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| June 24th, 2008 (June 24 2008) | Death | Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician (born in 1919) | |
| June 24th, 2007 (June 24 2007) | Event | The Angora Fire starts near South Lake Tahoe, California destroying 200+ structures in its first 48 hours. | |
| June 24th, 2007 (June 24 2007) | Death | Byron Baer, American politician (born in 1929) | |
| June 24th, 2007 (June 24 2007) | Death | Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (born in 1967) | |
| June 24th, 2007 (June 24 2007) | Death | Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (born in 1938) | |
| June 24th, 2007 (June 24 2007) | Death | Natasja Saad, Danish reggae and dancehall artist (born in 1974) | |
| June 24th, 2006 (June 24 2006) | Death | Patsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenet Ramsey (born in 1956) | |
| June 24th, 2005 (June 24 2005) | Death | Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (born in 1922) | |
| June 24th, 2005 (June 24 2005) | Death | Hakham Yedidia Shofet, Former chief rabbi of Iran (born in 1908) | |
| June 24th, 2004 (June 24 2004) | Event | In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional. | |
| June 24th, 2004 (June 24 2004) | Death | Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter (born in 1957) | |
| June 24th, 2003 (June 24 2003) | Death | Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (born in 1987) | |
| June 24th, 2002 (June 24 2002) | Event | The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history. | |
| June 24th, 2002 (June 24 2002) | Death | Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (born in 1913) | |
| June 24th, 2000 (June 24 2000) | Death | Vera Atkins, Romanian-born British intelligence officer (born in 1908) | |
| June 24th, 2000 (June 24 2000) | Death | David Tomlinson, English actor (born in 1917) | |
| June 24th, 1997 (June 24 1997) | Death | Don Hutson, American athlete (born in 1913) | |
| June 24th, 1997 (June 24 1997) | Death | Brian Keith, American actor (born in 1921) | |
| June 24th, 1995 (June 24 1995) | Event | South Africa defeats New Zealand in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The 1995 World cup is the first major sporting event in South Africa after Apartheid. | |
| June 24th, 1994 (June 24 1994) | Event | A United States Air Force B-52 aircraft crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base, killing all four members of its crew. | |
| June 24th, 1993 (June 24 1993) | Event | Yale computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses the sight in one eye, the hearing in one ear, and part of his right hand after receiving a mailbomb from the Unabomber. | |
| June 24th, 1991 (June 24 1991) | Death | Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter (born in 1899) | |
| June 24th, 1990 (June 24 1990) | Birth | Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| June 24th, 1987 (June 24 1987) | Birth | Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer | |
| June 24th, 1987 (June 24 1987) | Birth | Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer | |
| June 24th, 1987 (June 24 1987) | Death | Jackie Gleason, American actor and musician (born in 1916) | |
| June 24th, 1986 (June 24 1986) | Birth | Stuart Broad, English cricketer | |
| June 24th, 1986 (June 24 1986) | Birth | Phil Hughes, American baseball player | |
| June 24th, 1986 (June 24 1986) | Birth | Solange Knowles, American singer | |
| June 24th, 1985 (June 24 1985) | Event | STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery completed 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. | |
| June 24th, 1985 (June 24 1985) | Birth | Kyle Searles, American actor | |
| June 24th, 1985 (June 24 1985) | Birth | Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol | |
| June 24th, 1984 (June 24 1984) | Birth | J.J. Redick, American basketball player | |
| June 24th, 1984 (June 24 1984) | Death | Clarence Campbell, Canadian NHL president (born in 1905) | |
| June 24th, 1983 (June 24 1983) | Event | Space Shuttle program: STS-7: Sally Ride, the first female American astronaut, returns to earth. | |
| June 24th, 1983 (June 24 1983) | Birth | John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino Actor | |
