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This day in history: 24 June

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438 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 24 June.
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2026: Two earthquakes strike Venezuela, leaving more than 2,200 people dead and dozens of others missing.

Holidays and observances

Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)

Bannockburn Day (Scotland)

Christian feast day: Gohard

Christian feast day: Joseph Yuan

Christian feast day: June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: María Guadalupe García Zavala

Christian feast day: Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

Christian feast day: Rumbold of Mechlin

Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)

Fors Fortuna, ancient Roman festival to Fortuna

Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival and a New Year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere (Sacsayhuamán)

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, Balea

Events

2026Two earthquakes strike Venezuela, leaving more than 2,200 people dead and dozens of others missing.

2023The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.

2022In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Constitution does not assign the authority to regulate abortions to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual state

2021The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside.

2013Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.

2012Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.

2010At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.

2010Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.

2004In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.

2002The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.

1995Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.

1994A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four.

1989Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

1982"The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 009 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.

1981The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17 years.

1978Ahmad al-Ghashmi, the president of the Yemen Arab Republic, is killed when a bomb exploded in a suitcase carried by a South Yemeni envoy.

1975Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades

1973The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke

1963The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.

1960Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt.

1957In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.

1954First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.

1950Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.

1949The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.

1948Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.

1947Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.

1945The first Victory Day Parade takes place on Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.

1943US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.

1940World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.

1939Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.

1932A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).

1922The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.

1918First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.

1916Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.

1913Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.

1894Assassination of the French President, Sadi Carnot by Sante Caserio during the Ère des attentats (1892–1894).

1880First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.

1866Austro-Prussian War: In the Battle of Custoza an Austrian army defeats the Italian army.

1859Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.

1839An Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pascha routs an Ottoman army under Hafiz Pasha in the battle of Nezib.

Born on this day

2008Mathis Jangéal, French footballer

2000Nehuén Pérez, Argentine footballer

1999Darwin Núñez, Uruguayan footballer

1998Federico Gatti, Italian footballer

1998Pierre-Luc Dubois, Canadian ice hockey player

1996Duki, Argentine rapper

1992David Alaba, Austrian footballer

1991Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player

1991Yasmin Paige, English actress

1990Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player

1990Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer

1989Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner

1988Micah Richards, English footballer

1988Nichkhun, Thai-American singer and actor

1987Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer

1987Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder

1987Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player

1986Phil Hughes, American baseball player

1986Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress

1986Stuart Broad, English cricketer

1985Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer

1985Nate Myles, Australian rugby league player

1985Tom Kennedy, English footballer

1985Vernon Philander, South African cricketer

1985Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model

1984Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer

1984JJ Redick, American basketball player and coach

1984Johanna Welin, Swedish-born German wheelchair basketball player

1983David Shillington, Australian rugby league player

1983Gard Nilssen, Norwegian drummer

1983Gianni Munari, Italian footballer

1983John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor

1983Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer

1982Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player

1982Kevin Nolan, English footballer

1980Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver

1980Cicinho, Brazilian footballer

1980Minka Kelly, American actress

1980Nina Dübbers, German tennis player

1979Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer

Died on this day

2025Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1943)

2024Shifty Shellshock, American vocalist (born 1974)

2021Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (born 1960)

2021Trần Thiện Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (born 1925)

2015Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1986)

2015Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (born 1917)

2015Marva Collins, American author and educator (born 1936)

2015Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (born 1915)

2014Eli Wallach, American actor (born 1915)

2014John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1928)

2014Marilyn Fisher Lundy, American businesswoman (born 1925)

2014Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (born 1919)

2014Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1916)

2013Alan Myers, American drummer (born 1955)

2013Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920)

2013James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (born 1933)

2013Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (born 1932)

2013Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (born 1946)

2013William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (born 1924)

2012Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (born 1952)

2012Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (born 1962)

2012Gad Beck, German author and educator (born 1923)

2012Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (born 1926)

2012Lonesome George, last known Pinta Island tortoise (hatched c. 1910)

2012Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (born 1988)

2011Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (born 1933)

2010Fred Anderson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (born 1929)

2009Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (born 1927)

2008Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and academic (born 1919)

2007Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (born 1967)

Quote of the day

“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”

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