Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 24
Births
[edit]- 1842 - Ambrose Bierce, American author
- 1895 - Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)
- 1944 - Jeff Beck, English guitarist (Yardbirds) (d. 2023)
- 1945 - George Pataki, Governor of New York
- 1958 - Jean Charest, Premier of Québec
- 1967 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German guitarist (Rammstein)
- 1978 - Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer
- 1978 - Luis García, Spanish footballer
- 1987 - Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer
Deaths
[edit]- 1643 - John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
- 1908 - Grover Cleveland, (pictured) President of the United States (heart failure) (b. 1837)
- 1935 - Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash) (b. 1890)
- 1968 - Tony Hancock, British comedian (b. 1924)
- 1984 - Clarence Campbell, NHL president (b. 1905)
- 1987 - Jackie Gleason, American actor and A musician (b. 1916)