What are the important events that happened on June 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 24: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 24 is the 175^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 190 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 11, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,178,720 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontapentagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 238 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,568 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 24 Historical Events

• 109 –
  Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 km north-west of Rome.
• 1128 –
  Battle 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.
• 1535 –
  The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
• 1793 –
  The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
• 1812 –
  Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon’s Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning the invasion of Russia.
• 1859 –
  Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
• 1939 –
  Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Pibulsonggram, the country’s third prime minister.
• 1957 –
  In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• 2002 –
  The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
• 2004 –
  In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.

Who were born on June 24?

• 1860 –
  Mercedes of Orleans, Queen of Spain (d. 1878)
• 1924 –
  Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 2008)
• 1927 –
  Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1930 –
  William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (d. 2006)
• 1958 –
  Kenneth Biros, American murderer (d. 2009)
• 1967 –
  Bill Huard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 –
  Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
• 1977 –
  Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer
• 1978 –
  Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
• 1979 –
  Mindy Kaling, American actress and TV producer

Who died on June 24?

• 803 –
  Higbald, Bishop of Lindisfarne (birth year unknown)
• 1766 –
  Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678)
• 1803 –
  Matthew Thornton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1714)
• 1909 –
  Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849)
• 1922 –
  Walther Rathenau, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 –
  Xiang Zhongfa, Head of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1880)
• 1987 –
  Jackie Gleason, American actor and musician (b. 1916)
• 1997 –
  Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2002 –
  Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
• 2007 –
  Byron Baer, American politician (b. 1929)