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June 24, 1997 Melissa Drexler, 18, charged with killing her baby during her prom June 24, 1997 4-1, Mark McGwire his a 538 foot HR June 24, 1997 Seat Mariner Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Oakland A's but loses June 24, 1995 Stanley Cup: New Jersey Devils sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games June 24, 1994 1st French "all news" TV, LCI, begins broadcasting June 24, 1994 Jeff Bagwell of Astros is 28th to hit 2 home runs in an inning June 24, 1994 Sally Fields files for divorce from 2nd husband Alan Greisman June 24, 1993 Arab terror group planning bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught June 24, 1992 Billy Joel, gets an honorary diploma from Hicksville High School at 43 June 24, 1992 Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball June 24, 1992 Eddie Antar, CEO (Crazy Eddies), $74 m stock fraud caught in Israel June 24, 1992 John Gotti begins life sentence in jail June 24, 1991 NHL adopts instant-replay and tenth of second clock in final minute June 24, 1990 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International June 24, 1989 Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th and 40th consecutive bases June 24, 1988 Cleve pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves June 24, 1988 Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak June 24, 1987 CFL's Montreal Alouettes fold June 24, 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak June 24, 1986 Guy Hunt elected 1st Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years June 24, 1986 U.S. Senate approves tax reform June 24, 1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth June 24, 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F June 24, 1984 Joe Morgan sets career HR mark for 2nd basemen with #265 June 24, 1984 Laurie Rinker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic June 24, 1983 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB June 24, 1983 Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters June 24, 1982 Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat June 24, 1982 Jean-Loup Chretien, 1st spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16) June 24, 1982 Soyuz T-6 Launch (U.S.S.R.) June 24, 1982 Supreme Court rules President can't be sued for actions in office June 24, 1980 Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million June 24, 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open June 24, 1979 Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland and steals his 1st base June 24, 1977 IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976 June 24, 1976 1975 movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany June 24, 1975 Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport New York, kills 113 June 24, 1975 Moon tremor perceived, hit by Taurid meteors June 24, 1974 India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins June 24, 1974 Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired June 24, 1973 Marlene Raymond (15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6 1/8" June 24, 1973 Susie Berning wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open June 24, 1972 "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" by Jimmy Castor Bunch peaks at #6 June 24, 1972 Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of U.S., U.S. Air Force June 24, 1972 Yvonne Braitwaite Burke becomes 1st black chair in Dem convention June 24, 1970 "Catch 22" opens in movie theaters June 24, 1970 Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs June 24, 1970 Reds play final game at Cincinnati's Crosley Field, beat Giants 5-4 June 24, 1970 Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution June 24, 1968 14th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Post June 24, 1968 Australia all out for 78 vs. England at Lord's June 24, 1968 Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion June 24, 1968 Jim Northrup hits 2 grand-slammers to help Tigers beat Cleveland 14-3 June 24, 1968 Joe Frazier TKOs Manuel Ramos in 2 for heavyweight boxing title June 24, 1968 Resurrection City in Washington D.C. closed permanently June 24, 1967 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Sacerdotalis coelibatus June 24, 1967 Zaire adopts constitution June 24, 1966 Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die June 24, 1966 Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I June 24, 1964 FTC rules health warnings must appear on all cigarette packages June 24, 1963 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London June 24, 1963 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government June 24, 1963 Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain June 24, 1962 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA J E McAuliffe Golf Tournament June 24, 1962 Jack Reed's 22nd-inning HR wins longest New York Yankee game in history June 24, 1961 "Happiest Girl in the World" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 97 performances June 24, 1961 Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" June 24, 1961 Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait June 24, 1960 Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa vs. England Lord's June 24, 1957 "I Love Lucy," last airs on CBS-TV June 24, 1956 "Steve Allen Show," returns on NBC-TV June 24, 1956 2nd LPGA Championship won by Marlene Hagge June 24, 1956 WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, Wisconsin (CBS) begins broadcasting June 24, 1955 Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff) June 24, 1954 "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" closes at Imperial New York City after 229 perf June 24, 1953 KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting June 24, 1951 Persian army takes over nationalized oil installations June 24, 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open June 24, 1950 French government-Bidault resigns June 24, 1950 New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple June 24, 1949 "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC) June 24, 1949 A M de Jong's murderer, Ton van Gog arrested in Scheveningen Neth June 24, 1949 Cargo airlines 1st licensed by U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board June 24, 1948 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia nominates New York Governor Thomas Dewey June 24, 1948 Soviet Union begins Berlin Blockade June 24, 1947 29th PGA Championship: Jim Ferrier at Plum Hollow CC Detroit June 24, 1947 Jackie Robinson