| June 24th, 1982 (June 24 1982) | Event | British Airways Flight 9, sometimes referred to as the Jakarta incident, flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines. | |
| June 24th, 1982 (June 24 1982) | Birth | Brian Fitzgerald, American writer | |
| June 24th, 1982 (June 24 1982) | Birth | Kevin Nolan, English footballer | |
| June 24th, 1982 (June 24 1982) | Birth | Mark Penney, Canadian film director | |
| June 24th, 1982 (June 24 1982) | Birth | Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| June 24th, 1982 (June 24 1982) | Birth | Clint Bajada, Maltese television and radio presenter | |
| June 24th, 1981 (June 24 1981) | Event | 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. | |
| June 24th, 1980 (June 24 1980) | Birth | Cicinho, Brazilian footballer | |
| June 24th, 1980 (June 24 1980) | Birth | Liane Balaban, Canadian actress | |
| June 24th, 1980 (June 24 1980) | Birth | Andrew Jones, Australian racing driver | |
| June 24th, 1980 (June 24 1980) | Birth | Minka Kelly, American actress | |
| June 24th, 1979 (June 24 1979) | Birth | Petra Nemcova, Czechoslovakian-born model | |
| June 24th, 1979 (June 24 1979) | Birth | Craig Shergold, British internet folklore subject | |
| June 24th, 1979 (June 24 1979) | Birth | Mindy Kaling, American actress and TV producer | |
| June 24th, 1978 (June 24 1978) | Birth | Luis Garcia, Spanish footballer | |
| June 24th, 1978 (June 24 1978) | Birth | Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer | |
| June 24th, 1978 (June 24 1978) | Birth | Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer | |
| June 24th, 1978 (June 24 1978) | Birth | Ariel Pink, American musician | |
| June 24th, 1978 (June 24 1978) | Birth | Juan Roman Riquelme, Argentine footballer | |
| June 24th, 1978 (June 24 1978) | Birth | Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (Nightwish) | |
| June 24th, 1978 (June 24 1978) | Death | Robert Charroux, French writer (born in 1909) | |
| June 24th, 1977 (June 24 1977) | Birth | Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player | |
| June 24th, 1977 (June 24 1977) | Birth | Cas Jansen, Dutch actor | |
| June 24th, 1977 (June 24 1977) | Death | Andre-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (born in 1943) | |
| June 24th, 1976 (June 24 1976) | Birth | Louisa Leaman, English author | |
| June 24th, 1976 (June 24 1976) | Birth | Brock Olivo, American football player | |
| June 24th, 1975 (June 24 1975) | Event | An Eastern Air Lines Boeing 727 crashes at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York. 113 people die. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| June 24th, 1975 (June 24 1975) | Birth | Carla Gallo, American actress | |
| June 24th, 1975 (June 24 1975) | Birth | Marek Malik, Czech ice hockey player | |
| June 24th, 1973 (June 24 1973) | Birth | Alexander Beyer, German actor | |
| June 24th, 1973 (June 24 1973) | Birth | Ji Jin Hee, South Korean actor | |
| June 24th, 1972 (June 24 1972) | Birth | Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist | |
| June 24th, 1972 (June 24 1972) | Birth | Denis Zvegelj, Slovenian rower | |
| June 24th, 1971 (June 24 1971) | Birth | Christopher Showerman, American actor | |
| June 24th, 1970 (June 24 1970) | Birth | Glenn Medeiros, American singer | |
| June 24th, 1969 (June 24 1969) | Birth | Sissel Kyrkjebo, Norwegian singer | |
| June 24th, 1968 (June 24 1968) | Death | Tony Hancock, British comedian (born in 1924) | |
| June 24th, 1967 (June 24 1967) | Birth | Bill Huard, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| June 24th, 1967 (June 24 1967) | Birth | Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German musician (Rammstein) | |
| June 24th, 1967 (June 24 1967) | Birth | Janez Lapajne, Slovenian film director | |
| June 24th, 1967 (June 24 1967) | Birth | Scott Oden, American writer | |
| June 24th, 1967 (June 24 1967) | Birth | Sherry Stringfield, American actress | |
| June 24th, 1966 (June 24 1966) | Birth | Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter | |
| June 24th, 1966 (June 24 1966) | Birth | Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (died in 2006) | |
| June 24th, 1965 (June 24 1965) | Birth | Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player | |
| June 24th, 1964 (June 24 1964) | Birth | Gary Suter, American ice hockey player | |
| June 24th, 1963 (June 24 1963) | Event | Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by the United Kingdom. | |
