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Today in History: June 24
0217 Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal destroy a Roman army under consul Gaius Flaminius in a battle at Lake Trasimene in central Italy.

1509 Henry VIII is crowned King of England.

1812 Napoleon crosses the Neman River and invades Russia.

1941 President Franklin Roosevelt pledges all possible support to the Soviet Union.

1948 The Soviet Union begins the Berlin Blockade, America responds with the Berlin Airlift.

1953 John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier announce their engagement.

1964 The Federal Trade Commission announces that, starting in 1965, cigarette makers must include warning labels about the harmful effects of smoking.

1970 The U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Born on June 24
1895Jack Dempsey, American boxer and world heavyweight champion.

1916 John Ciardi, poet.

JOTD
A man who killed 16 people in a car accident is in the court

The judge asks him to tell exactly what happened. The guy starts calmly.
- Well, I was driving my truck down the road but my brakes failed. In front of me there were two choices: On the left there was an old guy who was crossing the road and on the right there was a crowded bus stop. So i decided it was better to run over the old guy.
The judge asks: "So how come you killed 16 people?"
The driver says: "The old bastard started running to the bus stop"