TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

June 24, 1947

What’s regarded as the first modern UFO sighting took place as private pilot Kenneth Arnold, an Idaho businessman, reported seeing nine silvery objects flying in a “weaving formation” near Mount Rainier in Washington.

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1497

The first recorded sighting of North America by a European took place as explorer John Cabot spotted land, probably in present-day Canada.

1509

Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.

1793

The first republican constitution in France was adopted.

1807

A grand jury in Richmond, Virginia, indicted former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor.

1908

Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, died in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 71.