Historical Events for 24th June 2026

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1396 - Crusaders under Earl of Nevers reach Vienna
1472 - Byzantine princess Sophia Palaiologina departs Rome with a large entourage for Moscow to marry Ivan III
1497 - John Cabot claims parts of North America for England in what is now Eastern Canada, believing he has found Asia in Newfoundland
1894 - Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated in Lyon by Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio
1968 - Australia all out for 78 v England at Lord's
1970 - Bobby Murcer ties record of four consecutive home runs
2004 - Christie’s Auction House in New York City conducts sale of 80 of Eric Clapton and friends' guitars to benefit Crossroads Centre at Antigua, a drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation facility he co-founded in 1997, raising over $5M; "Blackie", a 1956-57 composite Fender Stratocaster used as his primary instrument form the mid 70s until 1985 sells for a then record $959,500
2020 - NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announces people arriving from nine states hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic will have to isolate for two weeks

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