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简体中文 Historical Events on June 24
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1812
Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia.
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1939
Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
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1940
World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
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1957
In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
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1989
Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
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Famous Birthdays on June 24
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1911Juan Manuel Fangio
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1987Lionel Messi
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1988Micah Richards
Famous Deaths on June 24
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1398Hongwu Emperor
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1908Grover Cleveland
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1987Jackie Gleason
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2007Chris Benoit