MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013

Today is Monday, June 24, the 175th day of 2013. There are 190 days left in the year.

451 ― 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet

1314 ― Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England

1540 ― Henry VIII divorces his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves

1894 ― Decision to begin modern Olympics every four years

1930 ― First radar detection of planes, Anacostia, D.C.

1932 ― Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand

1947 ― Flying saucers sighted over Mt. Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold

1948 ― Soviet Union begins Berlin Blockade, so Berlin Airlift begins

1963 ― First demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London

1966 ― Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WWI