June 24: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining.

Events

• 972 - Battle of Cedynia, near Cedynia. Polish forces have had their first documented victory.
• 1128 - Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães. Portuguese forces led by Alfonso I defeat his mother D.Teresa and D.Fernão Peres de Trava. After this battle, the future king calls himself "Prince of Portugal", the first step towards "official independence" in 1143.
• 1314 - End of the Battle of Bannockburn. Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeat Edward II of England. Scotland regains its independence.
• 1374 - A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
• 1441 - Eton College founded.
• 1497 - John Cabot lands on North America in Newfoundland; first European discovery of the region since the Vikings.
• 1497 - Cornish traitors Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank executed at Tyburn, London
• 1509 - Henry VIII crowned King of England.
• 1534 - Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island.
• 1535 - The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
• 1597 - The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java).
• 1662 - Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.
• 1664 - The colony of New Jersey is founded.
• 1692 - Kingston, Jamaica founded.
• 1793 - First republican constitution in France adopted.
• 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins.
• 1813 - Battle of Beaver Dams : A British, and Indian joint force defeat the U.S Army.
• 1821 - Battle of Carabobo : Venezuela gains total independence from Spain.
• 1859 - Battle of Solferino: (Battle of the Three Sovereigns). Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
• 1861 - Tennessee becomes the 11th and last state to secede from the US.
• 1880 - First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
• 1894 - The IOC decides to hold the Olympic Games every four years.
• 1901 - First exhibition of Pablo Picasso's work opens.
• 1902 - King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• 1910 - Japan invades Korea.
• 1913 - Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
• 1913 - Joseph Cook becomes the 6th Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1916 - Mary Pickford becomes first film star to get million dollar contract.
• 1918 - First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
• 1932 - A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (Thailand).
• 1940 - France and Italy sign an armistice.
• 1941 - Government of briefly independent Lithuania conducts its first meeting under prime minister Juozas Ambrazevičius
• 1945 - The U.S.S.R. capture the Free Republic of Schwarzenberg.
• 1946 - Georges Bidault becomes Prime Minister of France
• 1947 - First known sighting of UFOs: Kenneth Arnold, flying over Washington, notices nine luminous disks in the form of saucers.
• 1948 - Start of the Berlin Blockade. The Soviet Union makes overland travel between the West with West Berlin impossible.
• 1957 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• 1963 - Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by the UK.
• 1974 - The UPC label is used for the first time to ring up purchases at a supermarket.
• 1975 - An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashes at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York. 113 people die.
• 1981 - For what would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years, the Humber Bridge, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, opens.
• 1983 - Sally Ride, first female American astronaut, returns to earth.
• 1983 - Yasir Arafat banned from Damascus.
• 1993 - Yale computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses the sight in one eye, the hearing in one ear, and part of his right hand after receiving a mailbomb from the Unabomber.
• 1995 - The New Jersey Devils sweep the Detroit Red Wings in four games in the 1995 NHL Stanley Cup finals.
• 1995 - In the final of the Rugby Union World Cup held at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, a drop goal in extra time by Joel Stransky lifts South Africa to a 15-12 win over New Zealand.
• 1996 - Michael Johnson breaks the world record in the 200 metres with a time of 19.66 seconds
• 1999 - The guitar with which Eric Clapton recorded Layla is sold at auction for $497,500.
• 2004 - Habib Dodo, the general secretary of the Communist Youth of Côte d'Ivoire is assassinated by pro-government forces.

