June 24, 1374 – An outbreak of St. Johns Dance caused people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion. 1497 – John Cabot landed in North America at Newfoundland. 1779 – The Great Siege of Gibraltar began. 1813 – A combined British and Indian force defeated the United States Army at the Battle of Beaver Dams. 1846 – The saxophone was patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France. 1916 – Mary Pickford became the 1st female film star to get a million dollar contract. 1916 – The Battle of the Somme began. More than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed. 1938 – Pieces of a meteor, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earths atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, PA. 1949 – The 1st TV Western, Hopalong Cassidy, was aired on NBC starring William Boyd. 1957 – In Roth v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment .
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