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June 24 Julia Gillard 1374 – An outbreak of dancing mania, in which crowds of people danced themselves to exhaustion, began in Aachen (in present-day Germany) before spreading to other parts of Europe. 1717 – The first Grand Lodge of Freemasonry, the Premier Grand Lodge of England, was founded in London. 1724 – On the Feast of St. John the Baptist, Bach led the first performance of Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7, the third cantata of his chorale cantata cycle. 1943 – Amid racial tensions, U.S. Army military police shot and killed a black serviceman after a confrontation at a pub in Bamber Bridge, England. 2010 – Julia Gillard (pictured) was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd declined to contest a leadership spill in the Labor Party. William Arnold (b. 1587) Matthew Thornton (d. 1803) John Lloyd Cruz (b. 1983) Rodrigo (d. 2000) More anniversaries: June 23 June 24 June 25