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, 486,312 hours 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

• 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.
• 1821 –
  The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
• 1902 –
  King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• 1913 –
  Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
• 1916 –
  World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line.
• 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.
• 1985 –
  STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery completes its mission, best remembered for having Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.

Who were born on June 24?

• 1533 –
  Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (d. 1588)
• 1804 –
  Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
• 1907 –
  Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (d. 1989)
• 1912 –
  Brian Johnston, British cricket commentator (d. 1994)
• 1934 –
  Ferdinand Biwersi, German football referee
• 1967 –
  Bill Huard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 –
  Sherry Stringfield, American actress
• 1978 –
  Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer
• 1985 –
  Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 –
  Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer

Who died on June 24?

• 1439 –
  Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)
• 1766 –
  Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678)
• 1931 –
  Otto Mears, Russian-born American railroad executive (b. 1840)
• 1976 –
  Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883)
• 1977 –
  André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (b. 1943)
• 1997 –
  Don Hutson, American football player (b. 1913)
• 2000 –
  Vera Atkins, Romanian-born intelligence officer (b. 1908)
• 2003 –
  Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (b. 1987)
• 2005 –
  Yedidia Shofet, former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)
• 2006 –
  Patsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenét Ramsey (b. 1956)