This Day in History - June 24th

Featured Historical Event for June 24th First performance of 'O Canada' "O Canada," written in French by Sir Adolphe Routhier, was first performed on this day in 1880. However, it did not become Canada's official national anthem until July 1, 1980. What is America's national anthem? The Star-Spangled Banner

Historical Events That Occurred on June 24th

	First performance of 'O Canada' (1880)
	First exhibition of Pablo Picasso's work opens. (1901)
	John Cabot lands on North America in Newfoundland; first European exploration of the region since the Vikings. (1497)
	The guitar with which Eric Clapton recorded Layla is sold at auction for $497,500. (1999)
	1940 - TV cameras were used for the first time in a political convention as the Republicans convened in Philadelphia, PA. (1940)
	First republican constitution in France adopted. (1793)
	Cornish traitors Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank executed at Tyburn, London (1497)
	The UPC label is used for the first time to ring up purchases at a supermarket. (1974)
	Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria. (1913)
	First known sighting of UFOs: Kenneth Arnold, flying over Washington, notices nine luminous disks in the form of saucers. (1947)
	A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (1932)
	Battle of Solferino: (1859)
	Joseph Cook becomes the 6th Prime Minister of Australia. (1913)
	Moscow Victory Parade (1945)
	The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is held in Australia. (1978)
	Tennessee becomes the 11th and last state to secede from the US. (1861)
	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. (1128)
	The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded. (1535)
	The U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. (1957)
	An Eastern Air Lines Boeing 727 crashes at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York. 113 people die. (1975)
	Battle of Carabobo : Venezuela gains total independence from Spain. (1821)
	Habib Dodo, the general secretary of the Communist Youth of Côte d'Ivoire is assassinated by pro-government forces. (2004)
	Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by the UK. (1963)
	France and Italy sign an armistice. (1940)
	Start of the Berlin Blockade. The Soviet Union makes overland travel between the West with West Berlin impossible. (1948)
	Mary Pickford becomes first film star to get million dollar contract. (1916)
	Fred M. Vinson is sworn in as the 13th Chief Justice of the United States. (1946)
	Edward III of England personally leads the navy of the Kingdom of England in its practically complete destruction of the fleet of the Kingdom of France at the Battle of Sluys. The French fleet was under the command of admiral Hue Quiéret and treasurer Nic (1340)
	King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation. (1902)
	Japan invades Korea. (1910)
	Yasir Arafat banned from Damascus. (1983)
	Michael Johnson breaks the world record in the 200 metres with a time of 19.66 seconds (1996)
	Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island. (1534)
	First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. (1918)
	Kingston, Jamaica founded. (1692)
	Henry VIII crowned King of England. (1509)
	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. (1993)
	Bowdoin College is founded. (1794)
	Battle of Beaver Dams : A British, and Indian joint force defeat the U.S Army. (1813)
	What would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years, the Humber Bridge opens, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. (1981)
	Georges Bidault becomes Prime Minister of France. (1946)
	A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion. (1374)
	Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau. (1662)
	End of the Battle of Bannockburn. Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeat Edward II of England. Scotland regains its independence. (1314)
	The colony of New Jersey is founded. (1664)
	Sally Ride, first female American astronaut, returns to earth. (1983)
	The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (1597)
	Marie Francois Sadi Carnot assassinated by Sante Jeronimo Caserio. (1894)
	The New Jersey Devils sweep the Detroit Red Wings in four games in the 1995 NHL Stanley Cup finals. (1995)
	The IOC decides to hold the Olympic Games every four years. (1894)
	Eton College founded. (1441)
	In the final of the Rugby 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. (1995)
	With declining business, the Great Gorge and International Railway begins using one-person crews on trolley operations in Canada. (1928)
	Battle of Cedynia, near Cedynia. Polish forces have had their first documented victory. (972)

