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Historical Events
on June 24th
- Lead Story
- U.S. Air Force reports on Roswell,1997
- American Revolution
- New Hampshire Patriot Matthew Thornton dies,1803
- Automotive
- Senate passes landmark auto safety bill,1966
- Civil War
- Lincoln consults Winfield Scott,1862
- Cold War
- Soviets blockade West Berlin,1948
- Crime
- Mail bomb kills Yale professor,1993
- Disaster
- Eastern Flight 66 crashes at J.F.K.,1975
- General Interest
- King Philip's War begins,1675
- Napoleon's Grande Armee invades Russia,1812
- Picasso exhibited in Paris,1901
- Eamon de Valera resigns,1973
- Hollywood
- Tom Cruise raises eyebrows,2005
- Literary
- Pete Hamill is born,1935
- Music
- Disney pulls album on release day,1997
- Old West
- Colorado Governor orders Indians to Sand Creek,1864
- Presidential
- Woodrow Wilson marries Ellen Axson in Savannah, Georgia,1885
- Jacqueline Bouvier and Senator John F. Kennedy announce engagement,1953
- Sports
- Mandela cheers on South African rugby team,1995
- Vietnam War
- Senate repeals Tonkin Gulf Resolution,1970
- Martin becomes the U.S. ambassador in Saigon,1973
- World War I
- First operational flight of new German fighter plane,1915
- World War II
- Russians enjoy a victory parade,1945
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