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  • 24th June 1509
    Henry VIII is crowned King of England.

  • 24th June 1916
    Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.

  • 24th June 1932
    American track and field athlete Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias wins her first of 41 career LPGA titles.

  • 24th June 1947
    The Diary of Anne Frank is published in the United States.

  • 24th June 1949
    The first television western, "Hopalong Cassidy," airs on NBC starring William Boyd.

  • 24th June 1955
    Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" is released.

  • 24th June 1970
    Arkansas native and basketball player Sidney Moncrief is born in Little Rock, Arkansas.

  • 24th June 1988
    James Hansen testifies to the Senate that global warming is a real phenomenon.

  • 24th June 1993
    Arkansas native Billy Bob Thornton's "One False Move" is released, marking a breakthrough in his career as an actor and screenwriter.

  • 24th June 1997
    U.S. Air Force officials release a 231-page report dismissing long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico.

  • 24th June 2003
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, is published worldwide.

  • 24th June 2004
    Arkansas native Johnny Cash's "American IV: The Man Comes Around" album is certified gold.

  • 24th June 2010
    Arkansas native Bill Clinton dedicates the Clinton Presidential Park Bridge, formerly the Rock Island Railroad Bridge, over the Arkansas River.

  • 24th June 2015
    The U.S. Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples have the constitutional right to marry nationwide.

  • 24th June 2018
    Arkansas native Brooks Koepka wins the U.S. Open golf championship for the second consecutive year.

  • 24th June 2019
    Arkansas native Ben Hicks is named to the Davey O'Brien Award watch list, recognizing the best college football quarterback in the country.

  • 24th June 2020
    Arkansas native and country music star Justin Moore releases his chart-topping album "Live at the Ryman."

  • 24th June 2021
    Arkansas native and football player Trey Flowers returns to Detroit to launch a football camp.

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