# On this day: June 24

June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years), with 190 days left until the end of the year.

## June 24 in one line

Headline entries for June 24, from Wikipedia: in 1812, Napoleonic Wars: Led by Napoleon, the French Grande Armée crossed the Neman, beginning their invasion of Russia; born 1987: Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer; died 1908: Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (born 1837). In 2026 it is a Wednesday, in 2027 a Thursday.

## Events on June 24

- 474 Western Roman emperor Glycerius, who was not recognized by his Eastern counterpart Leo I, was forced to abdicate. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerius)
- 1314 In the decisive battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeated English troops under Edward II near Bannockburn, Scotland. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn)
- 1340 Hundred Years' War: The English fleet commanded by Edward III almost completely destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of Sluys. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sluys)
- 1374 An outbreak of dancing mania, in which crowds of people danced themselves to exhaustion, began in Aachen (in present-day Germany) before spreading to other parts of Europe. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania)
- 1497 John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_(island))
- 1540 English King Henry VIII commands his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves)
- 1559 The Book of Common Prayer, a major component of the Elizabethan religious settlement, was introduced as the liturgy of the Church of England through the Act of Uniformity 1558. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1559))
- 1717 The first Grand Lodge of Freemasonry, the Premier Grand Lodge of England, was founded in London. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_Grand_Lodge_of_England)
- 1724 On the Feast of St. John the Baptist, Bach led the first performance of Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7, the third cantata of his chorale cantata cycle. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_unser_Herr_zum_Jordan_kam%2C_BWV_7)
- 1812 Napoleonic Wars: Led by Napoleon, the French Grande Armée crossed the Neman, beginning their invasion of Russia. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia)
- 1880 "O Canada", the present-day national anthem of Canada, was first performed in Quebec City during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day banquet. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Canada)
- 1916 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pickford)
- 1922 The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League)
- 1932 A group of military officers and civilians engineered a bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_revolution_of_1932)
- 1937 The U.S. Navy's first two fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, of the North Carolina class, were respectively ordered from the New York and Philadelphia Naval Shipyards. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55))
- 1939 The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_cultural_mandates)
- 1940 Second World War: The British Army carried out Operation Collar, its first commando raid into German-occupied France. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Collar_(commando_raid))
- 1943 Amid racial tensions, U.S. Army military police shot and killed a black serviceman after a confrontation at a pub in Bamber Bridge, England. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bamber_Bridge)
- 1948 Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade)
- 1989 Following the Tiananmen Square massacre, the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin as general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Zemin)
- 2004 In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment)
- 2010 Julia Gillard was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd declined to contest a leadership spill in the Labor Party. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard)
- 2010 John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut at the Wimbledon Championships, concluding the longest match in tennis history, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isner%E2%80%93Mahut_match_at_the_2010_Wimbledon_Championships)
- 2021 A portion of a 12-story condominium building collapsed in Surfside, Florida, United States, killing 98 people and injuring 11 others. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfside_condominium_collapse)
- 2023 The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group_rebellion)
- 2026 Two earthquakes strike Venezuela, leaving more than 2,200 people dead and dozens of others missing. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Venezuela_earthquakes)

## Born on June 24

- 1838 Jan Matejko, Polish painter (died 1893) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Matejko)
- 1842 Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (died 1914) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce)
- 1850 Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan (died 1916) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kitchener%2C_1st_Earl_Kitchener)
- 1883 Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hess)
- 1911 Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (died 1995) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Manuel_Fangio)
- 1911 Ernesto Sabato, Argentine physicist and academic (died 2011) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Sabato)
- 1915 Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (died 2001) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hoyle)
- 1927 Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lewis_Perl)
- 1929 Carolyn S. Shoemaker, American astronomer (died 2021) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_S._Shoemaker)
- 1930 Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chabrol)
- 1937 Anita Desai, Indian-American author and academic [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Desai)
- 1938 Abulfaz Elchibey, Azerbaijani politician, 1st democratically elected Azerbaijani President (died 2000) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abulfaz_Elchibey)
- 1941 Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Kristeva)
- 1944 Jeff Beck, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2023) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beck)
- 1953 William E. Moerner, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Moerner)
- 1962 Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexican politician [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Sheinbaum)
- 1978 Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunsuke_Nakamura)
- 1978 Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer and chairman [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rom%C3%A1n_Riquelme)
- 1979 Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindy_Kaling)
- 1987 Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi)
- 1992 David Alaba, Austrian footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Alaba)
- 1999 Darwin Núñez, Uruguayan footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez)

## Died on June 24

- 1398 Hongwu, Chinese emperor (born 1328) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongwu_Emperor)
- 1519 Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (born 1480) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezia_Borgia)
- 1637 Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (born 1580) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Claude_Fabri_de_Peiresc)
- 1908 Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (born 1837) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland)
- 1922 Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1867) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Rathenau)
- 1923 Edith Södergran, Swedish-Finnish poet (born 1892) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_S%C3%B6dergran)
- 1935 Carlos Gardel, French-Argentine singer, composer and actor (born 1890) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Gardel)
- 1980 V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (born 1894) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._V._Giri)
- 1987 Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (born 1916) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Gleason)
- 2002 Pierre Werner, Luxembourgish banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (born 1913) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Werner)
- 2007 Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (born 1967) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit)
- 2013 Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Colombo)
- 2014 Eli Wallach, American actor (born 1915) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Wallach)
- 2021 Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (born 1960) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benigno_Aquino_III)

## Holidays and observances

- Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carabobo)
- Bannockburn Day (Scotland) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn)
- Christian feast day: Gohard [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gohard)
- Christian feast day: Joseph Yuan [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Yuan)
- Christian feast day: María Guadalupe García Zavala [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Guadalupe_Garc%C3%ADa_Zavala)
- Christian feast day: Nativity of Saint John the Baptist [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_John_the_Baptist)
- Christian feast day: Rumbold of Mechlin [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumbold_of_Mechlin)
- Christian feast day: June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_24_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caboclo)
- Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival and a New Year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere (Sacsayhuamán) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inti_Raymi)
- St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances: Enyovden (Bulgaria) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer)
- St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances: Catalan Countries National Day (Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Northern Catalonia, Valencia) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_Countries)
- St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances: Jaanipäev (Estonia) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_Day_(Estonia))
- St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances: Jāņi (Latvia) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81%C5%86i)
- St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances: Jónsmessa (Iceland) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nsmessa)
- St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances: Midsummer Day (England) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer)
- St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances: Saint Jonas' Festival or Joninės (Lithuania) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Jonas's_Festival)
- St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances: Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste_Day)
- St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances: Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A2nzian%C4%83)
- St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances: Wattah Wattah Festival (Philippines) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattah_Wattah_Festival)
- Fors Fortuna, ancient Roman festival to Fortuna [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “June 24”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_24) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/June 24”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_24) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“June 24”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_24) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_24?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for June 24 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## June 24 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Wednesday | 2026-W26 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2027 | Thursday | 2027-W25 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2028 | Saturday | 2028-W25 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
| 2029 | Sunday | 2029-W25 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2030 | Monday | 2030-W26 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on June 24

None of the 28 countries we track has a public holiday on June 24 in 2026 or 2027.

[Today's holidays in 28 countries →](https://whathappen.today/holidays/)

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