| June 24th, 1963 (June 24 1963) | Birth | Anatoly Borisovich Jurkin, Russian writer | |
| June 24th, 1963 (June 24 1963) | Birth | Preki, Serbian-born American soccer player | |
| June 24th, 1963 (June 24 1963) | Birth | Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (died in 2007) | |
| June 24th, 1961 (June 24 1961) | Birth | Dennis Danell, American musician (Social Distortion) (died in 2000) | |
| June 24th, 1961 (June 24 1961) | Birth | Iain Glen, Scottish actor | |
| June 24th, 1961 (June 24 1961) | Birth | Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| June 24th, 1961 (June 24 1961) | Birth | Curt Smith, English musician and songwriter (Tears for Fears) | |
| June 24th, 1960 (June 24 1960) | Birth | Trisha Meili, the "Central Park Jogger" | |
| June 24th, 1960 (June 24 1960) | Birth | Karin Pilsater, Swedish politician | |
| June 24th, 1960 (June 24 1960) | Birth | Erik Poppe, Norwegian film director | |
| June 24th, 1958 (June 24 1958) | Birth | Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec | |
| June 24th, 1958 (June 24 1958) | Birth | John Tortorella, American ice hockey coach | |
| June 24th, 1957 (June 24 1957) | Event | The U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment in Roth v. United States. | |
| June 24th, 1956 (June 24 1956) | Birth | Joe Penny, English actor | |
| June 24th, 1955 (June 24 1955) | Birth | Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Guru of Siddha Yoga | |
| June 24th, 1955 (June 24 1955) | Birth | Betsy Randle, American actress | |
| June 24th, 1953 (June 24 1953) | Birth | Ivo Lill, Estonian artist | |
| June 24th, 1952 (June 24 1952) | Birth | Stephen Pusey, British-born artist | |
| June 24th, 1951 (June 24 1951) | Birth | David Rodigan, radio DJ/actor | |
| June 24th, 1950 (June 24 1950) | Birth | Mercedes Lackey, American author | |
| June 24th, 1950 (June 24 1950) | Birth | Nancy Allen, American actress | |
| June 24th, 1949 (June 24 1949) | Event | The first Television Western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd. | |
| June 24th, 1949 (June 24 1949) | Birth | John Illsley, English bassist (Dire Straits) | |
| June 24th, 1948 (June 24 1948) | Event | Start of the Berlin Blockade. The Soviet Union makes overland travel between the West with West Berlin impossible. | |
| June 24th, 1948 (June 24 1948) | Birth | Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player (Yes) | |
| June 24th, 1947 (June 24 1947) | Event | Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. | |
| June 24th, 1947 (June 24 1947) | Birth | Peter Weller, American actor | |
| June 24th, 1947 (June 24 1947) | Birth | Mick Fleetwood, English musician (Fleetwood Mac) | |
| June 24th, 1947 (June 24 1947) | Death | Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (born in 1864) | |
| June 24th, 1946 (June 24 1946) | Birth | Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (died in 1986) | |
| June 24th, 1946 (June 24 1946) | Birth | Robert Reich, American politician and political commentator | |
| June 24th, 1946 (June 24 1946) | Birth | David Collenette, Canadian politician | |
| June 24th, 1946 (June 24 1946) | Death | Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (born in 1857) | |
| June 24th, 1945 (June 24 1945) | Event | The Moscow Victory Parade takes place. | |
| June 24th, 1945 (June 24 1945) | Birth | Colin Blunstone, English musician (The Zombies) | |
| June 24th, 1945 (June 24 1945) | Birth | George Pataki, American politician | |
| June 24th, 1945 (June 24 1945) | Birth | Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| June 24th, 1944 (June 24 1944) | Birth | Jeff Beck, English musician (The Yardbirds) | |
| June 24th, 1944 (June 24 1944) | Birth | Arthur Brown, English musician | |
| June 24th, 1944 (June 24 1944) | Birth | John "Charlie" Whitney, English guitarist (Family, Streetwalkers, Axis Point) | |
| June 24th, 1944 (June 24 1944) | Birth | Chris Wood, English musician (died in 1983) | |
| June 24th, 1942 (June 24 1942) | Birth | Michele Lee, American actress | |
| June 24th, 1941 (June 24 1941) | Birth | Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French philosopher, psychoanalyst, and novelist | Philo Quotes |
| June 24th, 1940 (June 24 1940) | Event | France and Italy sign an armistice. | |
| June 24th, 1939 (June 24 1939) | Birth | Michael Gothard, English actor (died in 1992) | |
