Daily Calendar for Sunday, June 24, 2029

Name: Daily Almanac Features
Start: 2029-06-24T00:00:00
End: 2029-06-24T23:59:59

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Lucrezia Borgia (Duchess of Ferrara) – 1519
Grover Cleveland (22nd & 24th U.S. president) – 1908
Sarah Orne Jewett (writer) – 1909
Jackie Gleason (actor & comedian) – 1987
Esther Rome (author) – 1995
Brian Keith (actor) – 1997
David Tomlinson (actor) – 2000
Richard Pough (founder of the Nature Conservancy. Pough wrote a series of Audubon guides on birds. He was also one of the first to warn of the dangers of DDT and helped to get a law banning the sale of wild-bird feathers.) – 2003
Eli Wallach (actor) – 2014

Battle of Bannockburn—Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce beat Edward II of England. Scotland regained its independence – 1314
John Cabot landed on North American soil – 1497
Henry VIII crowned King of England – 1509
Canada’s national anthem, O Canada, was first performed, at a banquet in Quebec City, Quebec. The original lyrics were in French. English versions didn’t appear until the early 1900s. – 1880
9 UFOs reported, Mt. Rainier, Washington – 1947
The guitar Eric Clapton used to record the song, Layla, sold at auction for $497,500 – 1999
Eric Clapton’s favorite guitar fetched $959,500 at auction, easily eclipsing the record set by the sale of another guitar by the legendary rock musician on this day in 1999 – 2004
John Isner of the U.S. defeated Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon in the longest tennis match to date (11 hours and 5 minutes) – 2010
Rusty, a red panda, was found exploring a nearby neighborhood after he had disappeared from the The Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., overnight. – 2013
The Florida Panthers won the NHL championship Stanley Cup for the first time in the franchise’s history – 2024

Pablo Picasso’s first major art exhibition opens in Paris, France – 1901
While on an Arctic expedition, Admiral Robert Peary reported seeing a large mountainous landmass off the coast. He named it Crocker Land, but later expeditions proved that it was a mirage. – 1906
6.54” of rain fell in Brooklyn, New York City – 1962
The Mount Rainier National Park ranger station in Washington reported 4.4 inches of snow, bringing the season total to 1,122 inches – 1972
Light snow flurries in northern Manitoba – 2005