Born:
Birkett Davenport Fry, Brigadier General Confederate Army
More Notable Birthdays on June 24:
1945 - George Pataki, American Politician
1944 - Jeff Beck, born in Surrey, England, singer/guitarist, Jeff Beck Group
1915 - Fred Hoyle, cosmologist, proposed steady-state universe theory
1895 - Jack Dempsey, born in Manassa, Colorado, 'Manassa Mauler', heavyweight boxing champion, 1919 - 1926
1842 - Ambrose Bierce, U.S., satirist, Devil's Dictionary
