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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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.
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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)
972
Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
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.
1509
Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
1535
The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
1779
American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
1916
Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
1947
Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
1949
The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.
1963
The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
1985
STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery completes its mission, best remembered for having Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.
Who were born on June 24?
1904
Phil Harris, American singer, songwriter and comedian (d. 1995)
1946
Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1956
Joe Penny, English actor
1977
Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player
1978
Ariel Pink, American recording artist
1984
J. J. Redick, American basketball player
1985
Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer
1985
Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol
1987
Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
1987
Sandeep Kumar H R (SANDY), Indian Film Director
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