Holidays on June 24th

	Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Rahmat (Mercy) - First day of the sixth month of the Bahá'í Calendar
	Fête nationale du Québec, also called St-Jean-Baptiste Day
	Bannockburn Day in Scotland (see 1314 above)
	Discovery Day in Newfoundland and Labrador (celebrating the 1497 discovery by John Cabot)
	Quarter days in England
	Original Midsummer's Eve in Finland and Sweden, although the official holiday is now moved to the nearest Friday
	Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint John the Baptist, patron of farriers
	Festival of San Juan observed in Bolivia and Peru
	One of the four Irish Quarter days in the Irish Calendar.
	Day of Indian in Peru
	Battle of Carabobo Day in Venezuela (1821)
	St. John's Day in Estonia and Sao Joao in Porto

Notable People Born on June 24th

	George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (1826)
	Theodore Beza, French theologian (1519)
	Ambrose Bierce, American author (1842)
	Daniel K. Ludwig, US Shipping Magnet (1897)
	Chris Wood, British musician (1944)
	Colin Blunstone, British musician (1945)
	John Ross, British naval officer and explorer (1777)
	Pierre Fournier, French cellist (1906)
	Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (1908)
	Anatoly Borisovich Jurkin, Russian writer (1963)
	Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player (1948)
	Alexander Beyer, German actor (1973)
	Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (1963)
	Petra Nmcová, Czechoslovakian female supermodel (1979)
	Kevin Nolan, English footballer (1982)
	Jean Charest, Premier of Québec (1958)
	Harry Partch, American composer (1901)
	Hugo Distler, German composer (1908)
	Craig Shergold, British internet folklore subject (1979)
	Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (1687)
	Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (1795)
	Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (1911)
	Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (1922)
	Robbie McEwen, Australian professional road bicycle racer (1972)
	George James Webb, English-born composer (1803)
	Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (1888)
	Peter Weller, American actor (1947)
	Jack Dempsey, American boxer (1895)
	Arthur Brown, English musician (1944)
	George Pataki, Governor of New York (1945)
	Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Guru of Siddha Yoga (1955)
	Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (1978)
	Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer (1987)
	François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (1774)
	Mick Fleetwood, musician (1942)
	John "Charlie" Whitney, English guitarist (1944)
	Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian singer (1969)
	Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (1908)
	David Rose, English composer and musician (1909)
	Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1927)
	Mercedes Lackey, American author (1950)
	Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player (1961)
	Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German guitarist (1967)
	St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (1542)
	Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (1813)
	Ivo Lill, Estonian artist (1953)
	Luis García, Spanish footballer (1978)
	Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (1485)
	Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss publicist (1694)
	Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, British field marshal (1850)
	Fred Hoyle, British astronomer and science fiction author (1915)
	Jeff Beck, English guitarist (1944)
	Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (1704)
	Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (1546)
	Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (1907)
	Joe Penny, English actor (1956)
	Glenn Medeiros, American singer and songwriter (1970)
	George Shiels, Northern Irish dramatist (1886)
	Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (1663)
	Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (1386)
	Robert Aickman, English author (1914)
	Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (1946)
	Solange Knowles, American actress and singer (1986)
	Garry Shider, American musician (1953)
	Claude Chabrol, French film director (1930)
	Billy Casper, American golfer (1931)
	Willard Richards, American religious leader (1804)
	John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340)
	Michele Lee, American actress (1942)
	Janez Lapajne, Slovenian film director (1967)
	Henry I of Hesse (1244)
	Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1883)
	Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (1532)
	Carl Diem, German Olympic official (1882)

Notable People That Died on June 24th

	Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (1519)
	Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1947)
	Matthew Thornton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (1803)
	Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (1520)
	Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (2005)
	Habib Dodo, the general secretary of the Communist Youth of Côte d'Ivoire (2004)
	Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter (2004)
	Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1908)
	Don Hutson, American athlete (1997)
	Tony Hancock, British comedian (1968)
	Jackie Gleason, American actor and musician (1987)
	John Hampden, English politician (1643)
	Walther Rathenau, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (1922)
	Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (2002)
	Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta (2003)
	Duke Frederick IV of Austria (1439)
	Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (1935)
	Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1817)
	Hongwu Emperor of China (1398)
	Archie Williams, American athlete (1993)
	Higbald of Lindisfarne (803)
	Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (1766)
	Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (1778)
	Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (1909)
	Vera Atkins, Romanian-born intelligence officer (2000)
	Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (1637)
	Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (1604)
	Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman (1894)