Today is Friday, June 24, the 175th day of 2011. There are 190 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight:
On June 24, 1314, the forces of Scotland’s King Robert I defeated the English in the Battle of Bannockburn.
On this date:
In 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.
In 1793, the first republican constitution in France was adopted.
In 1807, a grand jury in Richmond, Va., indicted former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor (he was acquitted).
In 1908, the 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States, Grover Cleveland, died in Princeton, N.J., at age 71.
In 1910, Italian automaker Alfa Romeo was founded in Milan.
In 1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II.
In 1975, 113 people were killed when an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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