June 24

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.

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