| June 24th, 1938 (June 24 1938) | Event | A 450 metric ton meteorite strikes the earth in an empty field near Chicora, Pennsylvania. | |
| June 24th, 1938 (June 24 1938) | Birth | Lawrence Block, American writer | |
| June 24th, 1935 (June 24 1935) | Birth | Terry Riley, American composer | |
| June 24th, 1935 (June 24 1935) | Death | Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash) (born in 1890) | Carlos Gardel Quotes |
| June 24th, 1934 (June 24 1934) | Birth | Jean-Pierre Ferland, Quebec singer | |
| June 24th, 1932 (June 24 1932) | Event | A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (Thailand). | |
| June 24th, 1931 (June 24 1931) | Birth | Billy Casper, American golfer | |
| June 24th, 1930 (June 24 1930) | Birth | Claude Chabrol, French film director | |
| June 24th, 1930 (June 24 1930) | Birth | William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (died in 2006) | |
| June 24th, 1928 (June 24 1928) | Event | With declining business, the Great Gorge and International Railway begins using one-person crews on trolley operations in Canada. | |
| June 24th, 1927 (June 24 1927) | Birth | Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| June 24th, 1924 (June 24 1924) | Birth | Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council | |
| June 24th, 1922 (June 24 1922) | Birth | Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) | |
| June 24th, 1922 (June 24 1922) | Death | Walther Rathenau, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (assassinated) (born in 1867) | |
| June 24th, 1918 (June 24 1918) | Event | First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. | |
| June 24th, 1916 (June 24 1916) | Event | Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract. | |
| June 24th, 1916 (June 24 1916) | Event | World War I: The Battle of the Somme begins with a week long artillery bombardment on the German Line. | |
| June 24th, 1915 (June 24 1915) | Birth | Fred Hoyle, British astronomer (died in 2001) | Fred Hoyle Quotes |
| June 24th, 1914 (June 24 1914) | Birth | Pearl Witherington CBE, British WW II secret agent (died in 2008) | |
| June 24th, 1913 (June 24 1913) | Event | Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria. | |
| June 24th, 1912 (June 24 1912) | Birth | Brian Johnston, British cricket commentator (d 1994) | |
| June 24th, 1911 (June 24 1911) | Birth | Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine Formula One driver and five-time World Driving Champion (died in 1995) | |
| June 24th, 1911 (June 24 1911) | Birth | Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian writer | Ernesto Sabato Quotes |
| June 24th, 1909 (June 24 1909) | Death | Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (born in 1849) | Sarah Orne Jewett Quotes |
| June 24th, 1908 (June 24 1908) | Birth | Hugo Distler, German composer (died in 1942) | |
| June 24th, 1908 (June 24 1908) | Birth | Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987) | |
| June 24th, 1908 (June 24 1908) | Birth | Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (died in 1976) | |
| June 24th, 1908 (June 24 1908) | Death | Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (heart failure) (born in 1837) | Grover Cleveland Quotes |
| June 24th, 1907 (June 24 1907) | Birth | Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (died in 1989) | |
| June 24th, 1906 (June 24 1906) | Birth | Pierre Fournier, French cellist (died in 1986) | |
| June 24th, 1906 (June 24 1906) | Birth | Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (died in 1971) | |
| June 24th, 1904 (June 24 1904) | Birth | Phil Harris, American singer, songwriter and comedian (died in 1995) | |
| June 24th, 1902 (June 24 1902) | Event | King Edward VII develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation. | |
| June 24th, 1901 (June 24 1901) | Event | First exhibition of Pablo Picasso s work opens. | Pablo Picasso Quotes |
| June 24th, 1901 (June 24 1901) | Birth | Harry Partch, American composer (died in 1974) | |
| June 24th, 1900 (June 24 1900) | Birth | Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (died in 1945) | |
| June 24th, 1897 (June 24 1897) | Birth | Daniel K. Ludwig, American shipping magnate (died in 1992) | |
| June 24th, 1895 (June 24 1895) | Birth | Jack Dempsey, American boxer (died in 1983) | |
