What historical events happened in June 24?

Question

Im trying to find interesting things to put in me son's baby book. I have a scheduled c-section on June 24th.

Answer 1

1314: In the Battle of Bannockburn, the decisive victory for Scottish independence, forces led by Robert Bruce, king of Scotland, defeat the troops of English king Edward II.

1497: An English expedition led by John Cabot makes the first recorded sighting of North America by a European, landing at what may have been Cape Breton Island.

Learn more about John Cabot.

1901: Painter Pablo Picasso has his first exhibit in Paris, at the age of 19.

Learn more about Pablo Picasso.

1922: German nationalists assassinate foreign minister Walther Rathenau, a German Jew, in response to his policy of paying reparations for Germany's role in World War I.

1947: An American pilot reports seeing objects he describes as "saucers" flying near Mount Rainier in Washington, leading to the popular term "flying saucers."

Learn more about Unidentified Flying Objects.

1964: The Federal Trade Commission requires that a message be placed on all cigarette packages that warns consumers that cigarette smoking is dangerous to their health.

Learn more about Smoking.





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Answer 2

here's some info on American History:

memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun24.html