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.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

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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 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.
1794 - Bowdoin College is founded.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.