Today in History
What happened on the 24th of June in history?
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- 1314
Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England
- 1314
Scotland under King Robert I defeats England
- 1441
Eton College founded by Henry VI
- 1497
John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England
- 1509
Henry VIII becomes King of England
- 1647
Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council
- 1662
Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day)
- 1778
David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Phila
- 1817
1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast
- 1861
Tennessee becomes 11th (and last) state to secede from US
- 1901
Jewish Natl Fund started
- 1908
Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71
- 1930
1st radar detection of planes Anacostia DC
- 1936
Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning
- 1947
Flying Saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by Airline pilot Ken Arnold
- 1948
Berlin Blockade & Berlin Airlift begin
- 1949
Hopalong Cassidy becomes 1st network western
- 1949
Cargo airlines 1st licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board
- 1963
1st demonstration of home video recorder - at BBC Studios - London
- 1970
Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs
- 1975
113 killed in Eastern Boeing 727 crash at JFK
- 1977
IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
- 1982
Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat
- 1982
Jean-Loup Chretien - first spacionaut - lifts off (Soyuz T-16)
- 1982
Soyuz T-6 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 French) to Salyut 7 space station
- 1983
7th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 2 returns to Earth
- 1985
18th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 5 returns to Earth
- 1986
Disputed Ala Dem Gov runoff lets Guy Hunt win (1st Repub in 112 yrs)
- 1986
US Senate approves "tax reform"