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On This Day In History for June 24, 2020
This is the 176th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 190 days remaining in 2020.
- It was on this date in 109, that Roman emperor Trajan inaugurated the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Rome.
- June 24, 1374, 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.
- Also today in 1497, John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
- June 24, 1604, Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
- That same date in 1717, The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
- Also today in 1916, Mary Pickford became the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
- It was on this date in 1918, that First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
- It was 82 years ago today, that Pieces of a meteorite landed near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth’s atmosphere and exploded.
- It was on this date in 1947, that Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
- On June 24, 1949, The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, aired on NBC.
- That same date in 1981, The Humber Bridge opened to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world’s longest bridge span for 17 years.
- On June 24, 2012, Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, born on this date in 1771.
- American inventor, Thomas Blanchard was born 232 years ago today.
- Born June 24, 1852, German bacteriologist and academic Friedrich Loeffler.
- American mathematician and academic (g. 1960), Oswald Veblen is 140 today.
- Victor Francis Hess, the Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 137 years ago today.
- American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company, Roy O. Disney was born 127 years ago today.
- Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer was born on that same date in 1900.
- William Penney, the Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist was born 111 years ago today.
- Argentinian physicist and academic, Ernesto Sabato, born on this date in 1911.
- Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author was born on that same date in 1915.
- Born June 24, 1917, English cryptanalyst and numismatist Joan Clarke.
- Al Molinaro, the American actor was born 101 years ago today.
- Born June 24, 1924, Scottish astronomer and academic Archie Roy.
- Martin Lewis Perl, the American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate was born 93 years ago today.
- Also turning 91 today is American astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker.
- English-American drummer, Mick Fleetwood, born on this date in 1942.
- American colonel, engineer, and astronaut, Ellison Onizuka was born 74 years ago today.
- Also born on that same date in 1947, American actor and director, Peter Weller.
- Also turning 67 today is American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate William E. Moerner.
Listener Birthdays (June 24-30)
- 25 – Mark Sheppard (Wichita, Kansas) Born 1957
- 25 – Jim Guckin from Philadelphia, Pa
- 26 – Patrick Norton
- 26 – Daughter of Will The Computer Guy
- 27 – Jordan Burkhead, daughter of Chip Burkhead from The Scotchcast
- 29 – Martin McKeay (Accch, this is the Big 40!)
- 30 – Alexis Duran (ADdude)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 24, 2020
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News
- Astronomers find the first known regular pattern of fast radio bursts | Engadget
- SpaceX Starship: stunning image shows how it may deploy 240 Starlink craft
- NASA confident Mars 2020 will launch on schedule – SpaceNews.com
- There Are At Least 36 Intelligent Alien Civilizations In Our Galaxy, Say Scientists
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