What happened on June 24? There are more than 278 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About June 24
June 24 is the 176th day of the year 2024. There are 190 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday. This day falls under the 26th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Arlington, Minnesota 55307 sunrise will occur at 05:30 AM and sunset will occur at 09:07 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Cancer. The modern birthstone for this month is Pearl while the mystical birthstone is Moonstone.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 219 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For June 24
- 109Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 km north-west of Rome.
- 637The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dalriada. It is the largest battle in the history of Ireland.
- 972Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
- 1128Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: forces led by Alfonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba. After this battle, the future king calls himself “Prince of Portugal”, the first step towards “official independence” that will be reached in 1139 after the Battle of Ourique.
- 1314First War of Scottish Independence: the Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce, though England did not recognize Scottish independence until 1328 with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton.
- 1340Hundred Years’ War: Battle of Sluys – The French fleet is almost destroyed by the English Fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
- 1374A sudden outbreak of St. John’s Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
- 1497John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
- 1509Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
- 1535The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
- 1571Miguel Lopez de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Republic of the Philippines.
- 1597The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java).
- 1604Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
- 1622Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.
- 1717The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London, England.
- 1779American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
- 1793The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
- 1812Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon’s Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning the invasion of Russia.
- 1813Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
- 1821The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
- 1859Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
- 1866Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
- 1880First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
- 1894Marie Francois Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
- 1902King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
- 1913Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
- 1916Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
- 1916World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line.
- 1918First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
- 1932A bloodless Revolution instigated by the People’s Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
- 1938Pieces of a meteor, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth’s atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania.
- 1939Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Pibulsonggram, the country’s third prime minister.
- 1947Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
- 1948Start of the Berlin Blockade: the Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
- 1949The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.
- 1957In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
- 1963The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
- 1975An Eastern Air Lines Boeing 727 crashes at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York. 113 people die.
- 1981The Humber Bridge is opened to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It would be the world’s longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years.
- 1982“The Jakarta Incident”: British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
- 1985STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery completes its mission, best remembered for having Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.
- 2002The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
- 2004In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
- 2010John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
Who Were Born On June 24?
- 1244Henry I of Hesse (d. 1308)
- 1343Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)
- 1386Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)
- 1485Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)
- 1519Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)
- 1533Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (d. 1588)
- 1535Joan of Spain, Spanish-born Queen consort of Portugal (d. 1573)
- 1542Saint John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite mystic and poet (d. 1591)
- 1546Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (d. 1610)
- 1587William Arnold, English settler of Providence Plantation (d. 1675)
- 1663Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (d. 1742)
- 1687Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)
- 1694Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss political theorist (d. 1748)
- 1704Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (d. 1771)
- 1774Antonio González de Balcarce, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (d. 1819)
- 1774François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838)
- 1777John Ross, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1856)
- 1782Juan Larrea, Argentine businessman, member of the Primera Junta (d. 1847)
- 1795Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878)
- 1803George James Webb, English-born composer (d. 1887)
- 1804Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
- 1811John Archibald Campbell, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1889)
- 1813Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (d. 1887)
