June
24
World
Young Doctors' Day
Events
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 Dalriada. It is 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 Alfonso
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.
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 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.
1535 – The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
1571 – Miguel Lopez de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of
the Republic of the Philippines.
1597 – The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam
(on 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, England.
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 Francois 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.
1916 – World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long
artillery bombardment on the German Line.
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 meteor, 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 Pibulsonggram, the
country's third prime minister.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Holidays
and observances
Bannockburn
Day (Scotland)
Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)
Christian Feast Day:
Nativity of St. John the Baptist
June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas State, Brazil)
Discovery Day, observed on the nearest Monday (Newfoundland
and Labrador)
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)
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, Northern Europe), and its related
observances:
Jaanipäev (Estonia)
Jāņi (Latvia)
Midsummer Day (England)
National Holiday (Quebec)
Saint Jonas' Festival or Joninės (Lithuania)
Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania)
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