Observance
June 24, 2025-June 24, 2025 -
Global, Global
· Festa Junina
· International Fairy Day
· Feast of San Giovanni
· Patagonian New Year
· St. John’s Day
· Midsummer Day
· 1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
· 1793 – The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
· 1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
· 1922 – The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
· 1939 – Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
· 1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
· 1954 – First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
· 1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
· 2010 – At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
· 2010 – Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
· 2023 – The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.
· 1771 – Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont (died 1834)
· 1893 – Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (died 1971)
· 1962 – Gautam Adani, Indian industrialist and billionaire
· 1982 – Kevin Nolan, English footballer
· 1980 – V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (born 1894)
· NATO Summit @ Hague (June 24,25)
24 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
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