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June 24:
 * 1692 - 江戸幕府が富くじ禁止令を出す.
 * 1804 - 間宮林蔵が宗谷海峡を探険.
 * 1864 - 幕府、神戸に海軍操練所を開く（頭取・勝海舟）が封切り.
 * 1931 - The Tokorozawa Army Flight School achieves its first successful mid-air refueling.
 * 1958 - Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupts, killing 12 and injuring 21.
 * 1985 - Singer Matsuda Seiko and actor Kanda Masaki are married. 35% of television viewers tune in to watch.
 * 1988 - It is reported that Recruit, a real estate and telecommunications company, sold shares of its subsidiary Recruit Cosmos Co. to a number of politicians before taking the stock public.

Births
 * 1661 - Hachisuka Tsunanori (d. 1730), daimyo
 * 1978 - Shunsuke Nakamura, footballer
 * 1985 - Yukina Shirakawa, model
 * 1987 - LiSA, singer-songwriter
 * 1991 - Rie Kitahara, actress and singer