WHAT HAPPENED ON 24. JUNE
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Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army. (24. June 1813)

The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain. (24. June 1821)

The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France. (24. June 1846)

Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy. (24. June 1859)

Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War. (24. June 1866)

First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. (24. June 1880)

Marie Francois Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio. (24. June 1894)

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation. (24. June 1902)

Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria. (24. June 1913)

Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract. (24. June 1916)

World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line. (24. June 1916)

First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. (24. June 1918)

A bloodless Revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand). (24. June 1932)

Pieces of a meteor, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. (24. June 1938)

Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Pibulsonggram, the country's third prime minister. (24. June 1939)

Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. (24. June 1947)

Start of the Berlin Blockade: the Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible. (24. June 1948)

The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd. (24. June 1949)

First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass – PAVN troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambushes G.M. 100 of France in An Khê. (24. June 1954)

In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. (24. June 1957)