Today is Wednesday, June 24, the 175th day of 2015. There are 190 days left in the year.
1314 — Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England
1540 — Henry VIII divorces his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves
1662 — Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day)
1793 — First republican constitution in France adopted
1894 — Decision to begin modern Olympics every four years
1915 — 800 die as excursion steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago
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 WW I
1982 — Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat
1983 — Don Sutton becomes eighth pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters