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24 June
Contemporary era
1948
The Berlin Blockade begins
On 24 June 1948, the USSR cut off land access to West Berlin, triggering one of the first major crises of the Cold War.
The Allies responded with a vast airlift that supplied the city for nearly a year. Moscow lifted the blockade in May 1949.
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- Encyclopaedia Berlin blockade - Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica, entree Berlin blockade. 5/5
- Academic The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 - Office of the Historian (US Dept of State) U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. 5/5
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Contemporary era
1859
The Battle of Solferino
On 24 June 1859, near Solferino, the Franco-Sardinian armies defeated the Austrian army in an exceptionally bloody clash.
Shocked by the abandoned wounded, the Genevan Henry Dunant wrote 'A Memory of Solferino', the seed of the founding of the Red Cross in 1863.
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- Academic Henry Dunant - The Nobel Prize NobelPrize.org, Henry Dunant. 5/5
- Encyclopaedia Battle of Solferino - Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica, entree Battle of Solferino. 5/5
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From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
1340
The Battle of Sluys
On 24 June 1340, Edward III's English fleet crushed the French fleet off Sluys in Flanders, in the first major battle of the Hundred Years' War.
The victory gave England control of the Channel and removed the threat of invasion. English longbowmen played a decisive part in a nine-hour engagement.
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- Encyclopaedia Battle of Sluys - Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica, entree Battle of Sluys. 5/5
- Encyclopaedia Battle of Sluys - Wikipedia Wikipedia, Battle of Sluys. 4/5
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