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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/1939" title="1939">1939</a> – The first of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_cultural_mandates" title="Thai cultural mandates">Thai cultural mandates</a></b> was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand.</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/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – Following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre" title="1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre">1989 Tiananmen Square massacre</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Central_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party</a> appointed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Zemin" title="Jiang Zemin">Jiang Zemin</a></b> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party">general secretary</a> in place of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Ziyang" title="Zhao Ziyang">Zhao Ziyang</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Isner" title="John Isner">John Isner</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Mahut" title="Nicolas Mahut">Nicolas Mahut</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2010 Wimbledon Championships">the Wimbledon Championships</a>, concluding <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isner%E2%80%93Mahut_match_at_the_2010_Wimbledon_Championships" title="Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships">the longest match in tennis history</a></b>, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_de_Boyer,_Marquis_d%27Argens" title="Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens">Jean-Baptiste de Boyer</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1704); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapi%CA%BBolani" title="Kapiʻolani">Kapiʻolani</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1899); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_(Japanese_musician,_born_1987)" title="Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1987)">Lisa</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1987); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Aston" title="Mick Aston">Mick Aston</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2013)</p>
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