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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 175th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 190 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 11, 2017 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,498,262,400 seconds 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.
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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 240 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 1,646 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 24 Historical Events
- 1597 –The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java).
- 1717 –The 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.
- 1913 –Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
- 1932 –A bloodless Revolution instigated by the People’s Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
- 1963 –The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
Who were born on June 24?
- 1906 –Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (d. 1971)
- 1957 –Mark Parkinson, American politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
- 1967 –Richard Z. Kruspe, German guitarist (Rammstein)
- 1980 –Liane Balaban, Canadian actress
- 1987 –Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
Who died on June 24?
- 1817 –Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician (b. 1734)
- 1978 –Robert Charroux, French writer (b. 1909)
- 1997 –Don Hutson, American football player (b. 1913)
- 2000 –David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917)
- 2005 –Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
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