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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016

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  • Published Jun 23, 2016 3:26 pm KST
  • Updated Jun 23, 2016 3:26 pm KST

Today is Friday, June 24, the 177th day of 2016. There are 189 days left in the year.

1322 — Jews are expelled from France

1441 — Eton College founded by Henry VI

1497 — John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England

1509 — Henry VIII crowned King of England

1662 — Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day)

1778 — David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia

1793 — First republican constitution in France adopted

1813 — Battle of Beaver Dam-British & Indian forces defeat U.S. forces

1817 — First coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast