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June 24: Day of the Week
June 24, 2024 is the 176th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 190 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Cancer is the zodiac 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.
June 24 Historical Event(s)
1597
The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java).
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.
1859
Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
1880
First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
1913
Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
1916
Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
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.
1948
Start of the Berlin Blockade: the Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
2010
John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
Who were born on June 24?
1888
Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (d. 1964)
1906
Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (d. 1971)
1914
Pearl Witherington CBE, British World War II secret agent (d. 2008)
1930
William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (d. 2006)
1934
Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer
1938
Lawrence Block, American writer
1961
Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player
1967
Richard Z. Kruspe, German guitarist (Rammstein)
1984
Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer
1989
Apoorva Anwekar, Indian Born active in Raipur Chattisgarh (2PM)
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