June 24
St. John’s Day
Midsummer Day
1692 In Jamaica the city of Kingston is established
1717 The Freemasons meet for the first time.
1880 O Canada is sung for the first time on St Jean Baptiste Day
1901 Pablo Picasso has his first art exhibition
1947 UFO’s are spotted over Rainier Mountain
1981 For Your Eyes Only the 12th in the James Bond film franchise premieres in London, England
1992 John Gotti starts his life sentence in United States Penitentiary, Marion
1995 The New Jersey Devils win Lord Stanley Cup sweeping the Detroit Red Wings
1997 WEEN release the album The Mollusk
2001 Edge pins Kurt Angle and becomes King of the Ring
2006 The film premier of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest starring Johnny Depp
Happy Birthday
1893 Roy O. Disney co-founder of the The Walt Disney Company
1944 Jeff Beck musician
1949 John IIIsley bass player in the band Dire Straits
1961 Bernie Nicholls former NHL hockey player played with the LA Kings
1966 Hope Sandoval singer the the band Mazzy Star
1967 Jeff Cease in the band Black Crows
1978 Layla WWE superstar
1980 Minka Kelly actress
Sources
http://www.noiseaddicts.com/today-in-music-history/?history_day=24&history_month=6