• 1244 - Henry I of Hesse (d. 1308)
• 1340 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
• 1386 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)
• 1485 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)
• 1519 - Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)
• 1532 - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1588)
• 1542 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (d. 1591)
• 1546 - Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (d. 1610)
• 1663 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (d. 1742)
• 1687 - Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)
• 1694 - Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss publicist (d. 1748)
• 1704 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (d. 1771)
• 1777 - John Ross, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1856)
• 1795 - Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878)
• 1803 - George James Webb, English-born composer (d. 1887)
• 1804 - Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
• 1813 - Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (d. 1887)
• 1826 - George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (d. 1898)
• 1842 - Ambrose Bierce, American author
• 1850 - Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, British field marshal (d. 1916)
• 1882 - Carl Diem, German Olympic official (d. 1962)
• 1883 - Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
• 1888 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (d. 1964)
• 1895 - Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)
• 1901 - Harry Partch, American composer (d. 1974)
• 1906 - Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986)
• 1907 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (d. 1989)
• 1908 - Hugo Distler, German composer (d. 1942)
• 1908 - Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987)
• 1908 - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (d. 1976)
• 1909 - David Rose, English composer and musician (d. 1990)
• 1911 - Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (d. 1995)
• 1914 - Robert Aickman, English author (d. 1981)
• 1915 - Fred Hoyle, British astronomer and science fiction author (d. 2001)
• 1922 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
• 1927 - Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1930 - Claude Chabrol, French film director
• 1931 - Billy Casper, American golfer
• 1942 - Mick Fleetwood, musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1942 - Michele Lee, American actress
• 1944 - Jeff Beck, English guitarist (Yardbirds)
• 1944 - Chris Wood, British musician (d. 1983)
• 1945 - Colin Blunstone, British musician (The Zombies)
• 1945 - George Pataki, Governor of New York
• 1946 - Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1950 - Mercedes Lackey, American author
• 1953 - Garry Shider, American musician (P Funk)
• 1955 - Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Guru of Siddha Yoga
• 1956 - Joe Penny, English actor
• 1958 - Jean Charest, Premier of Québec
• 1963 - Anatoly Borisovich Jurkin, Russian writer
• 1967 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German guitarist (Rammstein)
• 1969 - Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian singer
• 1970 - Glenn Medeiros, American singer and songwriter
• 1978 - Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (Nightwish)
• 1978 - Luis Garcia, Spanish footballer
• 1979 - Craig Shergold, Internet folklore subject
• 1982 - Kevin Nolan, English footballer
• 1986 - Solange Knowles, American actress and singer

• 803 - Higbald of Lindisfarne
• 1398 - Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)
• 1439 - Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)
• 1519 - Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (b. 1480)
• 1520 - Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)
• 1604 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)
• 1637 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580)
• 1766 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678)
• 1778 - Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (b. 1714)
• 1803 - Matthew Thornton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1714)
• 1817 - Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1734)
• 1894 - Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman (b. 1837)
• 1908 - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (heart failure) (b. 1837)
• 1909 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849)
• 1922 - Walther Rathenau, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (assassinated) (b. 1867)
• 1935 - Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash) (b. 1890)
• 1947 - Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (b. 1864)
• 1968 - Tony Hancock, British comedian (b. 1924)
• 1981 - Terry Fox, Canadian runner (b. 1958)
• 1987 - Jackie Gleason, American actor and musician (b. 1916)
• 1993 - Archie Williams, American athlete (b. 1915)
• 2000 - Vera Atkins, Romanian-born intelligence officer (b. 1908)
• 2002 - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
• 2003 - Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1938)
• 2003 - Leon Uris, American author (b. 1924)
• 2004 - Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter (b. 1957)
• 2005 - Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (b. 1922)

• Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint John the Baptist, patron of farriers
• Original Midsummer's Eve in Finland and Sweden, although the official holiday is now moved to the nearest Friday
• One of the four Irish Quarter days in the Irish Calendar.
• Discovery Day in Newfoundland and Labrador (celebrating the 1497 discovery by John Cabot)
• Fête nationale du Québec, also called St-Jean-Baptiste Day
• Day of Indian in Peru
• Festival of San Juan observed in Bolivia and Peru
• Battle of Carabobo Day in Venezuela (1821)
• Bannockburn Day in Scotland (see 1314 above)
• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Rahmat (Mercy) - First day of the sixth month of the Bahá'í Calendar
• Quarter days in England
• Skt. Hans Day in Denmark
• St. John's Day in Estonia and Sao Joao in Porto

June 23 - June 25 - May 24 - July 24 -- listing of all days