What happend on 24th June

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25.06
1957

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.

1948

Start of the Berlin Blockade. The Soviet Union makes overland travel between the West with West Berlin impossible.

1947

First known sighting of UFOs: Kenneth Arnold, flying over Washington, notices nine luminous disks in the form of saucers.

1946

Georges Bidault becomes Prime Minister of France

1945

The U.S.S.R. capture the Free Republic of Schwarzenberg.

1941

Government of briefly independent Lithuania conducts its first meeting under prime minister Juozas Ambrazevičius

1940

France and Italy sign an armistice.

1932

A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (Thailand).

1918

First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.

1916

Mary Pickford becomes first film star to get million dollar contract.