HISTORY FOR JUNE 24

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
June 24, 1993 Primera, an Andean condor, hatched at Cleveland Zoo, 5th born in captivity
June 24, 1986 Kaitlin Cullum, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Libby Kelly-Grace Under Fire
June 24, 1980 Kelly Dutra, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1996
June 24, 1977 Cliff Bayer, born in New York City, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics
June 24, 1976 Tyce Routson, Bellevue Wash, diver 1996 Olympics
June 24, 1974 Adam Treu, guard and tackle for the Oakland Raiders
June 24, 1974 Carrie Zarse, born in Chicago, Illinois, diver 1996 Olympics
June 24, 1973 Jere Lehtinen, Espoo Fin, NHL right wing, Dallas Stars, Oly-bronze-98
June 24, 1973 Michael Cheever, corner for the Jacksonville Jaguars
June 24, 1972 Jose Simon, WLAF defensive tackle, Barcelona Dragons
June 24, 1972 Mitch Berger, punter for the Minnesota Vikings
June 24, 1972 Shawn King, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers
June 24, 1971 LaMonte Coleman, NFL fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
June 24, 1970 Carlos Yancy, NFL cornerback for the New England Patriots
June 24, 1970 Glenn Medeiros, singer, Someday Love
June 24, 1969 Melissa Gurney, born in California, tennis player, Virginia Slims of, South Dakota, 1986
June 24, 1969 Sean Maye, 400m/800m runner
June 24, 1969 Todd Lewis, born in Flint, Michigan, 10k runner
June 24, 1968 Jean Charest, Canadian Lawyer
June 24, 1967 Bill Huard, Welland, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars
June 24, 1967 Crystal Carson, born in Spaulding NE, actress, Cartel, Julia-General Hospital
June 24, 1967 Jeff Cease, born in Nashville, guitarist, Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker
June 24, 1967 Olaf Hampel, WLAF offensive linebacker, Frankfurt Galaxy, Rhein Fire
June 24, 1967 Sherry Stringfield, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, actress, Laura-NYPD Blue, ER
June 24, 1966 John Randle, golfer, 1992 Canadian Tour Fall-3rd
June 24, 1965 Danielle Spencer, born in Bronx, actress, Dee Thomas-What's Happening
June 24, 1965 Patrick Jeffrey, born in Morristown, New Jersey, diver, Olympics-5th-96
June 24, 1965 Shane Churla, Fernie, NHL right wing, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers
June 24, 1965 Uwe Krupp, born in Cologne, Germany, NHL defenseman, Colorado Avalanche, Germany 98
June 24, 1964 David Daniel, jockey
June 24, 1964 Gary Suter, born in Madison, Wisconsin, NHL defenseman, Chicago Blackhawks, USA
June 24, 1963 Duval Love, NFL guard for the Arizona Cardinals
June 24, 1961 Bernie Nicholls, NHL center, Chicago Blackhawks
June 24, 1961 Curt Smith, born in Bath, England, rock bassist/vocalist, Tears For Fears
June 24, 1961 Jim Laver Carter, born in Spring Lake, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1995 Anheuser-Busch
June 24, 1961 Natalya Shaposhnikova, born in U.S.S.R., sidehorse vaulter, 1980 Olympics gold
June 24, 1960 Juli Inkster, born in Santa Cruz, California, LPGA golfer, Dinah Shore-1984, 89
June 24, 1960 Nate Carr, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, freestyle wrestler 1988 Olympics bronze
June 24, 1959 Andy McClusky, rocker, Orchestal Manoeveres in the Dark-Electricity
June 24, 1959 Rob Delahaye, soccer player, MVV
June 24, 1958 Victor M Gerena, born in New York City, security guard robbed $7 million, FBI wanted
June 24, 1957 Astro, [Terrence Wilson], England, rock vocalist, UB40-Red Red Wine
June 24, 1955 Loren Lloyd Roberts, born in San Luis Obispo, California, PGA golfer, Nestle-1994, 95
June 24, 1951 Ivar Formo, born in Norway, 50K cross country skier 1976 Olympics gold
June 24, 1951 Raelene Boyle, born in Australia, sprinter, Oly-Silver-72
June 24, 1950 Derrick Simpson, born in Kingston Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru
June 24, 1950 Leon J P M Frissen, Dutch MP, CDA
June 24, 1950 Mercedes R. Lackey, U.S., sci-fi author, Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn
