Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 24

Births

 * 1842 - Ambrose Bierce, American author
 * 1895 - Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)
 * 1944 - Jeff Beck, English guitarist (Yardbirds) (d. 2023)
 * 1945 - George Pataki, Governor of New York
 * 1958 - Jean Charest, Premier of Québec
 * 1967 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German guitarist (Rammstein)
 * 1978 - Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer
 * 1978 - Luis García, Spanish footballer
 * 1987 - Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer

Deaths

 * 1643 - John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
 * 1908 - Grover Cleveland, (pictured) President of the United States (heart failure) (b. 1837)
 * 1935 - Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash) (b. 1890)
 * 1968 - Tony Hancock, British comedian (b. 1924)
 * 1984 - Clarence Campbell, NHL president (b. 1905)
 * 1987 - Jackie Gleason, American actor and A musician (b. 1916)

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