- 1821Dr. Guillermo Rawson, medical doctor and one of the most influential politicians in nineteenth century Argentina (d. 1890)
- 1825Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1844)
- 1826George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (d. 1898)
- 1842Ambrose Bierce, American author (disappeared ca. 1914)
- 1846Samuel Johnson, Yoruba historian and priest (d. 1901)
- 1850Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, British field marshal (d. 1916)
- 1860Mercedes of Orleans, Queen of Spain (d. 1878)
- 1869Prince George of Greece and Denmark (d. 1957)
- 1882Athanase David, Canadian politician and businessman (d. 1953)
- 1882Carl Diem, German Olympic official (d. 1962)
- 1883Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1964)
- 1886George Shiels, Northern Irish dramatist (d. 1949)
- 1888Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (d. 1964)
- 1893Roy O. Disney, American co-founder of the Walt Disney Company (d. 1971)
- 1895Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)
- 1897Daniel K. Ludwig, American shipping magnate (d. 1992)
- 1900Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (d. 1945)
- 1901Charles Hollis “Chuck” Taylor, The man behind the “Chuck Taylor” shoes (d. 1969)
- 1901Harry Partch, American composer (d. 1974)
- 1904Phil Harris, American singer, songwriter and comedian (d. 1995)
- 1906Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986)
- 1906Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (d. 1971)
- 1907Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (d. 1989)
- 1908Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (d. 1976)
- 1908Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d. 1987)
- 1908Hugo Distler, German composer (d. 1942)
- 1911Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer (d. 2011)
- 1911Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine Formula One driver (d. 1995)
- 1912Brian Johnston, British cricket commentator (d. 1994)
- 1913Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist (d. 2002)
- 1914Pearl Witherington CBE, British World War II secret agent (d. 2008)
- 1915Sir Fred Hoyle, British astronomer (d. 2001)
- 1916William B. Saxbe, American politician (d. 2010)
- 1919Al Molinaro, American actor
- 1922Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 1988)
- 1923Margaret Olley, Australian artist (d. 2011)
- 1924Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer, academic and paranormal researcher
- 1924Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1991)
- 1924Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 2008)
- 1927Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1930Claude Chabrol, French film director (d. 2010)
- 1930William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (d. 2006)
- 1931Billy Casper, American golfer
- 1933Sam Jones, American basketball player
- 1934Ferdinand Biwersi, German football referee
- 1934Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer
- 1935Terry Riley, American composer
- 1938Lawrence Block, American writer
- 1939HA Schult, German artist
- 1939Michael Gothard, English actor (d. 1992)
- 1940Vittorio Storaro, Italian Cinematographer
- 1941Erkin Koray, Turkish rock musician
- 1941Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French philosopher, psychoanalyst and novelist
- 1942Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean president
- 1942Michele Lee, American actress
- 1944Arthur Brown, English singer
- 1944Chris Wood, English saxophonist (Traffic) (d. 1983)
- 1944Jeff Beck, English guitarist (The Yardbirds)
- 1944John “Charlie” Whitney, English guitarist (Family, Streetwalkers, Axis Point)
- 1945Colin Blunstone, English singer and songwriter (The Zombies)
- 1945George Pataki, American politician
- 1945Nora Valsami, Greek actress
- 1945Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1946David Collenette, Canadian politician
- 1946Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (d. 1986)
- 1946Robert Reich, American politician and political commentator
- 1947Mick Fleetwood, English drummer (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1947Peter Weller, American actor
- 1948Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player (Yes)
- 1949John Illsley, English bassist (Dire Straits)
- 1950Mercedes Lackey, American fantasy writer
- 1950Nancy Allen, American actress
- 1951David Rodigan, Germany-born British radio DJ and actor
- 1952Stephen Pusey, British public artist
- 1953Ivo Lill, Estonian glass artist
- 1955Betsy Randle, American actress
- 1955Edmund Malura, German footballer
- 1956Joe Penny, English actor
- 1957Mark Parkinson, American politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
- 1958Jean Charest, 29th Premier of Québec
- 1958John Tortorella, American ice hockey coach
- 1958Kathy Troccoli, American singer
- 1958Kenneth Biros, American murderer (d. 2009)
- 1958Tom Lister, Jr., American actor and professional wrestler
- 1960Erik Poppe, Norwegian film director
- 1960Karin Pilsäter, Swedish politician
- 1960Siedah Garrett, American singer
- 1961Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961Curt Smith, English bassist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter (Tears for Fears)
- 1961Dennis Danell, American guitarist (Social Distortion) (d. 2000)
- 1961Iain Glen, Scottish actor
- 1961Ralph Reed, American political figure and religious leader
- 1963Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (d. 2007)
- 1963Preki (Predrag Radosavljević), Serbian-born American soccer player
- 1964Gary Suter, American ice hockey player
- 1965Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player
- 1966Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
- 1966Hope Sandoval, American singer and songwriter (Mazzy Star, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
- 1967Bill Huard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967Janez Lapajne, Slovenian film director
- 1967John Limniatis, Greek-Canadian footballer
- 1967Richard Z. Kruspe, German guitarist (Rammstein)
- 1967Scott Oden, American writer
- 1967Sherry Stringfield, American actress
- 1968Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American basketball player
- 1969Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian soprano