June 24, 1950 Nancy Allen, born in New York City, actress, Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill
June 24, 1950 Mercedes Lackey, American Author
June 24, 1949 John Illsley, born in Leicester, England, rock bassist, Dire Straits
June 24, 1948 Patrick Morza, born in Morges, Switzerland, rock keyboardist, Yes
June 24, 1947 Walter Willison, born in Monterrey Park, California, actor, McDuff the Talking Dog, Two By Two [Tony Award nomination, Theatre World Award]
June 24, 1947 Marianne Delgorge, singer and actress, Ice Cream Soda
June 24, 1947 Peter Weller, born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, actor, Robocop, Of Unknown Origin
June 24, 1946 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, STS 51C, 51L-Chal disaster
June 24, 1946 Robert Reich, U.S. Sec of Labor, Clinton
June 24, 1945 Betty Stove, born in Netherlands, tennis player, U.S. Doubles 1972
June 24, 1945 Colin Blunstone, born in England, rocker, Zombies-Never Even Thought
June 24, 1945 George Pataki, American Politician
June 24, 1945 George E. Pataki, American Politician
June 24, 1944 Chris Wood, rocker, Traffic
June 24, 1944 Jeff Beck, born in Surrey, England, singer/guitarist, Jeff Beck Group
June 24, 1943 Georg Stanford Brown, born in Havana, Cuba, actor, Terry Webster-Rookies
June 24, 1942 Gerhart Roth, writer
June 24, 1942 Michele Lee, born in Los Angeles, California, actress and singer, Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug
June 24, 1942 Mick Fleetwood, born in London, rock drummer, Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way
June 24, 1941 Graham McKenzie, cricketer, prolific Australian pace bowler 1961-71
June 24, 1939 Henry Lawrence Garett III, born in Miami, Florida, Sect of Navy, 1989-92
June 24, 1938 Boris Lagutin, U.S.S.R., light-middleweight boxer, Olympics gold 1964, 68
June 24, 1938 Lowell Cross, composer
June 24, 1937 Anita Desai, Indian Novelist
June 24, 1935 Pete Hamill, born in Brooklyn, New York, journalist, New York Post
June 24, 1935 Terry Riley, born in Colfax, California, composer, Spectra
June 24, 1934 Bob Holthus, horse trainer
June 24, 1932 David McTaggart, co-founder, Greenpeace
June 24, 1932 Peter Bart, American Editor
June 24, 1931 Billy Casper, born in San Diego, California, golfer, 3-time PGA Player of Year, '66, '68, '70
June 24, 1930 Claude Chabrol, born in Paris, France, director, Les Cousins, Ophelia
June 24, 1930 Herbert C Klien, Rep-D-New Jersey
June 24, 1927 Joseph Pierce, Jr., horse trainer
June 24, 1927 Martin Lewis Perl, American Physicist
June 24, 1925 Len Jagger, English businessman/multi-millionaire
June 24, 1924 Ranasinghe Premadasa, president of Sri Lanka, 1989-93
June 24, 1923 Jack Carter, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Amazing Dobermans, Octagon
June 24, 1922 Aadje [Alida WM] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik
June 24, 1922 Rietje [Maria SC] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik
June 24, 1922 Roy Elihu Travis, born in New York City, composer, Passion of Dedipus
June 24, 1921 Billy Casper, golfer
June 24, 1920 Bernhard Krol, composer
June 24, 1920 James Eric Storrar, fighter Pilot
June 24, 1919 Al Molinaro, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, Murray-Odd Couple, Al-Happy Days
June 24, 1916 John Ciardi, poet and critic, translated Dante
June 24, 1915 Charles James Dunn, Japanese scholar
June 24, 1915 Fred Hoyle, cosmologist, proposed steady-state universe theory
June 24, 1913 John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter
June 24, 1913 Max van Praag, Dutch singer
June 24, 1912 Brian Johnston, cricketer, BBC radio commentator and cake connoisseur
June 24, 1912 Norman Cousins, editor, Saturday Review
June 24, 1912 Selwyn Powell, art editor
June 24, 1911 Juan Manuel Fangio, racing driver
June 24, 1910 Denis Dowling, baritone
June 24, 1910 Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge
