Friday, June 24, 2022

History for June 24

History for June 24 - On-This-Day.com
Irving Kaufman 1910 - U.S. Supreme Court judge
  • 1314 - Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce won over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland.
  • 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.
  • 1910 - The Japanese army invaded Korea.
  • 1948 - The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade.
  • 1997 - The U.S. Air Force released a report titled "The Roswell Report, Case Closed" that dismissed the claims that an alien spacecraft had crashed in Roswell, NM, in 1947.

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