swipes home for 1st of 19 times in his career June 24, 1947 Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament June 24, 1946 11.72" (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen Wisconsin (state 24-hr record) June 24, 1946 Georges Bidault elected premier of France June 24, 1945 Schermerhorn government forms June 24, 1943 Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg June 24, 1942 Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered June 24, 1942 Africa Corps occupy Egypt June 24, 1941 Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated June 24, 1941 Germans advanced into Russia and took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas June 24, 1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II June 24, 1939 Pan Am's 1st U.S. to England flight June 24, 1938 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania June 24, 1936 Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 home runs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4 June 24, 1936 Mary McLeod Bethune named director of Negro Affairs in National Youth Adm June 24, 1932 Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand June 24, 1931 U.S.S.R. and Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty June 24, 1930 1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC June 24, 1930 Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium June 24, 1928 32nd U.S. Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields Ill June 24, 1924 59th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Hoylake Hoylake June 24, 1923 Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied June 24, 1922 AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears June 24, 1920 Chuvash Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR June 24, 1917 Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol June 24, 1915 800 dies as excursion steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago June 24, 1914 King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent June 24, 1913 53rd British Golf Open: J H Taylor shoots a 304 at Hoylake Hoylake June 24, 1911 17th U.S. Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 307 at Chicago GC in Ill June 24, 1910 50th British Golf Open: James Braid shoots a 299 at St. Andrews Scot June 24, 1909 15th U.S. Golf Open: George Sargent shoots a 290 at Englewood GC NJ June 24, 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 (.276) June 24, 1903 Russia prohibits meetings dealing with Zionist June 24, 1901 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris June 24, 1901 Jewish National Fund starts June 24, 1900 Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party and Socialistenbond merge June 24, 1898 American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba June 24, 1897 Hail injures 26 in Topeka, Kansas June 24, 1894 Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years June 24, 1885 British government of Salisbury forms June 24, 1885 Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st U.S. black bishop June 24, 1884 John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention June 24, 1882 NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty June 24, 1881 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico June 24, 1866 2nd Battle at Custozza: Prussian-Austria beats Italian army June 24, 1863 Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac June 24, 1861 Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - U.S. attacks Confederate batteries June 24, 1861 Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US June 24, 1859 Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria June 24, 1846 Residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished June 24, 1843 Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy June 24, 1841 Fordham University, then St. John's College, opens in the Bronx June 24, 1821 Battle of Carabobo; Bolivar defeats royalists outside of Caracas June 24, 1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast June 24, 1813 Battle of Beaver Dam-British and Indian forces defeat U.S. forces June 24, 1806 English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires June 24, 1795 U.S. and Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty June 24, 1793 1st republican constitution in France adopted June 24, 1778 David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia June 24, 1717 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London June 24, 1692 Kingston, Jamaica founded June 24, 1690 King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland June 24, 1662 Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed, Macau Day June 24, 1658 French fleet recaptures Duinkerk June 24, 1648 Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews and 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine June 24, 1647 Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council June 24, 1619 Tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow June 24, 1610 Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia and Sweden June 24, 1597 Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java June 24, 1572 5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged June 24, 1540 Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves June 24, 1535 Anabaptists Protestants conquered and disbanded June 24, 1535 Hessische troops occupy Munster June 24, 1529 Zurich and catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel June 24, 1527 Gustaaf I begins Reformation in Sweden, taking RC possessions June 24, 1522 Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France June 24, 1522 Portuguese Antonio de Brita signs treaty island of Ternate Molukkas June 24, 1509 Henry VIII crowned King of England June 24, 1497 John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) June 24, 1472 Zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow June 24, 1441 Eton College founded by Henry VI June 24, 1397 Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom June 24, 1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna June 24, 1340 Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed June 24, 1340 In the Hundred Years War, British fleet destroys French at Sluys June 24, 1322 Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time June 24, 1314 Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England June 24, 1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred June 24, 1128 Afonso I of Portugal defeats army of his mother Theresa June 24, 843 Vikings destroy Nantes June 24, 451 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |