Discover what happened on June 24 in history, featuring major moments in technology, sports, law, entertainment, and notable events connected to Michigan history.
What Happened on June 24 in History?
Important events on this day include the National Football League officially receiving its name, Apple releasing the iPhone 4, the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, and the first recorded UFO sighting that launched America’s flying saucer craze.
JUNE 24 – TODAY IN HISTORY:
1844 – Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for vulcanized rubber.
1896 – Booker T. Washington became the first African American to receive an honorary MA degree from Howard University.
1905 – Nick Fink Jr. of Comstock Park, MI escaped serious injury when he made the first area airplane flight. His home-built pedal plane crashed into a telephone pole.
1916 – Mary Pickford became the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
1922 – The American Professional Football Association took the name of The National Football League.
1933 – A reconstructed Fort Michilimackinac opened to the public in Mackinaw City, MI.
1940 – TV cameras were used for the first time in a political convention as the Republican party convened in Philadelphia, PA.
1947 – Kenneth Arnold reported seeing flying saucers over Mt. Rainier, WA.
1949 – The first television western, “Hopalong Cassidy”, was aired on NBC, starring William Boyd.
1953 – John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier announced their engagement.
1957 – In Roth vs. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
1962 – The New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers, 9-7, after 22 innings.
1964 – The Federal Trade Commission announced that starting in 1965, cigarette manufactures would be required to include warnings about the harmful effects of smoking on their packaging.
1971 – The National Basketball Association modified its four-year eligibility rule to allow for collegiate hardship cases.
1982 – The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that no President could be sued for damages connected with actions taken while serving as President of the United States.
1986 – The Empire State Building was designated a National Historic Landmark.
1987 – The Mel Brooks spoof film “Spaceballs” premiered in theaters.
1997 – The U.S. Air Force released a report titled “The Roswell Report, Case Closed” that dismissed the claims that an alien spacecraft had crashed in Roswell, NM, in 1947. The report suggested that the alien bodies witnesses in reported seeing were actually life-sized dummies.
1998 – AT&T Corp. struck a deal to buy cable TV giant Tele-Communications Inc. for $31.7 billion.
1998 – Walt Disney World Resort admitted its 600-millionth guest.
2001 – It was announced that Kelsey Grammer would earn an all-time TV record salary of $1.6 million per episode for “Frasier”.
2002 – The Supreme Court ruled that juries, not judges, must make the decision to give a convicted killer the death penalty.
2005 – The movie “March of the Penquins” premiered in theaters.
2007 – Paris Hilton was sprung from jail after serving 23 days of her original 45-day sentence for probation violation.
2010 – Apple released the iPhone 4.
2021 – In Surfside, Florida, the Champlain Towers South condominium partially collapsed, killing 98 people inside.
2022 – The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, holding that there was no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. Abortion rights would be determined by the states.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS ON JUNE 24:
Oswald Veblen – 146 years old (1880) – Mathematician and academic (g. 1960)
Terry Riley – 91 years old (1935) – Composer and educator
Charlie Dees – 91 years old (1935) – Baseball player
Anita Desai – 89 years old (1937) – Indian-American author and academic
Lawrence Block – 88 years old (1938) – Author
Judy Olson Duhamel – 87 years old (1939) – Politician and educator
Michele Lee – 84 years old (1942) – Actress and singer
Kathryn Lasky – 82 years old (1944) – Author
George Pataki – 81 years old (1945) – Lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of New York
Robert Reich – 80 years old (1946) – Economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor
Mick Fleetwood – 79 years old (1947) – English-American drummer
Peter Weller – 79 years old (1947) – Actor and director
Nancy Allen – 76 years old (1950) – Actress
Mercedes Lackey – 76 years old (1950) – Author
William E. Moerner – 73 years old (1953) – Chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
Loren Roberts – 71 years old (1955) – Golfer
Mark Parkinson – 69 years old (1957) – Lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
John Tortorella – 68 years old (1958) – Ice hockey player and coach
Siedah Garrett – 66 years old (1960) – Singer-songwriter and pianist
Ralph E. Reed – 65 years old (1961) – Jr. , American journalist and activist
Preki – 63 years old (1963) – Serbian-American soccer player and coach
Gary Suter – 62 years old (1964) – Ice hockey player and scout
Hope Sandoval – 60 years old (1966) – Singer-songwriter and musician
Alaa Abdelnaby – 58 years old (1968) – Egyptian-American basketball player and sportscaster
Glenn Medeiros – 56 years old (1970) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist
Chris Guccione – 52 years old (1974) – Baseball player and umpire
Brock Olivo – 50 years old (1976) – Football player and coach
Ariel Pink – 48 years old (1978) – Singer-songwriter
Mindy Kaling – 47 years old (1979) – Actress and producer
Minka Kelly – 46 years old (1980) – Actress
JJ Redick – 42 years old (1984) – Basketball player and coach
Phil Hughes – 40 years old (1986) – Baseball player
Solange Knowles – 40 years old (1986) – Singer-songwriter and actress
Nichkhun – 38 years old (1988) – Thai-American singer and actor
DAYS OF THE YEAR FOR JUNE 24:
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