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, 29,178,720 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 ‘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

• 972 –
  Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
• 1314 –
  First War of Scottish Independence: the Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce, though England did not recognize Scottish independence until 1328 with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton.
• 1374 –
  A sudden outbreak of St. John’s Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
• 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.
• 1866 –
  Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
• 1880 –
  First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
• 1916 –
  Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
• 1916 –
  World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line.
• 1981 –
  The Humber Bridge is opened to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It would be the world’s longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years.
• 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?

• 1687 –
  Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)
• 1804 –
  Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
• 1915 –
  Sir Fred Hoyle, British astronomer (d. 2001)
• 1924 –
  Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer, academic and paranormal researcher
• 1931 –
  Billy Casper, American golfer
• 1966 –
  Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1976 –
  Louisa Leaman, English writer and behaviour expert
• 1977 –
  Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer
• 1984 –
  J. J. Redick, American basketball player
• 1987 –
  Sandeep Kumar H R (SANDY), Indian Film Director

Who died on June 24?

• 1519 –
  Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (b. 1480)
• 1643 –
  John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
• 1909 –
  Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849)
• 1935 –
  Carlos Gardel, Argentine tango singer (b. 1890)
• 1989 –
  Hibari Misora, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1937)
• 1991 –
  Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter (b. 1899)
• 2000 –
  Vera Atkins, Romanian-born intelligence officer (b. 1908)
• 2006 –
  Patsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenét Ramsey (b. 1956)
• 2007 –
  Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)
• 2009 –
  Ed Thomas, American High School football coach (b. 1951)