June 24

• 1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
• 109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=off}} northwest 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 Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.{{cite book|author1=Baron Michael Morris Killanin|author2=Michael V. Duignan|title=The Shell guide to Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6cMAQAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Gill and Macmillan|isbn=9780717115952}}
• 843 – The Vikings sack the French city of Nantes.{{Cite web|url=http://thewildpeak.wordpress.com//the-viking-sack-of-nantes.html|title=The-viking-sack-of-nantes|date=12 March 2014|access-date=March 12, 2014}}
• 972 – Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.{{cite book|author=Tony Jaques|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3amnMPTPP5MC&pg=PA215|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33537-2|pages=215}}
• 1128 – Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba.{{cite book|author=Alan W. Ertl|title=Toward an Understanding of Europe: A Political Economic Précis of Continental Integration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X9PGRaZt-zcC&pg=PA300|year=2008|publisher=Universal-Publishers|isbn=978-1-59942-983-0|pages=300}}
• 1230 – The Siege of Jaén begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.{{cite book|author=Clifford J. Rogers|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzwpq6bLHhMC&pg=RA1-PA435|year=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533403-6|pages=1}}
• 1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce.{{cite book|author=Robert White|title=A History of the Battle of Bannockburn, Fought A.D. 1314: With Notices of the Principal Warriors who Engaged in that Conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVwVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA77|year=1871|publisher=Edmonston and Douglas|pages=77}}
• 1340 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely 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.
• 1540 – English King Henry VIII commands his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court.{{cite book |title=Ecclesiastical memorials relating chiefly to religion, and the reformation of it, and the emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, and Queen Mary I: with large appendixes, containing original papers, records, &c. |url=https://archive.org/details/ecclesiasticalme0102stry/page/n3/mode/2up |last=Strype |first=John |year=1822 |pages=[https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalme0102stry#page/450/mode/2up 450–463] |volume=1}}
• 1571 – Miguel López de Legazpi conquers Manila for Spain, modern day capital of the Philippines.
• 1593 – The Dutch city of Geertruidenberg held by the Spanish, capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau.{{cite book |last=Black|first=Jeremy|title=European Warfare, 1494-1660 Warfare and History|date=2005|page=112|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134477081}}

• 1604 – Samuel de Champlain encounters 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 make a failed attempt to capture Macau.
• 1663 – The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
• 1717 – The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
• 1724 – On the Feast of St. John the Baptist, Bach leads the first performance of his {{lang|de|Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam}}, BWV{{nbsp}}7, the third cantata of his chorale cantata cycle.{{cite web | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000008?lang=en | title = Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BWV 7; BC A 177 | website = Bach Digital | date = 2024 }}
• 1762 – Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
• 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 – Battle of Carabobo: 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 at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
• 1894 – Assassination of the French President, Sadi Carnot by Sante Caserio during the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm43706446 |title=Regards populaires sur la violence |date=2000 |publisher=Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne |isbn=978-2-86272-180-4 |editor-last=Piarotas |editor-first=Mireille |series=Travaux / Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'expression contemporaine |location=Saint-Etienne |pages=141-142 |oclc=ocm43706446}}

• 1913 – Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
• 1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• 1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
• 1922 – The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
• 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 meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• 1939 – Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
• 1940 – World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
• 1943 – US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
• 1945 – The first Victory Day Parade takes place on Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.{{cite web |website=Presidential Library |url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619337 |title=VICTORY PARADE TOOK PLACE ON THE RED SQUARE |date=24 June 1945}}
• 1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
• 1948 – Cold War: 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, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
• 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.
• 1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• 1960 – Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt.
• 1963 – The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
• 1973 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
• 1975 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.{{cite web|url=https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_main.cfm?TabID=1&LLID=67 |title=Eastern Airlines Flight 66, B727 |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |website=lessonslearned.faa.gov |access-date=7 May 2020}}
• 1981 – The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17 years.
• 1982 – "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 009 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
• 1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
• 1994 – A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four.{{cite news |last=Jewell |first=Mark |date=25 June 1995 |title=Another tragedy at Fairchild |page=1 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |agency=Associated Press |location=(Idaho-Washington) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-vwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qNAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5783%2C2507852}}
• 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.
• 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 – 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.
• 2012 – Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.
• 2013 – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
• 2021 – The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside.{{Cite news |last=Gorman |first=Steve |date=2021-07-27 |title=Final death toll from Florida condominium collapse put at 98 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/final-death-toll-florida-condominium-collapse-put-98-2021-07-26/ |access-date=2022-03-23}}
• 2022 – In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Constitution does not assign the authority to regulate abortions to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states. This overturns the prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).{{cite web |last=Liptak|first=Adam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/24/us/roe-wade-abortion-supreme-court|title=Ending Constitutional Right to Abortion, Supreme Court Reshapes U.S. Politics|work=The New York Times|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 24, 2022}}
• 2023 – The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.{{cite web |website=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-24-23/index.html |title=June 24, 2023 - Wagner head says group standing down |date=24 June 2023 |author1=Helen Regan |author2=Andrew Raine |author3=Sophie Tanno |author4=Hafsa Khalil |author5=Tori B. Powell |author6=Adrienne Vogt |author7=Kaanita Iyer}}

