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"