June 24 in history
Events on June 24
Notable events that happened on June 24 in past years.
- 2026
Two earthquakes strike Venezuela, leaving more than 2,200 people dead and dozens of others missing.
Wikipedia article: 2026 Venezuela earthquakes - 2012
Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.
Wikipedia article: Lonesome George - 1995
Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
Wikipedia article: 1995 Rugby World Cup - 1978
Ahmad al-Ghashmi, the president of the Yemen Arab Republic, is killed when a bomb exploded in a suitcase carried by a South Yemeni envoy.
Wikipedia article: Ahmad al-Ghashmi - 1957
In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
Wikipedia article: Roth v. United States - 1947
Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
Wikipedia article: Kenneth Arnold - 1932
A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
Wikipedia article: Siamese revolution of 1932 - 1894
Assassination of the French President, Sadi Carnot by Sante Caserio during the Ère des attentats (1892–1894).
Wikipedia article: Assassination of Sadi Carnot - 1839
An Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pascha routs an Ottoman army under Hafiz Pasha in the battle of Nezib.
Wikipedia article: Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt - 1779
American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
Wikipedia article: American Revolutionary War - 1663
The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
Wikipedia article: Évora - 1540
English King Henry VIII commands his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court.
Wikipedia article: Henry VIII - 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.
Wikipedia article: Dancing mania - 972
Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
- 1312 BC
Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
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