AP Highlight in History

歷史上的今天 6月24日

June 24th, 1948. An early Cold War crisis as the Soviet Union cuts off all land and water routes between West Germany and what’s then West Berlin. It’s an attempt to force the United States and its western allies to abandon the city amid Soviet expansion across Eastern Europe. But the US and its allies organize a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin, and the blockade ends the next year.

1895. Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight boxing champ and a sports icon during the early 20th century, is born in Manassa, Colorado.

And 1987. You haven't got any sense of humor." Oh, yes, I do. I married you, didn't I?"

Comedian and actor Jackie Gleason, known as the Great One, dies at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Gleason, star of the early TV classic sitcom The Honeymooners, was 71.

Today in History, June 24th. Carload Bradley, the Associated Press.