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What happend on 24. June in History
In our data base we found 334 events happened on 24. June:
• 109: Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north-west of Rome. [category: Events]
• 238: Maximinus Thrax, Roman Emperor (b. 173) [category: Deaths]
• 474: Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 637: The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dalriada. It is claimed to be largest battle in the history of Ireland. [category: Events]
• 803: Higbald of Lindisfarne, English bishop [category: Deaths]
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• 972: Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place. [category: Events]
• 1128: Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: forces led by Alfonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba. [category: Events]
• 1244: Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1308) [category: Births]
• 1314: Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England (d. 1369) [category: Births]
• 1314: Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, English military commander (b. 1291) [category: Deaths]
• 1314: Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, English soldier, Lord Warden of the Marches (b. 1274) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1340: Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys – The French fleet is almost destroyed by the English Fleet commanded in person by King Edward III. [category: Events]
• 1343: Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1386: John of Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) [category: Births]
• 1398: Hongwu Emperor of China, founder of the Ming Dynasty (b. 1328) [category: Deaths]
• 1439: Frederick IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1382) [category: Deaths]
• 1485: Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) [category: Births]
• 1497: John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings. [category: Events]
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• 1509: Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England. [category: Events]
• 1519: Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) [category: Births]
• 1519: Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1480) [category: Deaths]
• 1520: Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) [category: Deaths]
• 1533: Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (d. 1588) [category: Births]
• 1535: Joan of Austria, Princess of Portugal (d. 1573) [category: Births]
• 1535: The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded. [category: Events]
• 1542: John of the Cross, Spanish mystic and poet (d. 1591) [category: Births]
• 1546: Robert Parsons, English priest (d. 1610) [category: Births]
• 1571: Miguel Lopez de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Republic of the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1587: William Arnold, English-American settler (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1597: The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java). [category: Events]
• 1604: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English peer and courtier (b. 1550) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1622: Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau. [category: Events]
• 1637: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580) [category: Deaths]
• 1643: John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595) [category: Deaths]
• 1663: Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1687: Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757) [category: Births]
• 1694: Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss theorist (d. 1748) [category: Births]
• 1704: Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (d. 1771) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1755: Anacharsis Cloots, Prussian-born French revolutionary (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1766: Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678) [category: Deaths]
• 1774: Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentine military commander (d. 1819) [category: Births]
• 1774: François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1777: John Ross, English naval officer and explorer (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1778: Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins. [category: Events]
• 1782: Juan Larrea, Argentine politician and businessman (d. 1847) [category: Births]
• 1784: Juan Antonio Lavalleja, 19th Century Uruguayan military and political figure (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1793: The first Republican constitution in France is adopted. [category: Events]
• 1795: Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1797: John Joseph Hughes, Irish-American archbishop (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1803: George James Webb, English composer (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1803: Matthew Thornton, Irish-American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1811: John Archibald Campbell, American jurist (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1812: Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning the invasion of Russia. [category: Events]
• 1813: Francis Boott, American composer (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1813: Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1813: Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army. [category: Events]
• 1817: Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician (b. 1734) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: Guillermo Rawson, Argentine politician (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1821: The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain. [category: Events]
• 1825: Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1826: George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1835: Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: Ambrose Bierce, American author (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1846: Samuel Johnson, Nigerian historian and priest (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1850: Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, English field marshal (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1859: Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy. [category: Events]
• 1860: Mercedes of Orléans (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1866: Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War. [category: Events]
• 1869: Prince George of Greece and Denmark (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1880: Ralph Wilson, American gymnast (death date unknown) [category: Births]
• 1880: First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. [category: Events]
• 1882: Athanase David, Canadian lawyer, politician, and businessman (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1882: Carl Diem, German sports administrator (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1883: Arthur L. Newton, American athlete (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1883: Frank Verner, American athlete (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1883: Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-Americian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1884: Frank Waller, American athlete (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1886: George Shiels, Irish dramatist (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1888: Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1893: Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1894: Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: Marie Francois Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio. [category: Events]
• 1895: Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1897: Daniel K. Ludwig, American businessman (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1900: Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1901: Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1901: Harry Partch, American composer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1901: Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1902: King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation. [category: Events]
• 1904: Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1906: Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1906: Willard Maas, American educator and filmmaker (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1907: Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1908: Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1908: Guru Gopinath, Indian dancer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1908: Hugo Distler, German composer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1908: Grover Cleveland, American politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: William Penney, English mathematician (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1909: Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1911: Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1912: Brian Johnston, English sportscaster (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1913: Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1913: Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria. [category: Events]
• 1914: Pearl Witherington French secret agent (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1915: Fred Hoyle, English astronomer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1916: William B. Saxbe, American politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1916: Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract. [category: Events]
• 1916: World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line. [category: Events]
• 1918: First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. [category: Events]
• 1919: Al Molinaro, American actor [category: Births]
• 1922: Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1922: Walther Rathenau, German industrialist, politician, and writer, Foreign Minister of Germany (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Margaret Olley, Australian painter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1924: Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic [category: Births]
• 1924: Brian Bevan, Australian rugby player (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1924: Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1927: Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1930: Claude Chabrol, French director (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1930: William Bernard Ziff, Jr., American publisher (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1931: Billy Casper, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1931: Otto Mears, Russian-American railroad builder and entrepreneur (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: A bloodless Revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand). [category: Events]
• 1933: Sam Jones, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1934: Ferdinand Biwersi, German football referee [category: Births]
• 1934: Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and author [category: Births]
• 1935: Terry Riley, American composer [category: Births]
• 1935: Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Lawrence Block, American writer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1939: HA Schult, German artist [category: Births]
• 1939: Michael Gothard, English actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1939: Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Pibulsonggram, the country's third prime minister. [category: Events]
• 1940: Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1941: Charles Whitman, American murderer (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1941: Erkin Koray, Turkish singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1941: Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and novelist [category: Births]
• 1942: Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean politician and engineer, 32nd President of Chile [category: Births]
• 1942: Michele Lee, American actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Arthur Brown, English singer (Kingdom Come and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown) [category: Births]
• 1944: Chris Wood, English saxophonist (Traffic and Ginger Baker's Air Force) (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1944: David Mark Berger, American born Israeli weightlifter (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1944: Jeff Beck, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, The Honeydrippers, and Beck, Bogert & Appice) [category: Births]
• 1944: John "Charlie" Whitney, English musician (Family, Axis Point, Streetwalkers) [category: Births]
• 1945: Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter (The Zombies and Keats) [category: Births]
• 1945: George Pataki, American politician, 53rd Governor of New York [category: Births]
• 1945: Nora Valsami, Greek actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1946: David Collenette, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1946: Robert Reich, American economist [category: Births]
• 1946: Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Mick Fleetwood, English drummer and actor (Fleetwood Mac) [category: Births]
• 1947: Peter Weller, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. [category: Events]
• 1948: Patrick Moraz, Swiss pianist and songwriter (Yes, The Moody Blues, and Refugee) [category: Births]
• 1948: Start of the Berlin Blockade: the Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible. [category: Events]
• 1949: John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bassist, and producer (Dire Straits) [category: Births]
• 1949: The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd. [category: Events]
• 1950: Mercedes Lackey, American writer [category: Births]
• 1950: Nancy Allen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1951: David Rodigan, Germany-English actor and disk jockey [category: Births]
• 1951: Leslie Cochran, American activist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1952: Stephen Pusey, English artist [category: Births]
• 1953: Ivo Lill, Estonian artist [category: Births]
• 1955: Betsy Randle, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Edmund Malura, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1956: Joe Penny, English actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Astro, English rapper and musician (UB40) [category: Births]
• 1957: Mark Parkinson, American politician [category: Births]
• 1957: In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. [category: Events]
• 1958: Jean Charest, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1958: John Tortorella, American ice hockey coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Kathy Troccoli, American singer and author [category: Births]
• 1958: Kenneth Biros, American murderer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1958: Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1958: Tom Lister, Jr., American wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Id, Dalek I Love You, and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) [category: Births]
• 1960: Erik Poppe, Norwegian film director [category: Births]
• 1960: Karin Pilsäter, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter (Brand New Heavies) [category: Births]
• 1961: Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Tears for Fears and Graduate) [category: Births]
• 1961: Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist (Social Distortion) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1961: Iain Glen, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American activist [category: Births]
• 1963: Mike Wieringo, American illustrator (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1963: Preki, Serbian-American soccer player and coach [category: Births]
• 1963: The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government. [category: Events]
• 1964: Gary Suter, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1966: Adrienne Shelly, American actress and director (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1966: Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and musician (Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions) [category: Births]
• 1967: Bill Huard, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Janez Lapajne, Slovenian director [category: Births]
• 1967: John Limniatis, Greek-Canadian footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Richard Z. Kruspe, German guitarist (Rammstein and Emigrate) [category: Births]
• 1967: Scott Oden, American writer [category: Births]
• 1967: Sherry Stringfield, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian soprano [category: Births]
• 1970: Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1970: Glenn Medeiros, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1971: Christopher Showerman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Ji Jin Hee, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower [category: Births]
• 1972: Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1973: Alexander Beyer, German actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Alexis Gauthier, French chef [category: Births]
• 1973: Jere Lehtinen, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Chris Guccione American baseball umpire [category: Births]
• 1974: Ruffa Gutierrez, Filipino actress and model [category: Births]
• 1975: Carla Gallo, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Federico Pucciariello, Argentine-Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1975: Marek Malik, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Brock Olivo, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Louisa Leaman, English writer [category: Births]
• 1976: Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Cas Jansen, Dutch actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1978: Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter (Nightwish, Brother Firetribe, Altaria, and Barilari) [category: Births]
• 1978: Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Luis García Sanz, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Robert Charroux, French writer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Craig Shergold, English internet folklore subject [category: Births]
• 1979: Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1979: Petra Němcová, Czech model, author, and philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1980: Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Cicinho, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Liane Balaban, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Minka Kelly, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Nina Dübbers, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: The Humber Bridge is opened to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years. [category: Events]
• 1982: Clint Bajada, Maltese television and radio host [category: Births]
• 1982: Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Kevin Nolan, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Mark Penney, Canadian director [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1983: Gianni Munari, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: J. J. Redick, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Clarence Campbell, Canadian 3rd president of the National Hockey League (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Kyle Searles, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1986: Phil Hughes, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Stuart Broad, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1987: Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Craig Henderson, New Zealand footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: LiSA, Japanese singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1987: Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Serdar Güneş, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Micah Richards, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Nichkhun, Thai singer, dancer, and actor (2PM) [category: Births]
• 1989: Hibari Misora, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1990: Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Rie Kitahara, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48) [category: Births]
• 1991: Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American novelist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Raven Goodwin American actress [category: Births]
• 1997: Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Don Hutson, American football player (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Coy Stewart, American actor [category: Births]
• 2000: David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine singer-songwriter {b. 1973} [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Vera Atkins, Romanian-English intelligence officer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history. [category: Events]
• 2003: Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional. [category: Events]
• 2005: Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Yedidia Shofet, Iranian rabbi (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Patsy Ramsey, American mother of JonBenét Ramsey (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Byron Baer, American politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Derek Dougan, Irish footballer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and singer (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ira Tucker, American singer (The Dixie Hummingbirds) (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ed Thomas, American educator and football coach (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history. [category: Events]
• 2011: Tomislav Ivić, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Franz Crass, German singer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gad Beck, German educator, author, and Holocaust survivor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jean Cox, American tenor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (b. 1988) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rudolf Schmid, German bishop (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ted Luckenbill, American basketball player (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Youssef Dawoud, Egyptian actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies, making the species extinct. [category: Events]
• _: Bannockburn Day (Scotland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas State, Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Discovery Day, observed on the nearest Monday (Newfoundland and Labrador) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Mother's Day can fall, while June 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday in June. (Kenya) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of Raḥmat (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fors Fortuna (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival and a New Year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere (Sacsayhuamán) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Jaanipäev (Estonia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Jāņi (Latvia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Midsummer Day (England) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Holiday (Quebec) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nativity of St. John the Baptist [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Jonas' Festival or Joninės (Lithuania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: 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, Northern Europe), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]