June 24

June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 190 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).

Events

• 217 BC – The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
• 109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north-west of Rome.
• 474 – Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• 637 – The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.
• 972 – Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
• 1128 – Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba. After this battle, the future king calls himself "Prince of Portugal", the first step towards "official independence" that will be reached in 1139 after the Battle of Ourique.
• 1230 – The Siege of Jaén started in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.
• 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.
• 1340 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1531 – The city of San Juan del Río, Mexico, is founded.
• 1535 – The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
• 1571 – Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Republic of the Philippines.
• 1597 – The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Banten, Java.
• 1604 – Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
• 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.
• 1762 – Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
• 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• 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.
• 1821 – The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
• 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.
• 1880 – First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
• 1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
• 1902 – King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• 1913 – Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
• 1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• 1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
• 1932 – A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
• 1938 – Pieces of a meteorite, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania.
• 1939 – Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
• 1940 – World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
• 1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
• 1948 – Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
• 1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.
• 1954 – First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
• 1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• 1963 – The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
• 1973 – The 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, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
• 1981 – The Humber Bridge is opens 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.
• 1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• 1995 – "Rugby World Cup final": South Africa defeats New Zealand, Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb-Ellis trophy in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
• 2002 – The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
• 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.
• 2010 – Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
• 2012 – Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies.
• 2013 – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and having sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.

Births

• 1244 – Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1308)
• 1257 – Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, England noblemen (d. 1331)
• 1314 – Philippa of Hainault (d. 1369)
• 1343 – Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)
• 1386 – John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (d. 1456)
• 1485 – Johannes Bugenhagen, Polish-German priest and reformer (d. 1558)
• 1519 – Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar (d. 1605)
• 1532 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire (d. 1588)
• 1532 – William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1573)
• 1535 – Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (d. 1573)
• 1542 – John of the Cross, Spanish mystic and saint (d. 1591)
• 1546 – Robert Persons, English-Italian priest and author (d. 1610)
• 1587 – William Arnold, English-American settler (d. 1675)
• 1661 – Hachisuka Tsunanori, Japanese daimyo (d. 1730)
• 1663 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (d. 1742)
• 1687 – Johann Albrecht Bengel, German-Lutheran clergyman and scholar (d. 1757)
• 1694 – Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss author and theorist (d. 1748)
• 1704 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (d. 1771)
• 1753 – William Hull, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan Territory (d. 1825)
• 1755 – Anacharsis Cloots, Prussian-French activist (d. 1794)
• 1767 – Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (d. 1846)
• 1771 – Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont (d. 1834)
• 1774 – Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentinian commander and politician, 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (d. 1819)
• 1774 – François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (d. 1838)
• 1777 – John Ross, Scottish commander and explorer (d. 1856)
• 1782 – Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (d. 1847)
• 1783 – Johann Heinrich von Thünen, German economist and geographer (d. 1850)
• 1784 – Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 1853)
• 1788 – Thomas Blanchard, American inventor (d. 1864)
• 1795 – Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician and psychologist (d. 1878)
• 1797 – John Hughes, Irish-American archbishop (d. 1864)
• 1804 – Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, numismatist, and sinologist (d. 1849)
• 1804 – Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
• 1811 – John Archibald Campbell, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1889)
• 1813 – Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and reformer (d. 1887)
• 1813 – Francis Boott, American composer (d. 1904)
• 1821 – Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian physician and politician (d. 1890)
• 1825 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1844)
• 1826 – George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (d. 1898)
• 1835 – Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist and academic (d. 1902)
• 1838 – Jan Matejko, Polish painter (d. 1893)
• 1839 – Gustavus Franklin Swift, American businessman (d. 1903)
• 1842 – Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (d. 1914)
• 1846 – Samuel Johnson, Nigerian priest and historian (d. 1901)
• 1850 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan (d. 1916)
• 1852 – Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist and academic (d. 1915)
• 1856 – Henry Chapman Mercer, American archaeologist and author (d. 1930)
• 1858 – Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1924)
• 1860 – Mercedes of Orléans (d. 1878)
• 1865 – Robert Henri, American painter and educator (d. 1929)
• 1867 – Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Prince George of Greece and Denmark (d. 1957)
• 1880 – Oswald Veblen, American mathematician and academic (g. 1960)
• 1881 – George Shiels, Irish-Canadian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1949)
• 1882 – Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
• 1882 – Carl Diem, German businessman (d. 1962)
• 1883 – Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
• 1883 – Arthur L. Newton, American runner (d. 1956)
• 1883 – Frank Verner, American runner (d. 1966)
• 1884 – Frank Waller, American runner (d. 1941)
• 1885 – Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist (d. 1975)
• 1888 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect, designed the Rietveld Schröder House (d. 1964)
• 1893 – Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1971)
• 1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (d. 1983)
• 1897 – Daniel K. Ludwig, American businessman (d. 1992)
• 1897 – Omkarnath Thakur, Indian singer, musicologist, and academic (d. 1967)
• 1898 – Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (d. 1983)
• 1898 – Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (d. 1958)
• 1900 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
• 1901 – Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (d. 2001)
• 1901 – Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (d. 1974)
• 1901 – Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman (d. 1969)
• 1904 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
• 1905 – Fred Alderman, American sprinter (d. 1998)
• 1906 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Willard Maas, American poet and educator (d. 1971)
• 1907 – Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
• 1908 – Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1978)
• 1909 – William Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1991)
• 1911 – Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist and academic (d. 2011)
• 1912 – Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Pearl Witherington, French secret agent (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (d. 2001)
• 1916 – William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (d. 2010)
• 1917 – David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1917 – Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean businessman and politician, Singaporean Minister for Education (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Al Molinaro, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1920 – John Coplans, British artist (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Jack Carter, American actor and comedian (d. 2015)
• 1922 – John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Margaret Olley, Australian painter and philanthropist (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (d. 1997)
• 1927 – James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Carolyn S. Shoemaker, American astronomer
• 1930 – Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist
• 1930 – William Bernard Ziff, Jr., American publisher (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Billy Casper, American golfer and architect (d. 2015)
• 1932 – David McTaggart, Canadian-Italian environmentalist (d. 2001)
• 1933 – Sam Jones, American basketball player and coach
• 1934 – Ferdinand Biwersi, German footballer and referee (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1935 – Terry Riley, American composer and educator
• 1937 – Anita Desai, Indian-American author and academic
• 1938 – Lawrence Block, American author
• 1938 – Abulfaz Elchibey, 1st democratically elected Azerbaijani president
• 1938 – Ken Gray, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992)
• 1939 – Brigitte Fontaine, French singer
• 1940 – Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
• 1941 – Erkin Koray, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 – Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author
• 1941 – Graham McKenzie, Australian cricketer
• 1942 – Arthur Brown, English singer
• 1942 – Michele Lee, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1942 – Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile
• 1942 – Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator
• 1943 – Birgit Grodal, Danish economist and academic (d. 2004)
• 1944 – Jeff Beck, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1944 – Nancy Cartwright, American philosopher and academic
• 1944 – Kathryn Lasky, American author
• 1944 – John "Charlie" Whitney, English guitarist
• 1944 – Chris Wood, English saxophonist (d. 1983)
• 1945 – Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter
• 1945 – Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1945 – George Pataki, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of New York
• 1945 – Betty Stöve, Dutch tennis player
• 1946 – David Collenette, Canadian civil servant and politician, 32nd Canadian Minister of National Defence
• 1946 – Ellison Onizuka, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1946 – Robert Reich, American economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor
• 1947 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer
• 1947 – Peter Weller, American actor and director
• 1948 – Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player and songwriter
• 1949 – John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1949 – Betty Jackson, English fashion designer
• 1950 – Nancy Allen, American actress
• 1950 – Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish-born English photographer (d. 2006)
• 1950 – Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (d. 2015)
• 1950 – Mercedes Lackey, American author
• 1951 – Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter
• 1951 – Charles Sturridge, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Dianna Melrose, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Tanzania
• 1952 – Bob Neill, English lawyer and politician
• 1953 – William E. Moerner, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 – Michael Tuck, Australian footballer and coach
• 1955 – Chris Higgins, English geneticist and academic
• 1955 – Edmund Malura, German footballer and manager
• 1955 – Loren Roberts, American golfer
• 1956 – Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 1956 – Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1957 – Mark Parkinson, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
• 1958 – Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 1958 – Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer
• 1958 – John Tortorella, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 – Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1960 – Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
• 1960 – Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1960 – Juli Inkster, American golfer
• 1960 – Karin Pilsäter, Swedish accountant and politician
• 1960 – Erik Poppe, Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist (d. 2000)
• 1961 – Iain Glen, Scottish actor
• 1961 – Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American journalist and activist
• 1961 – Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1963 – Yuri Kasparyan, Russian guitarist
• 1963 – Preki, Serbian-American soccer player and coach
• 1963 – Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (d. 2007)
• 1964 – Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and producer (d. 2012)
• 1964 – Kathryn Parminter, Baroness Parminter, English politician
• 1964 – Gary Suter, American ice hockey player and scout
• 1965 – Claude Bourbonnais, Canadian race car driver
• 1965 – Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player and coach
• 1966 – Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1967 – Jeff Cease, American guitarist
• 1967 – Bill Huard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Richard Z. Kruspe, German guitarist
• 1967 – Janez Lapajne, Slovenian director and producer
• 1967 – John Limniatis, Greek-Canadian footballer and manager
• 1967 – Sherry Stringfield, American actress
• 1968 – Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1969 – Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian soprano and actress
• 1970 – Glenn Medeiros, American singer-songwriter
• 1970 – David May, English footballer
• 1970 – Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2012)
• 1972 – Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
• 1972 – Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower
• 1973 – Alexis Gauthier, French chef
• 1973 – Jere Lehtinen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1974 – Dan Byles, English sailor, rower, and politician
• 1974 – Vinnie Fiorello, American drummer and songwriter
• 1974 – Chris Guccione, American baseball player and umpire
• 1975 – Marek Malík, Czech ice hockey player
• 1975 – Federico Pucciariello, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1976 – Brock Olivo, American football player and coach
• 1977 – Dimos Dikoudis, Greek basketball player and manager
• 1977 – Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer
• 1978 – Luis García, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
• 1978 – Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Juan Román Riquelme, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 – Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter
• 1979 – Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer
• 1979 – Petra Němcová, Czech model and philanthropist
• 1980 – Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Nina Dübbers, German tennis player
• 1980 – Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver
• 1980 – Minka Kelly, American actress
• 1982 – Kevin Nolan, English footballer
• 1982 – Mark Penney, Canadian director and producer
• 1982 – Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer
• 1983 – Gianni Munari, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Gard Nilssen, Norwegian drummer
• 1983 – David Shillington, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 – Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer
• 1984 – J.J. Redick, American basketball player
• 1985 – Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Tom Kennedy, English footballer
• 1985 – Nate Myles, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Vernon Philander, South African cricketer
• 1985 – Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model
• 1986 – Stuart Broad, English cricketer
• 1986 – Phil Hughes, American baseball player
• 1986 – Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player
• 1987 – Serdar Güneş, Turkish footballer
• 1987 – Craig Henderson, New Zealand footballer
• 1987 – Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Josh Lillis, English footballer
• 1987 – Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 – Micah Richards, English footballer
• 1989 – Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner
• 1990 – Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer
• 1991 – Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – David Alaba, Austrian footballer

Deaths

• 803 – Higbald of Lindisfarne, English bishop
• 1314 – Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, English commander (b. 1291)
• 1314 – Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Marches (b. 1274)
• 1398 – Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)
• 1439 – Frederick IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1382)
• 1503 – Reginald Bray, English architect and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1440)
• 1519 – Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1480)
• 1520 – Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese commander (b. 1489)
• 1604 – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (b. 1550)
• 1637 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (b. 1580)
• 1643 – John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
• 1766 – Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678)
• 1778 – Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714)
• 1803 – Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
• 1817 – Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
• 1835 – Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
• 1908 – Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
• 1922 – Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 – Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 – Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 – Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1935 – Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1890)
• 1943 – Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 – Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 – Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 – Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 – Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 – Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 – Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 – Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1976 – Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 1978 – Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1984 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
• 1987 – Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1916)
• 1988 – Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)
• 1991 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1991 – Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
• 1994 – Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
• 1997 – Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Vera Atkins, British intelligence officer (b. 1908)
• 2002 – Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
• 2004 – Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (b. 1957)
• 2005 – Paul Winchell, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)
• 2007 – Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)
• 2010 – Fred Anderson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (b. 1929)
• 2011 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Gad Beck, German author and educator (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (b. 1988)
• 2012 – Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (b. 1932)
• 2013 – William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Puff Johnson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
• 2013 – James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Alan Myers, American drummer (b. 1955)
• 2014 – John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
• 2014 – Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2015 – Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986)
• 2015 – Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (b. 1917)
• 2015 – Walter Browne, Australian-American chess and poker player (b. 1949)
• 2015 – Marva Collins, American author and educator (b. 1936)
• 2015 – Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (b. 1915)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • María Guadalupe García Zavala
  • Nativity of St. John the Baptist
  • June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Discovery Day, observed on the nearest Monday to June 24 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Earliest day on which Armed Forces Day can fall, while June 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Saturday in June. (United Kingdom)
• Earliest day on which Mother's Day can fall, while June 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday in June. (Kenya)
• Feast of Raḥmat (Bahá'í Faith) (Date is generally June 24, but this may vary from year to year)
• Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)
• Bannockburn Day (Scotland)
• Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)
• 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)
  • Jaanipäev (Estonia)
  • Jāņi (Latvia)
  • Jónsmessa (Iceland)
  • Midsummer Day (England)
  • Saint Jonas' Festival or Joninės (Lithuania)
  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)
  • Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania)
• Youth Day (Ukraine)

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• BBC: On This Day
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• On This Day in Canada