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, 477,552 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 ‘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.
- 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.
- 1497 –John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
- 1793 –The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
- 1880 –First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
- 1913 –Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
- 1916 –Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
- 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.
- 2010 –John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
Who were born on June 24?
- 1897 –Daniel K. Ludwig, American shipping magnate (d. 1992)
- 1924 –Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 2008)
- 1930 –Claude Chabrol, French film director (d. 2010)
- 1942 –Michele Lee, American actress
- 1944 –Jeff Beck, English guitarist (The Yardbirds)
- 1963 –Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (d. 2007)
- 1969 –Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian soprano
- 1979 –Petra Němcová, Czech model
- 1985 –Kyle Searles, American actor
- 1986 –Phil Hughes, American baseball player
Who died on June 24?
- 1398 –Hongwu Emperor, founder of the Ming Dynasty of China (b. 1328)
- 1803 –Matthew Thornton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1714)
- 1931 –Xiang Zhongfa, Head of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1880)
- 1946 –Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
- 1947 –Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (b. 1864)
- 1968 –Tony Hancock, British comedian (b. 1924)
- 1997 –Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2000 –Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine singer {b. 1973}
- 2000 –Vera Atkins, Romanian-born intelligence officer (b. 1908)
- 2002 –Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
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