What are the important events that happened on June 24, 2008? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 24, 2008: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 24, 2008 is the 176th day of the year 2008 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, 2008 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,214,265,600 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 ‘hectaheptacontahexagon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Quarter every day starting at age 3, then by now that person has accumulated $1,172.50. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
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.
Rat is the mythical animal and Earth is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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Who died on June 24, 2008?
- 2008 –Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1919)
- 2008 –Ira Tucker, American gospel singer (The Dixie Hummingbirds) (b. 1925)
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