June 24

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on June 24. From 1900 until now. June 24 is under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include Lionel Messi (1987), Jean-Luc Delarue (1964) and Solange Knowles (1986). Several movies were released around June 24 over the years, such as Back to the Future in 1985 directed by Robert Zemeckis and The Conformist in 1970 directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
But much more happened on June 24 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint John the Baptist, patron saint of QuTbec
Discovery Day in Newfoundland and Labrador (celebrating the 1497 discovery by John Cabot)
Bannockburn Day in Scotland (see 1314 above)
Quarter days in England
Bah�'f Faith - Feast of Rahmat (Mercy) - First day of the sixth month of the Bah�'f Calendar
Battle of Carabobo Day in Venezuela (1821)
FOte nationale du QuTbec, also called St-Jean-Baptiste Day
Day of Indian in Peru
Original Midsummer's Eve in Finland and Sweden, although the official holiday is now moved to the nearest Friday
St. John's Day in Estonia and Sao Joao in Porto
Festival of San Juan observed in Bolivia and Peru
American Radio Relay League - Field Day 2006
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Events

2019 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt: The Attorney General of Ethiopia's Amhara Region, Migbaru Kebede, dies after having been wounded during the coup attempt two days earlier. Asaminew Tsige, the general suspected to be behind the coup attempt, had been reportedly killed by security forces. (DW)
2018 Eastern Daraa offensive (June 2018): Russian warplanes provide air cover for the offensive for the first time. (Reuters)
2017 Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian Civil War: Israel and Syria exchange weapons fire in the disputed Golan Heights, with Israel destroying several targets, including two Syrian tanks. Although there were deaths on the ground in Syria, the number of casualties among Syrian forces is unknown. No Israeli troops were injured. (CNN)
2016 Moro conflict: Seven Indonesian sailors are kidnapped off the coast of Sulu near Mindanao in the southern Philippines raising terrorism fears. (The New York Times), (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
2015 Boko Haram: Over 42 people are shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in two attacks on villages in Nigeria's Borno state. (AFP via Dawn)
2014 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin formally asks Russia's upper house of parliament to revoke the right that it earlier granted for Russian forces to intervene militarily in Ukraine in defense of Russian-speakers there. (Reuters)Nine Ukrainian servicemen are killed when a Ukrainian Ground Forces Mil Mi-8 is downed by separatist forces near Slavyansk, one day after a temporary ceasefire was declared. (Sky News Australia)
2013 Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon:: Clashes between the Lebanese Army and supporters of the Salafist cleric Ahmed Al-Assir continue for a second day around the Ain el-Hilweh camp near Sidon. The government reports at least 15 soldiers killed and 38 others injured in the violence, as it promises crackdown on ethnic strife across the country. (Al Jazeera)
2012 At least 16 Syrian soldiers are killed in clashes with rebels in Aleppo. (BBC)
2011 ''The New York Times'' reports that a cell phone belonging to Osama bin Laden's courier contains contacts with Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen indicating possible ties with Pakistan's intelligence agencies. (''The New York Times'')
2010 John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
2009 Togo abolishes the death penalty. (BBC)
2008 Representing Pope Benedict XVI, Colombian Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos is pressing the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X to accept five conditions, including respect for the pope and his authority, as part of a reconciliation offer. (CNS) (Catholic World News) (The New Liturgical Movement)
2007 A wildfire starts in South Lake Tahoe eventually destroying 254 homes in the area.
2006 In Germany, 378 people (including 122 England fans) are arrested after a violent confrontation between England supporters and Germany supporters in Stuttgart. Approximately 60,000 England supporters are present in Stuttgart for Sunday's World Cup second round game with Ecuador. (BBC)
2005 Five people are found shot to death at their Yuma, Arizona home, and a sixth victim dies at a local hospital
2004 In New York state, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
2003 Six members of the British Royal Military Police are killed, in an attack in Majar al-Kabir, a village near the town of Amarah in Iraq. Eight others are wounded in two separate ambushes.
1997 4-1, Mark McGwire his a 538 foot HR
1995 Stanley Cup: New Jersey Devils sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
1994 1st French all news TV (LCI) begins broadcasting
1993 Arab terror group plans bombing of Holland / Lincoln Tunnels caught
1992 Billy Joel, gets an honorary diploma from Hicksville HS at 43
1991 NHL adopts instant-replay and tenth of second clock in final minute
1990 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1989 Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th and 40th consecutive bases
1988 Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak
1987 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consecutive win streak
1986 US Senate approves tax reform
1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G) - Discovery 5 - returns to Earth. Payload Specialist Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud completes being the first Arab and first Muslim in space.
1984 Laurie Rinker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1983 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB
1982 Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat
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.
1980 Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, first horse to win $2 million.
1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1977 IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
1976 1975 movie Rocky Horror Picture Show released in Germany
1975 Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113
1974 Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired
1973 Marlene Raymond (age 15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6.125 inches.
1972 Troglodyte (Cave Man) by Jimmy Castor Bunch peaks at #6
1970 Catch 22 opens in movie theaters
1969 The United Kingdom and Rhodesia sever diplomatic ties.
1968 14th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Post
1967 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Sacerdotalis coelibatus
1966 Period of relative peace following WWII exceeds that following WWI
1964 FTC rules health warnings must appear on all cigarette packages
1963 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government
1962 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA J E McAuliffe Golf Tournament
1961 Happiest Girl in the World closes at Martin Beck NYC after 97 performances
1960 Joseph Kasavubu is elected as the first President of the independent Congo.
1957 I Love Lucy, last airs on CBS-TV
1956 Steve Allen Show, returns on NBC-TV
1955 Harmon Killebrew hits his first home run (off Billy Hoeff).
1953 KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
1951 Persian army takes over nationalized oil installations
1950 French government-Bidault resigns
1949 Hopalong Cassidy becomes 1st network western (NBC)
1948 Soviet Union begins Berlin Blockade
1947 29th PGA Championship: Jim Ferrier at Plum Hollow Country Club - Detroit
1946 11.72 (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen Wisc (state 24-hr record)
1945 Schermerhorn government forms
1943 Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg
1942 Africa Corps occupy Egypt
1941 Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated
1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WWII
1939 Siam is renamed to Thailand by Plaek Pibulsonggram, the country's third prime minister.
1938 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1936 Mary McLeod Bethune named Director of Negro Affairs in National Youth Administration
1932 Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand.
1931 USSR and Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty
1930 Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium
1928 32nd US Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields - Illinois
1924 59th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Hoylake Hoylake
1923 Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied
1922 AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears.
1920 Chuvash Autonomous Region formed in RSFSR.
1918 First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
1917 Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol
1916 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
1914 King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent
1913 53rd British Golf Open: J H Taylor shoots a 304 at Hoylake Hoylake
1911 17th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 307 at Chicago Golf Club - Illinois
1910 50th British Golf Open: James Braid shoots a 299 at St. Andrews Scot
1909 15th US Golf Open: George Sargent shoots a 290 at Englewood Golf Club - New Jersey
1908 Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276)
1903 Russia prohibits meetings dealing with Zionist
1902 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
1901 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
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