| 1314 |
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Scottish forces, led by Robert the Bruce, win an overwhelming victory against English King Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn. |
| 1340 |
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The English fleet defeats the French fleet at Sluys, off the Flemish coast. |
| 1497 |
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Explorer John Cabot lands in North America in present-day Canada. |
| 1509 |
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Henry VIII is crowned King of England. |
| 1664 |
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The colony of New Jersey, named after the Isle of Jersey, is founded. |
| 1647 |
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Margaret Brent, demands a voice and a vote for herself in the Maryland colonial assembly. |
| 1675 |
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King Philip’s War begins. |
| 1812 |
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Napoleon crosses the Nieman River and invades Russia. |
| 1859 |
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At the Battle of Solferino, also known as the Battle of the Three Sovereigns, the French army, led by Napoleon III, defeats the Austrian army under Franz Joseph I. |
| 1861 |
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Federal gunboats attack Confederate batteries at Mathias Point, Virginia. |
| 1862 |
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U.S. intervention saves the British and French at the Dagu forts in China. |
| 1896 |
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Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to receive an honorary MA degree from Harvard University. |
| 1910 |
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The Japanese army invades Korea. |
| 1913 |
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Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria following border disputes over Macedonia and Thrace. |
| 1931 |
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The Soviet Union and Afghanistan sign a treaty of neutrality. |
| 1940 |
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France signs an armistice with Italy. |
| 1941 |
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President Franklin Roosevelt pledges all possible support to the Soviet Union. |
| 1943 |
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Royal Air Force Bombers hammer Muelheim, Germany, in a drive to cripple the Ruhr industrial base. |
| 1948 |
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The Soviet Union begins the Berlin Blockade, America responds with the Berlin Airlift. |
| 1953 |
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John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier announce their engagement. |
| 1955 |
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Soviet MIG’s down a U.S. Navy patrol plane over the Bering Strait. |
| 1964 |
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The Federal Trade Commission announces that, starting in 1965, cigarette makers must include warning labels about the harmful effects of smoking. |
| 1970 |
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The U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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Born on June 24 |
| 1813 |
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Henry Ward Beecher, clergyman. |
| 1842 |
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Ambrose Bierce, American writer and satirist (The Friend’s Delight, The Devil’s Dictionary). |
| 1848 |
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Brooks Adams, American historian, son of Charles Francis Adams (The Law of Civilization and Decay). |
| 1883 |
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Victor Francis Hess, physicist. |
| 1895 |
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Jack Dempsey, American boxer and world heavyweight champion. |
| 1901 |
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Harry Partch, composer. |
| 1912 |
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Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review. |
| 1915 |
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Fred Hoyle, British mathematician and astronomer. |
| 1916 |
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John Ciardi, poet. |
| 1930 |
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Claude Chabrol, French film director (The Cousins, Madame Bovary). |
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