- 1970Glenn Medeiros, American singer and songwriter
- 1971Christopher Showerman, American actor
- 1971Ji Jin Hee, South Korean actor
- 1972Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower
- 1972Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
- 1973Alexander Beyer, German actor
- 1974Chris Guccione American baseball umpire
- 1975Carla Gallo, American actress
- 1975Federico Pucciariello, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
- 1975Marek Malik, Czech ice hockey player
- 1976Brock Olivo, American football player
- 1976Louisa Leaman, English writer and behaviour expert
- 1977Cas Jansen, Dutch actor
- 1977Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player
- 1977Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer
- 1978Ariel Pink, American recording artist
- 1978Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (Nightwish)
- 1978Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer
- 1978Luis García, Spanish footballer
- 1978Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
- 1978Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
- 1979Craig Shergold, British internet folklore subject
- 1979Mindy Kaling, American actress and TV producer
- 1979Petra Němcová, Czech model
- 1980Andrew Jones, Australian racing driver
- 1980Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1980Liane Balaban, Canadian actress
- 1980Minka Kelly, American actress
- 1982Clint Bajada, Maltese television and radio presenter
- 1982Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982Kevin Nolan, English footballer
- 1982Mark Penney, Canadian film director
- 1983John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor
- 1983Rebecca Cooke, British swimmer
- 1984Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer
- 1984J. J. Redick, American basketball player
- 1985Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer
- 1985Kyle Searles, American actor
- 1985Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol
- 1986Phil Hughes, American baseball player
- 1986Solange Knowles, American singer
- 1986Stuart Broad, English cricketer
- 1987Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
- 1987Craig Henderson, New Zealand footballer
- 1987Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer
- 1987Sandeep Kumar H R (SANDY), Indian Film Director
- 1987Serdar Güneş, Turkish footballer
- 1988Nichkhun Horvejkul, Thai-American singer active in South Korea (2PM)
- 1989Apoorva Anwekar, Indian Born active in Raipur Chattisgarh (2PM)
- 1990Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1998Coy Stewart, American actor
- 2003Marcus Fiesel, American murder victim (d. 2006)
Who Died On June 24?
- 238Maximinus Thrax, Roman Emperor (b. 173)
- 803Higbald, Bishop of Lindisfarne (birth year unknown)
- 1398Hongwu Emperor, founder of the Ming Dynasty of China (b. 1328)
- 1439Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)
- 1519Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (b. 1480)
- 1520Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)
- 1604Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)
- 1637Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580)
- 1643John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
- 1766Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678)
- 1778Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (b. 1714)
- 1803Matthew Thornton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1714)
- 1817Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician (b. 1734)
- 1835Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
- 1894Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman (b. 1837)
- 1908Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
- 1909Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849)
- 1922Walther Rathenau, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
- 1931Otto Mears, Russian-born American railroad executive (b. 1840)
- 1931Xiang Zhongfa, Head of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1880)
- 1935Carlos Gardel, Argentine tango singer (b. 1890)
- 1946Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
- 1947Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (b. 1864)
- 1968Tony Hancock, British comedian (b. 1924)
- 1976Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883)
- 1977André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (b. 1943)
- 1978Robert Charroux, French writer (b. 1909)
- 1984Clarence Campbell, Canadian president of the National Hockey League (b. 1905)
- 1987Jackie Gleason, American actor and musician (b. 1916)
- 1989Hibari Misora, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1937)
- 1991Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter (b. 1899)
- 1991Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born novelist (b. 1917)
- 1997Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
- 1997Don Hutson, American football player (b. 1913)
- 2000David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917)
- 2000Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine singer {b. 1973}
- 2000Vera Atkins, Romanian-born intelligence officer (b. 1908)
- 2002Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
- 2003Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (b. 1987)
- 2004Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter (b. 1957)
- 2005Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
- 2005Yedidia Shofet, former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)
- 2006Patsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenét Ramsey (b. 1956)
- 2007Byron Baer, American politician (b. 1929)
- 2007Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)
- 2007Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938)
- 2007Natasja Saad, Danish reggae and dance hall artist (b. 1974)
- 2008Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1919)
- 2008Ira Tucker, American gospel singer (The Dixie Hummingbirds) (b. 1925)
- 2009Ed Thomas, American High School football coach (b. 1951)
- 2009Roméo LeBlanc, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)
- 2010Tomislav Gotovac, Croatian movie director, actor, performer, multimedia and conceptual artist (b. 1937)
- 2011Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football manager (b. 1933)
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