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