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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_24" title="June 24">June 24</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1374" title="1374">1374</a> – An outbreak of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania" title="Dancing mania">dancing mania</a></b>, in which crowds of people danced themselves to exhaustion, began in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Imperial_City_of_Aachen" title="Free Imperial City of Aachen">Aachen</a> (in present-day Germany) before spreading to other parts of Europe.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1717" title="1717">1717</a> – The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Lodge" title="Grand Lodge">Grand Lodge</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry">Freemasonry</a>, the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_Grand_Lodge_of_England" title="Premier Grand Lodge of England">Premier Grand Lodge of England</a></b>, was founded in London.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880" title="1880">1880</a> – "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Canada" title="O Canada">O Canada</a></b>", the present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> of Canada, was first performed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a> during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste_Day" title="Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day">Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day</a> banquet.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – Amid racial tensions, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> military police <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bamber_Bridge" title="Battle of Bamber Bridge">shot and killed a black serviceman</a></b> after a confrontation at a pub in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamber_Bridge" title="Bamber Bridge">Bamber Bridge</a>, England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Julia Gillard</a></b> was sworn in as the first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">prime minister of Australia</a> after incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a> declined to contest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="2010 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">a leadership spill</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor Party</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Arnold_(settler)" title="William Arnold (settler)">William Arnold</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1587); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Thornton" title="Matthew Thornton">Matthew Thornton</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1803); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lloyd_Cruz" title="John Lloyd Cruz">John Lloyd Cruz</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1983); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_(musician)" title="Rodrigo (musician)">Rodrigo</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2000)</p>
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