
June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ==Events== * 1128 - Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães. Portugal forces led by Afonso I of Portugal 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. Scotland 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 - Cornwall 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 Rebellion is conquered and disbanded. * 1597 - The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (city) (on Java (island)). * 1604 - Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford dies. Leading candidate for true authorship of the Shakespeare canon. * 1662 - Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macao. * 1664 - The colony of New Jersey is founded. * 1692 - Kingston, Jamaica founded. * 1793 - First republican constitution in France adopted. * 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon I of France invasion of Russia begins. * 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 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 Congres national des Canadiens-Francais. * 1894 - The International Olympic Committee 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. * 1918 - The giant cannon ''Big Bertha'' begins bombardments on Paris * 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 it's 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 Unidentified flying objects: Kenneth Arnold, flying over Washington (state), 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 obsecnity is not protected by the First Amendment. * 1963 - Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by the United Kingdom. * 1974 - The Universal Product Code 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 University 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. * 1996 - Michael Johnson (athlete) 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 the astounding price of $497,500. ==Births== *1542 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (d. 1591) *1777 - John Ross (Arctic explorer), naval officer and explorer (d. 1856) *1795 - Ernst Heinrich Weber, anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878) *1803 - George James Webb, 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, author *1850 - Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, original Order of Merit member (d. 1916) *1882 - Carl Diem, sports scientist (d. 1962) *1883 - Victor Franz Hess, American physicist (d. 1964) *1888 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (d. 1964) *1895 - Jack Dempsey, boxer (d. 1983) *1901 - Harry Partch, composer (d. 1974) *1906 - Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986) *1908 - Hugo Distler, German composer (d. 1942) *1908 - Guru Gopinath Indian classical dancer (d 1987) *1909 - David Rose, composer, musician (d. 1990) *1911 - Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (d. 1995) *1914 - Robert Aickman, author (d. 1981) *1915 - Fred Hoyle, cosmologist and science fiction author (d. 2001) *1922 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) *1928 - Wolfgang Altenburg, German general *1930 - Claude Chabrol, film director *1931 - Billy Casper, golfer *1942 - Mick Fleetwood, musician (Fleetwood Mac) * 1942 - Michele Lee, actress *1944 - Jeff Beck, guitarist (Yardbirds) * 1944 - Chris Wood (Traffic), musician (d. 1983) *1945 - Colin Blunstone, musician (The Zombies) * 1945 - George Pataki, Governor of New York *1946 - Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (d. 1986) *1949 - Betty Jackson, British fashion designer *1953 - Garry Shider, musician (P Funk) *1956 - Joe Penny, actor *1960 - Trisha Meili, author *1967 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, guitarist (Rammstein) *1969 - Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian singer *1970 - Glenn Medeiros, Hawaiian singer and songwriter *1978 - Emppu Vuorinen, guitarist (Nightwish) *1986 - Solange Knowles, actress and singer ==Deaths== *1398 - Hongwu Emperor of China, founder of the Ming Dynasty (b. 1328) *1439 - Frederick IV of Austria - Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria *1519 - Lucrezia Borgia, duchess of Ferrara (b. 1480) *1604 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 17th Earl of Oxford, hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England *1908 - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (heart failure) *1909 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849) *1922 - Walther Rathenau, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1867, assassinated) *1947 - Emil Seidel, American politician and Mayor of Milwaukee *1953 - George Herbert Walker, grandfather of President George H. W. Bush *1981 - Terry Fox, marathon runner *1987 - Jackie Gleason, actor, musician *1993 - Archie Williams, American athlete *2000 - Vera Atkins, Special Operations Executive intelligence officer *2002 - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg *2003 - Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta *2003 - Leon Uris, author *2004 - Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter (b. 1957) ==Holidays and observances== *Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint John the Baptist, patron of farriers *Original Midsummer 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) *Fete nationale du Quebec, also called St-Jean-Baptiste Day *Day of Indian in Peru *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 == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.thisdaythatyear.com/jun/people24.htm ThisDayThatYear.com on June 24] ---- June 23 - June 25 - May 24 - July 24 -- historical anniversaries cv:Çěртме, 24 fo:24. juni th:24 มิถุนายน
