** Johnstown Flood: The South Fork Dam collapses in western Pennsylvania, killing more than 2, 200 people in and around Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

** Johnstown Flood, one of the worst flood disasters in US history

** CDOT map of the Town of Johnstown

** Johnstown ( community ), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

** Johnstown Center, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

** WWCP-TV Johnstown, Pennsylvania

** 1939: Johnstown

** 1939: Johnstown

** Order 2002-9-23 ( October 1, 2002 ): selecting Colgan Air, Inc., to provide subsidized Essential Air Service ( EAS ) at Altoona and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for a two-year period at a combined annual subsidy rate of $ 847, 576.

** Order 2005-4-9 ( April 8, 2005 ): reselects Colgan Air, Inc., d / b / a U. S. Airways Express, to continue providing essential air service ( EAS ) at Altoona and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for a two-year period, and establishes a combined subsidy rate of $ 1, 358, 551 per year for service consisting of 18 nonstop round trips each week between Altoona and Washington ( Dulles ), and 18 nonstop round trips each week between Johnstown and Pittsburgh, with 19-seat Beech 1900D aircraft.

** Order 2007-2-17 ( February 16, 2007 ): selecting Colgan Air Inc., d / b / a US Airways Express, to continue providing essential air service ( EAS ) at Altoona consisting of 18 weekly nonstop round trips to Washington Dulles, and at Johnstown consisting of 18 weekly nonstop round trips to Pittsburgh.

** Order 2008-6-10 ( June 10, 2008 ): re-selecting Colgan Air, Inc. d / b / a United Express, to provide subsidized essential air service ( EAS ) at Altoona and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, at a total annual subsidy rate of $ 2, 788, 845, for the period from of June 15, 2008, through June 30, 2010.

** Order 2010-5-10 ( May 10, 2010 ): selecting Colgan Air Inc., operating as United Express, to provide essential air service ( EAS ) at Altoona and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for a combined annual subsidy of $ 3, 348, 294, for the two-year period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012.

** Ninety-Day Notice ( March 8, 2012 ): from Colgan Airlines, Inc. of termination of Essential Air Service at Altoona, Pennsylvania, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania

** Order 2012-3-14 ( March 23, 2012: prohibits Colgan Airlines, Inc. d / b / a United Airlines Express, from terminating service at Altoona and Johnstown, PA ; Victoria, TX ; Staunton, VA ; and Beckley, Clarksburg / Fairmont, and Morgantown, WV, for 30 days beyond the end of the 90-day notice period, i. e. July 8, 2012.

** Order 2012-4-30 ( April 26, 2012 ): selecting Silver Airways, formerly Gulfstream International Airways, to provide Essential Air Service ( EAS ) at Altoona and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to Washington Dulles International Airport, for a combined annual subsidy of $ 3, 997, 187. 1 Service to be provided will be 18 weekly nonstop and one-stop round trips over an Altoona-Johnstown-Washington Dulles or Johnstown-Altoona-Washington Dulles routing using 34-seat Saab 340 aircraft for the two-year period beginning when the carrier begins full EAS at both communities.

** Order 2012-3-14 ( March 23, 2012 ): prohibits Colgan Airlines, Inc. d / b / a United Airlines Express, from terminating service at Altoona and Johnstown, PA ; Victoria, TX ; Staunton, VA ; and Beckley, Clarksburg / Fairmont, and Morgantown, WV, for 30 days beyond the end of the 90-day notice period, i. e. July 8, 2012.

** Order 2012-3-14 ( March 23, 2012: prohibits Colgan Airlines, Inc. d / b / a United Airlines Express, from terminating service at Altoona and Johnstown, PA ; Victoria, TX ; Staunton, VA ; and Beckley, Clarksburg / Fairmont, and Morgantown, WV, for 30 days beyond the end of the 90-day notice period, i. e. July 8, 2012.

** NASA announces that the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, may contain evidence of primitive life-forms.

** A meteorite makes landfall in Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire.

** the Centerville meteorite fall of 1956

** the Bloomington meteorite of 1938, which fell in Illinois, United States ( see Meteorite falls )

** Eagle meteorite of 1946, which fell in Nebraska, United States ( see meteorite falls )

** Deception Point — about a discovery of a meteorite with proof of extraterrestrial life, microbotics, weapons technologies

** Magmatic iron meteorite groups

** Non-magmatic or primitive iron meteorite groups

** Forest City meteorite of 1890, which fell in Iowa, ( see meteorite falls )

** the Harrison County meteorite of 1859, which landed in Indiana, United States ( see meteorite falls )

** the Hoxie meteorite landed near Hoxie, Kansas ( see meteorite falls )

** The Hashima meteorite of circa 1910, which landed in Hashima City ( see meteorite falls )

** the Braunau meteorite of 1847, which fell in Vychodocesky, Czech Republic ( see Meteorite falls )

** the Dundrum meteorite of 1865, which fell in Munster, Ireland ( see meteorite falls )

** the Dosso meteorite of 1962, which fell in Dosso, Niger ( see meteorite falls )

** the Cynthiana meteorite of 1877, which fell in Kentucky, United States ( see meteorite falls )

** Rentenmark, German temporary currency 1923 to 1924

** German Reichsmark, German coinage from 1924 to 1948

** Polish marka, Polish currency from 1917 to 1924

** Grace Metalious, American writer ( b. 1924 )

** Ken Tyrrell, British auto racing driver ( b. 1924 )

** Jimmy Roberts, American singer ( b. 1924 )

** Faith Domergue, American actress ( b. 1924 )

** Lars Bo, Danish artist and writer ( b. 1924 )

** Truman Capote, American writer ( b. 1924 )

** Deke Slayton, American astronaut ( b. 1924 )

** Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer ( b. 1924 )

** Herk Harvey, American film director ( b. 1924 )

** Mark Lenard, American actor ( b. 1924 )

** Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor ( The Shop on Main Street ) ( b. 1924 )

** Allan McLeod Cormack, South African – born physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1924 )

** Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver ( b. 1924 )

** Norman Fell, American actor ( b. 1924 )

** Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas ( b. 1924 )

** Mario Fabrizi, comedian and actor, stress-related illness ( b. 1924 )

** J. D. Tippit, American police officer with the Dallas Police Department ( b. 1924 )

** Sabu Dastagir, Indian-American actor ( b. 1924 )

** Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan politician, member of the Christian-Democrat party ( disappeared ) ( b. 1924 )

** Freddie Bartholomew, British actor ( b. 1924 )

** Ted Croker, English former football official ( b. 1924 )

** Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan ( b. 1924 )