June 24 - The Day in History

June 24 : General Interest 1997: U.S. Air Force reports on Roswell On this day in 1997, U.S. Air Force officials release a 231-page report dismissing long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico, almost exactly 50 years earlier... read more American Revolution 1803 : New Hampshire Patriot Matthew Thornton dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-hampshire-patriot-matthew-thornton-dies Automotive 1966 : Senate passes landmark auto safety bill http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/senate-passes-landmark-auto-safety-bill Civil War 1862 : Lincoln consults Winfield Scott http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-consults-winfield-scott Cold War 1948 : Soviets blockade West Berlin http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-blockade-west-berlin Crime 1993 : Mail bomb kills Yale professor http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mail-bomb-kills-yale-professor Disaster 1975 : Eastern Flight 66 crashes at J.F.K. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eastern-flight-66-crashes-at-jfk General Interest 1675 : King Philip's War begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-philips-war-begins 1812 : Napoleon's Grande Armee invades Russia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/napoleons-igrande-armeei-invades-russia 1901 : Picasso exhibited in Paris http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/picasso-exhibited-in-paris 1973 : Eamon de Valera resigns http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eamon-de-valera-resigns Hollywood 2005 : Tom Cruise raises eyebrows http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tom-cruise-raises-eyebrows Literary 1935 : Pete Hamill is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pete-hamill-is-born Music 1997 : Disney pulls album on release day http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/disney-pulls-album-on-release-day Old West 1864 : Colorado Governor orders Indians to Sand Creek http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/colorado-governor-orders-indians-to-sand-creek Presidential 1885 : Woodrow Wilson marries Ellen Axson in Savannah, Georgia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woodrow-wilson-marries-ellen-axson-in-savannah-georgia 1953 : Jacqueline Bouvier and Senator John F. Kennedy announce engagement http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jacqueline-bouvier-and-senator-john-f-kennedy-announce-engagement Sports 1995 : Mandela cheers on South African rugby team http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mandela-cheers-on-south-african-rugby-team Vietnam War 1970 : Senate repeals Tonkin Gulf Resolution http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/senate-repeals-tonkin-gulf-resolution 1973 : Martin becomes the U.S. ambassador in Saigon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martin-becomes-the-us-ambassador-in-saigon World War I 1915 : First operational flight of new German fighter plane http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-operational-flight-of-new-german-fighter-plane World War II 1945 : Russians enjoy a victory parade http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russians-enjoy-a-victory-parade

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