western (NBC) 
06/24/1949 AM de Jongs murderer, Ton of Gog arrested in Scheveningen 
06/24/1949 Cargo airlines 1st licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board 
06/24/1950 French government-Bidault resigns 
06/24/1950 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua 
06/24/1950 NY Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 HRs & a triple 
06/24/1951 Persians army nationalizes oil installations 
06/24/1953 KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcastin

06/24/1955 Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff) 
06/24/1956 WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting 
06/24/1961 Beatles record 'If You Love Me Baby' 
06/24/1961 Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait 
06/24/1962 Jack Reed's 22nd inn HR leads Yanks over Tigers 9-7 
06/24/1963 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London 
06/24/1963 Levi Esjkol forms Israeli govt 
06/24/1963 Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain 
06/24/1966 Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die 
06/24/1966 Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I

06/24/1967 Za‹re adopts constitution 
06/24/1968 Canadian Sandra Post becomes 1st non-US & 1st rookie LPGA winner 
06/24/1968 Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion

06/24/1968 Jim Northrup hits 2 grand-slammers to help Tigers beat Cleve 14-3 
06/24/1968 Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title 
06/24/1968 Resurrection City in Wash DC closed permanently 
06/24/1970 Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs 
06/24/1970 Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
06/24/1972 Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of US (US Air Force) 
06/24/1972 Yvonne Braitwaite Burke becomes 1st black chair in Dem convention 
06/24/1973 Marlene Raymond (15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6 1/8' 
06/24/1975 Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113 
06/24/1975 Moon tremor perceived (hit by Taurid meteors) 
06/24/1977 IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976 
06/24/1980 Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million 
06/24/1982 Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat 
06/24/1982 Jean-Loup Chretien, 1st spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16) 
06/24/1982 Mary Hart's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight 
06/24/1983 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB 
06/24/1983 Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters 
06/24/1984 Joe Morgan sets career HR mark for 2nd basemen with #265 
06/24/1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth 
06/24/1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F 
06/24/1986 Guy Hunt elected 1st Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years 
06/24/1986 US Senate approves 'tax reform' 
06/24/1988 Cleve pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves 
06/24/1992 Billy Joel, gets an honorary diploma from Hicksville HS 
06/24/1992 Eddie Antar, CEO (Crazy Eddies), $74 m stock fraud caught in Israel 
06/24/1992 John Gotti begins life sentence in jail 
06/24/1993 Arab terror group plans bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught 
  
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