About June 24
June 24, 2024 is the 176th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 190 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Cancer is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 219 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On June 24
- 109 –Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 km north-west of Rome.
- 1314 –First War of Scottish Independence: the Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce, though England did not recognize Scottish independence until 1328 with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton.
- 1497 –John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
- 1509 –Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
- 1622 –Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.
- 1717 –The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London, England.
- 1793 –The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
- 1812 –Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon’s Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning the invasion of Russia.
- 1813 –Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
- 1859 –Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
- 1866 –Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
- 1894 –Marie Francois Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
- 1902 –King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
- 1916 –World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line.
- 1938 –Pieces of a meteor, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth’s atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania.
- 1957 –In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
- 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.
- 1982 –“The Jakarta Incident”: British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
- 2004 –In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
- 2010 –John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
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