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 176th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 190 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 11, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,653,120 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 ‘hectaheptacontahexagon’ day.
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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 219 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 4,203 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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.
1497 –
John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
1779 –
American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
1866 –
Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
1913 –
Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
1939 –
Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Pibulsonggram, the country’s third prime minister.
1949 –
The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.
1975 –
An Eastern Air Lines Boeing 727 crashes at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York. 113 people die.
2010 –
John 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?
1782 –
Juan Larrea, Argentine businessman, member of the Primera Junta (d. 1847)
1826 –
George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (d. 1898)
1945 –
Colin Blunstone, English singer and songwriter (The Zombies)
1945 –
Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player
1958 –
Jean Charest, 29th Premier of Québec
1960 –
Siedah Garrett, American singer
1977 –
Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player
1978 –
Ariel Pink, American recording artist
1984 –
J. J. Redick, American basketball player
2003 –
Marcus Fiesel, American murder victim (d. 2006)
Who died on June 24?
1398 –
Hongwu Emperor, founder of the Ming Dynasty of China (b. 1328)
1520 –
Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)
1909 –
Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849)
1946 –
Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
1947 –
Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (b. 1864)
1984 –
Clarence Campbell, Canadian president of the National Hockey League (b. 1905)
1989 –
Hibari Misora, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1937)
2005 –
Yedidia Shofet, former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)
2006 –
Patsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenét Ramsey (b. 1956)
2008 –
Ira Tucker, American gospel singer (The Dixie Hummingbirds) (b. 1925)
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