WHAT HAPPENED ON 24. JUNE
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The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government. (24. June 1963)

The worst caving disaster in British history takes six lives at Mossdale Caverns. (24. June 1967)

The Humber Bridge is opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years. (24. June 1981)

"The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines. (24. June 1982)

"Rugby World Cup final": South Africa defeats New Zealand, Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb-Ellis trophy in an iconic post-apartheid moment. (24. June 1995)

The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history. (24. June 2002)

In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional. (24. June 2004)

John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history. (24. June 2010)

The last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies. (24. June 2012)