| June 24th, 1894 (June 24 1894) | Event | Marie Francois Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio. | Geronimo Quotes |
| June 24th, 1894 (June 24 1894) | Death | Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, French statesman (born in 1837) | |
| June 24th, 1893 (June 24 1893) | Birth | Roy O. Disney, a founder of the Walt Disney Company (died in 1971) | Walt Disney Quotes |
| June 24th, 1888 (June 24 1888) | Birth | Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (died in 1964) | |
| June 24th, 1886 (June 24 1886) | Birth | George Shiels, Northern Irish dramatist (died in 1949) | |
| June 24th, 1883 (June 24 1883) | Birth | Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1964) | |
| June 24th, 1882 (June 24 1882) | Birth | Carl Diem, German Olympic official (died in 1962) | |
| June 24th, 1882 (June 24 1882) | Birth | Athanase David, Canadian politician and businessman (died in 1953) | |
| June 24th, 1880 (June 24 1880) | Event | First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congres national des Canadiens-Francais. | |
| June 24th, 1860 (June 24 1860) | Birth | Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (died in 1878) | |
| June 24th, 1859 (June 24 1859) | Event | Battle of Solferino: (Battle of the Three Sovereigns). Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy. | |
| June 24th, 1850 (June 24 1850) | Birth | Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, British field marshal (died in 1916) | |
| June 24th, 1842 (June 24 1842) | Birth | Ambrose Bierce, American author (disappeared 1914) | Ambrose Bierce Quotes |
| June 24th, 1835 (June 24 1835) | Death | Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician, commander of Greek naval forces in Greek War of Independence (born in 1769) | |
| June 24th, 1826 (June 24 1826) | Birth | George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (died in 1898) | |
| June 24th, 1825 (June 24 1825) | Birth | Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (died in 1844) | |
| June 24th, 1821 (June 24 1821) | Event | The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain. | |
| June 24th, 1817 (June 24 1817) | Death | Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (born in 1734) | |
| June 24th, 1813 (June 24 1813) | Event | Battle of Beaver Dams : A British, and Indian joint force defeat the U.S Army. | |
| June 24th, 1813 (June 24 1813) | Birth | Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (died in 1887) | Henry Ward Beecher Quotes |
| June 24th, 1812 (June 24 1812) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon s Grande Armee crosses the Neman River beginning his invasion of Russia. | |
| June 24th, 1811 (June 24 1811) | Birth | John Archibald Campbell, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died in 1889) | |
| June 24th, 1804 (June 24 1804) | Birth | Willard Richards, American religious leader (died in 1854) | |
| June 24th, 1803 (June 24 1803) | Birth | George James Webb, English-born composer (died in 1887) | |
| June 24th, 1803 (June 24 1803) | Death | Matthew Thornton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (born in 1714) | |
| June 24th, 1795 (June 24 1795) | Birth | Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (died in 1878) | |
| June 24th, 1794 (June 24 1794) | Event | Bowdoin College is founded. | |
| June 24th, 1793 (June 24 1793) | Event | The first republican constitution in France is adopted. | |
| June 24th, 1778 (June 24 1778) | Death | Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (born in 1714) | Philo Quotes |
| June 24th, 1777 (June 24 1777) | Birth | John Ross, British naval officer and explorer (died in 1856) | |
| June 24th, 1774 (June 24 1774) | Birth | Francois Nicolas Benoit, Baron Haxo, French general (died in 1838) | |
| June 24th, 1766 (June 24 1766) | Death | Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (born in 1678) | |
| June 24th, 1748 (June 24 1748) | Event | The Kingswood School is opened by John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley in Bristol. The school later moved to Bath. | John Wesley Quotes |
| June 24th, 1717 (June 24 1717) | Event | The Grand Lodge of England, the first Freemasonic Grand Lodge (now the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London, England. | |
| June 24th, 1704 (June 24 1704) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d Argens, French writer (died in 1771) | |
