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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