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June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ==Events== * 1128 - Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães. Portugal forces led by Afonso I of Portugal 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. Scotland 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 - Cornwall 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 Rebellion is conquered and disbanded. * 1597 - The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (city) (on Java (island)). * 1604 - Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford dies. Leading candidate for true authorship of the Shakespeare canon. * 1662 - Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macao. * 1664 - The colony of New Jersey is founded. * 1692 - Kingston, Jamaica founded. * 1793 - First republican constitution in France adopted. * 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon I of France invasion of Russia begins. * 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 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 Congres national des Canadiens-Francais. * 1894 - The International Olympic Committee 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. * 1918 - The giant cannon ''Big Bertha'' begins bombardments on Paris * 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 it's 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 Unidentified flying objects: Kenneth Arnold, flying over Washington (state), 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 obsecnity is not protected by the First Amendment. * 1963 - Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by the United Kingdom. * 1974 - The Universal Product Code 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 University 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. * 1996 - Michael Johnson (athlete) 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 the astounding price of $497,500. ==Births== *1542 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (d. 1591) *1777 - John Ross (Arctic explorer), naval officer and explorer (d. 1856) *1795 - Ernst Heinrich Weber, anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878) *1803 - George James Webb, 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, author *1850 - Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, original Order of Merit member (d. 1916) *1882 - Carl Diem, sports scientist (d. 1962) *1883 - Victor Franz Hess, American physicist (d. 1964) *1888 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (d. 1964) *1895 - Jack Dempsey, boxer (d. 1983) *1901 - Harry Partch, composer (d. 1974) *1906 - Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986) *1908 - Hugo Distler, German composer (d. 1942) *1908 - Guru Gopinath Indian classical dancer (d 1987) *1909 - David Rose, composer, musician (d. 1990) *1911 - Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (d. 1995) *1914 - Robert Aickman, author (d. 1981) *1915 - Fred Hoyle, cosmologist and science fiction author (d. 2001) *1922 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) *1928 - Wolfgang Altenburg, German general *1930 - Claude Chabrol, film director *1931 - Billy Casper, golfer *1942 - Mick Fleetwood, musician (Fleetwood Mac) * 1942 - Michele Lee, actress *1944 - Jeff Beck, guitarist (Yardbirds) * 1944 - Chris Wood (Traffic), musician (d. 1983) *1945 - Colin Blunstone, musician (The Zombies) * 1945 - George Pataki, Governor of New York *1946 - Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (d. 1986) *1949 - Betty Jackson, British fashion designer *1953 - Garry Shider, musician (P Funk) *1956 - Joe Penny, actor *1960 - Trisha Meili, author *1967 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, guitarist (Rammstein) *1969 - Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian singer *1970 - Glenn Medeiros, Hawaiian singer and songwriter *1978 - Emppu Vuorinen, guitarist (Nightwish) *1986 - Solange Knowles, actress and singer ==Deaths== *1398 - Hongwu Emperor of China, founder of the Ming Dynasty (b. 1328) *1439 - Frederick IV of Austria - Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria *1519 - Lucrezia Borgia, duchess of Ferrara (b. 1480) *1604 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 17th Earl of Oxford, hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England *1908 - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (heart failure) *1909 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849) *1922 - Walther Rathenau, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1867, assassinated) *1947 - Emil Seidel, American politician and Mayor of Milwaukee *1953 - George Herbert Walker, grandfather of President George H. W. Bush *1981 - Terry Fox, marathon runner *1987 - Jackie Gleason, actor, musician *1993 - Archie Williams, American athlete *2000 - Vera Atkins, Special Operations Executive intelligence officer *2002 - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg *2003 - Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta *2003 - Leon Uris, author *2004 - Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter (b. 1957) ==Holidays and observances== *Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint John the Baptist, patron of farriers *Original Midsummer 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) *Fete nationale du Quebec, also called St-Jean-Baptiste Day *Day of Indian in Peru *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 == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.thisdaythatyear.com/jun/people24.htm ThisDayThatYear.com on June 24] ---- June 23 - June 25 - May 24 - July 24 -- historical anniversaries cv:Çěртме, 24 fo:24. juni th:24 มิถุนายน
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