What happened this day in history June 24

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.

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

  • 637
    The 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.
  • 1497
    John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
  • 1813
    Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
  • 1880
    First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
  • 1947
    Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
  • 1948
    Start of the Berlin Blockade: the Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
  • 1949
    The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.
  • 1957
    In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
  • 1963
    The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
  • 2002
    The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.

Who were born on June 24?

  • 1687
    Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)
  • 1694
    Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss political theorist (d. 1748)
  • 1886
    George Shiels, Northern Irish dramatist (d. 1949)
  • 1906
    Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986)
  • 1914
    Pearl Witherington CBE, British World War II secret agent (d. 2008)
  • 1960
    Siedah Garrett, American singer
  • 1966
    Hope Sandoval, American singer and songwriter (Mazzy Star, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
  • 1971
    Christopher Showerman, American actor
  • 1985
    Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol
  • 1990
    Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player

Who died on June 24?

  • 1909
    Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849)
  • 1931
    Xiang Zhongfa, Head of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1880)
  • 1935
    Carlos Gardel, Argentine tango singer (b. 1890)
  • 1968
    Tony Hancock, British comedian (b. 1924)
  • 1978
    Robert Charroux, French writer (b. 1909)
  • 1991
    Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born novelist (b. 1917)
  • 1997
    Don Hutson, American football player (b. 1913)
  • 2007
    Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)
  • 2007
    Natasja Saad, Danish reggae and dance hall artist (b. 1974)
  • 2011
    Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football manager (b. 1933)

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