June 24

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June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining.

Events

1314 - Battle of Bannockburn. Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce beat Edward II of England. Scotland regains its independence.
1441 - Eton College founded.
1497 - John Cabot lands on North America, either at Newfoundland or Cape Breton; first European discovery of the region since the Vikings.
1509 - Henry VIII crowned King of England.
1534 - Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island.
1535 - The Anabaptist state of [[M�nster]] is conquered and disbanded.
1597 - The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java).
1662 - Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macao.
1664 - The colony of New Jersey is founded.
1692 - Kingston, Jamaica founded.
1793 - First republican constitution in France adopted.
1812 - Napoleon invades Russia.
1859 - Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns). Sardinia and France defeat Austria in northern Italy.
1861 - Tennessee becomes the 11th and last state to secede from the US.
1880 - First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congr�s national des Canadiens-Fran�ais.
1894 - The International Olympic Committee decides to hold the Olympic Games every four years.
1901 - First exhibition of Pablo Picasso's work opens.
1913 - Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
1915 - The steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago. 800 people die.
1916 - Mary Pickford becomes first film star to get million dollar contract.
1918 - First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
1932 - A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (Thailand).
1940 - France and Italy sign an armistice.
1941 - The Germans capture Vilna, Brest-Litovsk, and Kaunas.
1946 - Georges Bidault becomes Prime Minister of France
1948 - Start of the Berlin Blockade. The Soviet Union makes overland travel between the West with West Berlin impossible.
1963 - Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by the UK.
1975 - An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashes at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York. 113 people die.
1983 - Sally Ride, first female American astronaut, returns to earth.