What happend on 24th June

23.06
25.06
2004

Habib Dodo, the general secretary of the Communist Youth of Côte d'Ivoire is assassinated by pro-government forces.

1999

The guitar with which Eric Clapton recorded Layla is sold at auction for $497,500.

1996

Michael Johnson breaks the world record in the 200 metres with a time of 19.66 seconds

1995

The New Jersey Devils sweep the Detroit Red Wings in four games in the 1995 NHL Stanley Cup finals.

1993

Yale computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses the sight in one eye, the hearing in one ear, and part of his right hand after receiving a mailbomb from the Unabomber.

1983

Sally Ride, first female American astronaut, returns to earth.

1981

For what would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years, the Humber Bridge, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, opens.

1975

An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashes at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York. 113 people die.

1974

The UPC label is used for the first time to ring up purchases at a supermarket.

1963

Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by the UK.