History of June 24

On June 24 the following events have occured in our world's history.

1314 - Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England
1314 - Scotland under King Robert I defeats England
1441 - Eton College founded by Henry VI
1497 - John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England
1509 - Henry VIII becomes King of England
1647 - Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council
1662 - Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day)
1778 - David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Phila
1817 - 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast
1861 - Tennessee becomes 11th (and last) state to secede from US
1901 - Jewish Natl Fund started
1908 - Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71
1930 - 1st radar detection of planes Anacostia DC
1936 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning
1947 - Flying Saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by Airline pilot Ken Arnold
1948 - Berlin Blockade & Berlin Airlift begin
1949 - Hopalong Cassidy becomes 1st network western
1949 - Cargo airlines 1st licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board
1963 - 1st demonstration of home video recorder - at BBC Studios - London
1970 - Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs
1975 - 113 killed in Eastern Boeing 727 crash at JFK
1977 - IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
1982 - Soyuz T-6 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 French) to Salyut 7 space station
1982 - Jean-Loup Chretien - first spacionaut - lifts off (Soyuz T-16)
1982 - Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat
1983 - 7th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 2 returns to Earth
1985 - 18th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 5 returns to Earth
1986 - Disputed Ala Dem Gov runoff lets Guy Hunt win (1st Repub in 112 yrs)
1986 - US Senate approves "tax reform"