• 1210 – Count Floris IV of Holland (d. 1234)
• 1244 – Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1308)
• 1254 – Floris V, Count of Holland (d. 1296)
• 1257 – Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, English nobleman (probable;{{cite book|title=Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA565|publisher=Douglas Richardson|isbn=978-1-4610-4513-7|pages=1–}} d. 1331)
• 1314 – Philippa of Hainault Queen of England (d. 1369)
• 1322 – Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (d. 1406)
• 1343 – Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)
• 1360 – Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general
• 1386 – John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (d. 1456)
• 1465 – Isabella del Balzo, Queen Consort of Naples (d. 1533)
• 1485 – Johannes Bugenhagen, Polish-German priest and reformer (d. 1558){{cite book|author1=Peter G. Bietenholz|author2=Thomas Brian Deutscher|title=Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hruQ386SfFcC&pg=PA217|year=2003|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8577-1|pages=217–}}
• 1485 – Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1555)
• 1499 – Johannes Brenz, German theologian and the Protestant Reformer (d. 1570)
• 1519 – Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar (d. 1605)
• 1532 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1588)
• 1532 – William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1573)
• 1535 – Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (d. 1573)
• 1546 – Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (d. 1610)
• 1587 – William Arnold, English-American settler (d. 1675)

• 1614 – John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
• 1616 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt (d. 1680)
• 1661 – Hachisuka Tsunanori, Japanese daimyō (d. 1730)
• 1663 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (d. 1742)
• 1687 – Johann Albrecht Bengel, German-Lutheran clergyman and scholar (d. 1757)
• 1694 – Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss author and theorist (d. 1748)
• 1704 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (d. 1771)
• 1753 – William Hull, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan Territory (d. 1825)
• 1755 – Anacharsis Cloots, Prussian-French activist (d. 1794)
• 1767 – Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (d. 1846)
• 1771 – Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont (d. 1834)
• 1774 – Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentinian commander and politician, 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (d. 1819)
• 1774 – François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (d. 1838)
• 1777 – John Ross, Scottish commander and explorer (d. 1856)
• 1782 – Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (d. 1847)
• 1783 – Johann Heinrich von Thünen, German economist and geographer (d. 1850)
• 1784 – Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 1853)
• 1788 – Thomas Blanchard, American inventor (d. 1864)
• 1795 – Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician and psychologist (d. 1878)
• 1797 – John Hughes, Irish-American archbishop (d. 1864)
• 1797 – Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish geologist and explorer (d. 1873)
• 1804 – Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, numismatist, and sinologist (d. 1849)
• 1804 – Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
• 1811 – John Archibald Campbell, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1889)
• 1813 – Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and reformer (d. 1887)
• 1813 – Francis Boott, American composer (d. 1904)
• 1821 – Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian physician and politician (d. 1890)
• 1826 – George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (d. 1898)
• 1835 – Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist and academic (d. 1902)
• 1838 – Jan Matejko, Polish painter (d. 1893)
• 1839 – Gustavus Franklin Swift, American businessman (d. 1903)
• 1842 – Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (d. 1914)
• 1846 – Samuel Johnson, Nigerian priest and historian (d. 1901)
• 1850 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan (d. 1916)
• 1852 – Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist and academic (d. 1915)
• 1854 – Eleanor Norcross, American painter (d. 1923){{cite web | url=https://fitchburgartmuseum.org/eleanor-norcross/ | title=Eleanor Norcross: Artist, Collector, and Museum Founder|publisher=Fitchburg Art Museum | access-date=September 19, 2014 }}
• 1856 – Henry Chapman Mercer, American archaeologist and author (d. 1930)
• 1858 – Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1924)
• 1865 – Robert Henri, American painter and educator (d. 1929)
• 1867 – Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Prince George of Greece and Denmark (d. 1957)
• 1872 – Frank Crowninshield, American journalist and art and theatre critic (d. 1947)
• 1875 – Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary critic and translator (d. 1947)
• 1880 – Oswald Veblen, American mathematician and academic (g. 1960)
• 1880 – João Cândido Felisberto, Brazilian revolutionary and sailor (d. 1969)
• 1881 – George Shiels, Irish-Canadian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1949)
• 1882 – Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
• 1882 – Carl Diem, German businessman (d. 1962)
• 1883 – Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
• 1883 – Fritz Löhner-Beda, Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (d. 1942)
• 1883 – Jean Metzinger, French artist (d. 1956)
• 1883 – Arthur L. Newton, American runner (d. 1956)
• 1883 – Frank Verner, American runner (d. 1966)
• 1884 – Frank Waller, American runner (d. 1941)
• 1885 – Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist (d. 1975)
• 1888 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect, designed the Rietveld Schröder House (d. 1964)
• 1893 – Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1971)
• 1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (d. 1983)
• 1898 – Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (d. 1983)
• 1898 – Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (d. 1958)
• 1900 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)

