Today in History – June 24

217 BC – The Battle of Lake Trasimene, a Roman defeat in the Second Punic War between Carthaginians under Hannibal and the Romans under the consul Gaius Flaminius.

Battle of Lake Trasimeno 217 BC (Google Maps)
Battle of Lake Trasimeno 217 BC

2010 – A 30 ft. long concrete panel above the exit to a parking garage at Milwaukee’s O’Donnell Park fell as a group of people were walking below, killing a 15 year-old boy and injuring two others.

Wall collapse kills boy (StreetView)
Wall collapse kills boy

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