| June 24th, 1694 (June 24 1694) | Birth | Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss publicist (died in 1748) | |
| June 24th, 1692 (June 24 1692) | Event | Kingston, Jamaica is founded. | |
| June 24th, 1687 (June 24 1687) | Birth | Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (died in 1757) | |
| June 24th, 1664 (June 24 1664) | Event | The colony of New Jersey is founded. | |
| June 24th, 1663 (June 24 1663) | Birth | Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (died in 1742) | |
| June 24th, 1662 (June 24 1662) | Event | The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau. | |
| June 24th, 1643 (June 24 1643) | Death | John Hampden, English politician (born in 1595) | |
| June 24th, 1637 (June 24 1637) | Death | Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (born in 1580) | |
| June 24th, 1604 (June 24 1604) | Death | Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (born in 1550) | Edward Vere Quotes |
| June 24th, 1597 (June 24 1597) | Event | The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java). | |
| June 24th, 1571 (June 24 1571) | Event | Manila, the capital of the Republic of the Philippines, is founded by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. | |
| June 24th, 1546 (June 24 1546) | Birth | Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (died in 1610) | |
| June 24th, 1542 (June 24 1542) | Birth | St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite mystic and poet (died in 1591) | John of the Cross Quotes |
| June 24th, 1535 (June 24 1535) | Event | The Anabaptist state of Munster is conquered and disbanded. | |
| June 24th, 1535 (June 24 1535) | Birth | Joan of Spain, queen consort of Portugal (died in 1573) | |
| June 24th, 1533 (June 24 1533) | Birth | Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (died in 1588) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| June 24th, 1520 (June 24 1520) | Death | Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (born in 1489) | |
| June 24th, 1519 (June 24 1519) | Birth | Theodore Beza, French theologian (died in 1605) | |
| June 24th, 1519 (June 24 1519) | Death | Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (born in 1480) | |
| June 24th, 1509 (June 24 1509) | Event | Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England. | |
| June 24th, 1497 (June 24 1497) | Event | John Cabot lands on North America in Newfoundland; the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings. | |
| June 24th, 1497 (June 24 1497) | Event | Cornish traitors Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London. | |
| June 24th, 1485 (June 24 1485) | Birth | Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (died in 1558) | |
| June 24th, 1441 (June 24 1441) | Event | Eton College is founded. | |
| June 24th, 1439 (June 24 1439) | Death | Duke Frederick IV of Austria (born in 1382) | |
| June 24th, 1398 (June 24 1398) | Death | Hongwu Emperor of China (born in 1328) | |
| June 24th, 1386 (June 24 1386) | Birth | Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (died in 1456) | |
| June 24th, 1374 (June 24 1374) | Event | 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. | |
| June 24th, 1343 (June 24 1343) | Birth | Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (died in 1373) | |
| June 24th, 1340 (June 24 1340) | Event | Hundred Years War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost destroyed by the English Fleet commanded in person by Edward III of England. | |
| June 24th, 1314 (June 24 1314) | Event | First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory of the Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce. Scotland regains its independence in the aftermath of this battle. | |
| June 24th, 1244 (June 24 1244) | Birth | Henry I of Hesse (died in 1308) | |
| June 24th, 1128 (June 24 1128) | Event | Battle of Sao Mamede, near Guimaraes:Portuguese forces led by Alfonso I defeat his mother D. Teresa and D. Fernao Peres de Trava. After this battle, the future king calls himself "Prince of Portugal", the first step towards "official independence" in 1139, after the Battle of Ourique. | |
| June 24th, 0972 (June 24 0972) | Event | Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place. | |
| June 24th, 0803 (June 24 0803) | Death | Higbald of Lindisfarne | |
