History for June 24

History for June 24 - On-This-Day.com
E.I. Du Pont (Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours) 1771 - Chemist, industrialist, Ambrose Bierce 1842 - Journalist, editorialist, Norman Cousins 1915 - Journalist, author


Al Molinaro 1919 - Actor ("Happy Days"), Michele Lee 1942 - Actress ("Knots Landing"), singer, dancer, Nancy Allen 1950 - Actress


1497 - Italian explorer John Cabot, sailing in the service of England, landed in North America on what is now Newfoundland.


1509 - Henry VIII was crowned King of England.


1675 - King Philip's War began when Indians massacre colonists at Swansee, Plymouth colony.


1844 - Charles Goodyear was granted U.S. patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber.


1896 - Booker T. Washington became the first African American to receive an honorary MA degree from Howard University.


1922 - The American Professional Football Association took the name of The National Football League.


1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pledged all possible support to the Soviet Union.


1948 - The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade.