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On This Day · The 175th day of the year

June 24

June 24's record stretches 696 years, from 1314 to 2010. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♋ZodiacCancer ◈BirthstonePearl ❀Birth flowerRose

Cancer is the sign for June 24 — read more on the Cancer page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on June 24?

June 24 is the 175th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1314 and 2010. Famous people born on June 24 include Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Brigitte Fontaine and Lionel Messi.

Released on June 24

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Movie Supergirl

2023

  • TV Soul Land 2: The Peerless Tang Clan

2022

  • TV Anna

2021

  • Game Scarlet Nexus

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1314

    First War of Scottish Independence

  2. 1340

    Hundred Years' War

  3. 1374

    Dancing mania

  4. 1724

    Nativity of John the Baptist

  5. 1812

    Napoleonic Wars

  6. 1880

    O Canada

  7. 1913

    Serbia

  8. 1932

    Siamese revolution of 1932

  9. 1940

    World War II

  10. 2010

    Julia Gillard

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 24

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle

b. 1942

Brigitte Fontaine

b. 1939

Lionel Messi

b. 1987

Juan Manuel Fangio

b. 1911

George Pataki

b. 1945

Chris Wood (rock musician)

b. 1944

David Alaba

b. 1992

Jean Charest

b. 1958

Deaths

  • 2021Benigno Aquino III
  • 2012Lonesome George
  • 2007Chris Benoit
  • 1969Willy Ley
  • 1908Grover Cleveland
  • 1398Hongwu Emperor

Holidays & observances

  • —Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)
  • —Bannockburn Day (Scotland)
  • —Christian feast day: María Guadalupe García Zavala
  • —Christian feast day: Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
  • —Christian feast day: June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)
  • —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: Enyovden (Bulgaria)

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