History for June 24

History for June 24 - On-This-Day.com

Irving Kaufman 1910 - U.S. Supreme Court judge

• 1509 - Henry VIII was crowned King of England.
• 1675 - King Philip's War began when Indians massacre colonists at Swansee, Plymouth colony.
• 1896 - Booker T. Washington became the first African American to receive an honorary MA degree from Howard University.
• 1910 - The Japanese army invaded Korea.
• 1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pledged all possible support to the Soviet Union.
• 1947 - Kenneth Arnold reported seeing flying saucers over Mt. Rainier, Washington.
• 1948 - The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade.
• 1982 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that no president could be sued for damages connected with actions taken while serving as President of the United States.