June 24
People born on this day are Cancer.
- 1982
"The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 009 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
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Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
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A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four.
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Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
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In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
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At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
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Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
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Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.
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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
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The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside.
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The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.
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Two earthquakes strike Venezuela, leaving more than 2,200 people dead and dozens of others missing.
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2000Nehuén Pérez, Argentine footballer
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1999Darwin Núñez, Uruguayan footballer
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1998Federico Gatti, Italian footballer
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1998Pierre-Luc Dubois, Canadian ice hockey player
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1996Duki, Argentine rapper
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1992David Alaba, Austrian footballer
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1991Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player
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1990Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
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1990Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer
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1989Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner
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1988Micah Richards, English footballer
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1988Nichkhun, Thai-American singer and actor
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