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Day Of The Week: June 24
June 24, 2025 is the 175th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 190 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Cancer is your zodiac sign. Pearl is your modern birthstone. Moonstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: June 24
- 109 –Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 km north-west of Rome.
- 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.
- 1497 –John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1813 –Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
- 1948 –Start of the Berlin Blockade: the Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
- 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.
- 2004 –In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
Who were born on June 24?
- 1533 –Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (d. 1588)
- 1587 –William Arnold, English settler of Providence Plantation (d. 1675)
- 1883 –Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1964)
- 1945 –Nora Valsami, Greek actress
- 1961 –Iain Glen, Scottish actor
- 1971 –Christopher Showerman, American actor
- 1978 –Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer
- 1978 –Luis García, Spanish footballer
- 1978 –Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
- 1979 –Craig Shergold, British internet folklore subject
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