June 24

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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

• 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.
• 1340 - Edward III of England personally leads the navy of the Kingdom of England in its practically complete destruction of the fleet of the Kingdom of France at the Battle of Sluys. The French fleet was under the command of admiral Hue Quiéret and treasurer Nicholas Béhuchet, assisted by Genoese mercenary galleys serving under Egidio Bocanegra. Although both Hue Quiéret and Béhuchetwere among the casualties, the mercenaries manage to escape.
• 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.
• 1441 - Eton College founded.
• 1497 - John Cabot lands on North America in Newfoundland; first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
• 1497 - Cornish traitors Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank executed at Tyburn, London
• 1509 - Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon crowned King and Queen 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.
• 1794 - Bowdoin College is founded.
• 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.
• 1894 - Marie Francois Sadi Carnot assassinated by Sante Jeronimo Caserio.
• 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.
• 1928 - With declining business, the Great Gorge and International Railway begins using one-person crews on trolley operations in Canada.
• 1932 - A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (Thailand).
• 1940 - France and Italy sign an armistice.
• 1945 - Moscow Victory Parade
• 1946 - Georges Bidault becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1946 - Fred M. Vinson is sworn in as the 13th Chief Justice of the United States.
• 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.
• 1949 - The first Television Western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.
• 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 Air Lines Boeing 727 crashes at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York. 113 people die.
• 1978 - The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is held in Australia.
• 1981 - What would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years, the Humber Bridge opens, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
• 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 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.

Births

• 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)
• 1774 - François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838)
• 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)
• 1886 - George Shiels, Northern Irish dramatist (d. 1949)
• 1888 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (d. 1964)
• 1895 - Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)
• 1897 - Daniel K. Ludwig, US Shipping Magnet (d. 1992)
• 1901 - Harry Partch, American composer (d. 1974)
• 1904 - Phil Harris, American singer, songwriter and comedian (d. 1995)
• 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)
• 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
• 1934 - Jean-Pierre Ferland, Quebec singer and songwriter
• 1942 - Mick Fleetwood, musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1942 - Michele Lee, American actress
• 1944 - Jeff Beck, English guitarist (Yardbirds)
• 1944 - Arthur Brown, English musician
• 1944 - John "Charlie" Whitney, English guitarist (Family, Streetwalkers, Axis Point)
• 1944 - Chris Wood, British musician (d. 1983)
• 1945 - Colin Blunstone, British musician (The Zombies)
• 1945 - George Pataki, Governor of New York
• 1945 - Wayne Cashman, professional ice hockey player
• 1946 - Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1946 - David Collenette, Canadian politician
• 1947 - Peter Weller, American actor
• 1948 - Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player (Yes)
• 1949 - John Illsley, British bassist (Dire Straits)
• 1950 - Mercedes Lackey, American author
• 1950 - Nancy Allen, American actress
• 1953 - Ivo Lill, Estonian artist
• 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
• 1961 - Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 - Curt Smith, musician and songwriter (Tears for Fears)
• 1963 - Anatoly Borisovich Jurkin, Russian writer
• 1963 - Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist
• 1964 - Gary Suter, professional ice hockey player
• 1967 - Janez Lapajne, Slovenian film director
• 1967 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German guitarist (Rammstein)
• 1969 - Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian singer
• 1970 - Glenn Medeiros, American singer and songwriter
• 1972 - Robbie McEwen, Australian professional road bicycle racer
• 1973 - Alexander Beyer, German actor
• 1978 - Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (Nightwish)
• 1978 - Luis García, Spanish footballer
• 1979 - Craig Shergold, British internet folklore subject
• 1979 - Petra Němcová, Czechoslovakian female supermodel
• 1982 - Kevin Nolan, English footballer
• 1986 - Solange Knowles, American actress and singer
• 1987 - Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer

Deaths

• 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)
• 1643 - John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
• 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)
• 1984 - Clarence Campbell, NHL president (b. 1905)
• 1987 - Jackie Gleason, American actor and musician (b. 1916)
• 1993 - Archie Williams, American athlete (b. 1915)
• 1997 - Don Hutson, American athlete (b. 1913)
• 1997 - Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2000 - Vera Atkins, Romanian-born intelligence officer (b. 1908)
• 2000 - David Tomlinson, British actor (b. 1917)
• 2002 - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
• 2003 - Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1938)
• 2004 - Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter (b. 1957)
• 2004 - Habib Dodo, the general secretary of the Communist Youth of Côte d'Ivoire
• 2005 - Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (b. 1922)

Holidays and observances

• 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
• St. John's Day in Estonia and Sao Joao in Porto
• American Radio Relay League - Field Day 2006

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Encyclopædia Britannica: This Day in History
• Field Day 2006

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