June 24, 1909 Milton Katims, born in New York City, conductor/violist, WOR-NYC
June 24, 1909 William G Penney, British physicist, 1st British Atom Bomb
June 24, 1908 Hugo Distler, composer
June 24, 1907 Jose de Lima Siquiera, composer
June 24, 1906 Pierre Fournier, born in Paris, France, violon cellist, Paris Conservatoire
June 24, 1904 Kurt Kusenberg, German writer, Wein Auf Lebenszeit
June 24, 1903 Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver
June 24, 1903 Phil Harris, born in Linton, Indiana, actor, Anything Goes, Robin Hood
June 24, 1901 Harry Partch, born in Oakland, California, composer, Oedipus
June 24, 1900 Memphis Minnie, rocker
June 24, 1899 Bruce Marshall, writer
June 24, 1899 Chief Dan George, actor, Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith!
June 24, 1899 Magdalene Szekely-Lulofs, Dutch writer, Honger tocht
June 24, 1895 Jack Dempsey, Manassa Mauler, heavyweight boxing champion, 1919-26
June 24, 1891 Irving Pichel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor and director, Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist
June 24, 1888 Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect, Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion
June 24, 1883 Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist
June 24, 1879 Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer
June 24, 1877 Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer, Iveren
June 24, 1873 Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer
June 24, 1852 Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister, 1918
June 24, 1851 Peter S Koyer, Danish painter/sculptor/graphic artist
June 24, 1850 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member
June 24, 1848 Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher, Theory of Social Revolutions
June 24, 1847 Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer
June 24, 1842 Ambrose Bierce, U.S., satirist, Devil's Dictionary
June 24, 1840 Louis Brassin, composer
June 24, 1839 Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift and Co
June 24, 1838 Gustav von Schmoller, German economist, Lectern Socialism
June 24, 1832 Edward Harland, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1915
June 24, 1822 Birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1891
June 24, 1820 Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1898
June 24, 1813 Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield, Connecticut, clergyman/orator, Independent
June 24, 1811 John Archibald Campbell, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy, died in 1889
June 24, 1808 Anna Caroline Oury, composer
June 24, 1804 Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist
June 24, 1803 George James Webb, composer
June 24, 1797 John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx
June 24, 1783 Johann Heinrich von Thunen, economist/geographer/farmer
June 24, 1771 E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist, Du Pont
June 24, 1762 Johann Paul Wessely, composer
June 24, 1753 William Hull, American Soldier
June 24, 1747 Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer
June 24, 1746 Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer
June 24, 1669 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral, Suriname/Algeria
June 24, 1619 Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general, Netherlands East Indies
June 24, 1590 Samuel Ampzing, poet, Taelbericht der Netherlands Spellinge
June 24, 1572 Jan Campanus, composer
June 24, 1561 Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden
June 24, 1546 Robert Parsons, English jesuit, A Letter Disclosure
June 24, 1542 Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint
June 24, 1499 Johannes Brenz, German theologist, Dutch Brentians
June 24, 1322 Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg, Joyful Entry
June 24, 1244 Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen, 1256-1308

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