• 1901 – Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (d. 2001)
• 1901 – Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (d. 1974)
• 1901 – Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman (d. 1969)
• 1904 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
• 1905 – Fred Alderman, American sprinter (d. 1998)
• 1906 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Willard Maas, American poet and educator (d. 1971)
• 1907 – Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
• 1908 – Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1978)
• 1909 – William Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1991)
• 1909 – Betty Cavanna, American author (d. 2001){{cite web |title=de Grummond Collection: Betty Cavanna Papers |url=http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/research/findaids/cavanna.htm |website=University of Southern Mississippi |access-date=25 August 2019}}
• 1911 – Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist and academic (d. 2011)
• 1911 – Portia White, Canadian opera singer (d. 1968){{Cite web|title=Portia White|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/portia-white-emc|last1=King|first1=Betty Nygaard|last2=So|first2=Joseph K.|date=December 20, 2018|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2020-05-16|last3=Mcpherson|first3=James B.}}
• 1912 – Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Kari Diesen, Norwegian singer and revue actress (d. 1987){{cite encyclopedia|title=Kari Diesen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date= 22 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Kari_Diesen |language=no|access-date=13 March 2024}}
• 1914 – Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Pearl Witherington, French secret agent (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (d. 2001)
• 1916 – William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (d. 2017)
• 1917 – David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1917 – Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020)
• 1917 – Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean businessman and politician, Singaporean Minister for Education (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Al Molinaro, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1921 – Gerhard Sommer, German soldier (d. 2019)
• 1922 – Jack Carter, American actor and comedian (d. 2015)
• 1922 – John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Richard Timberlake, American economist (d. 2020)
• 1923 – Margaret Olley, Australian painter and philanthropist (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Yoshito Takamine, American politician (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Ogden Reid, American politician (d. 2019)
• 1927 – Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (d. 1997)
• 1927 – James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Carolyn S. Shoemaker, American astronomer (d. 2021)
• 1930 – Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019)
• 1930 – William Bernard Ziff, Jr., American publisher (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Billy Casper, American golfer (d. 2015){{cite web |title=Billy Casper: Golfer who won prolifically but who became unfairly |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/billy-casper-golfer-who-won-prolifically-who-became-unfairly-overshadowed-big-three-his-generation-a173166.html |website=The Independent |access-date=26 July 2021 |language=en |date=11 February 2015}}
• 1932 – David McTaggart, Canadian-Italian environmentalist (d. 2001)
• 1933 – Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (d. 2024){{cite news |title=Bob Cole, the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games, dies at 90 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/bob-cole-obituary-1.7184556 |access-date=25 April 2024 |publisher=CBC |date=25 April 2024}}
• 1933 – Sam Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2021)
• 1933 – Ngina Kenyatta, 1st First Lady of Kenya
• 1934 – Ferdinand Biwersi, German footballer and referee (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2024)
• 1934 – Gloria Christian, Italian singer
• 1935 – Terry Riley, American composer and educator
• 1935 – Jean Milesi, French racing cyclist
• 1935 – Charlie Dees, American baseball player
• 1936 – Robert Downey Sr., American actor and director (d. 2021){{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AMJ1gPGGRzIC&pg=PA131 |title=Film Voices: Interviews from Post Script |first=Gerald|last=Duchovnay|year=2012|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791484753 }}{{cite web |author=Chloe Melas |title=Robert Downey Sr., director and father of Robert Downey Jr., has died |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/entertainment/robert-downey-sr-obit/index.html |website=CNN |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=7 July 2021}}
• 1937 – Anita Desai, Indian-American author and academic
• 1938 – Lawrence Block, American author
• 1938 – Abulfaz Elchibey, Azerbaijani politician, 1st democratically elected Azerbaijani President (d. 2000)
• 1938 – Ken Gray, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992)
• 1939 – Brigitte Fontaine, French singer
• 1939 – Judy Olson Duhamel, American politician and educator{{cite magazine |last=Taylor Rick |first=Lynn |title=Judy Olson Duhamel |url=https://sdexcellence.org/w/images/b/b9/Judy_Olson_Duhamel_Black_Hills_Faces.pdf |magazine=Black Hills Faces Magazine |access-date=April 4, 2024}}
• 1940 – Ian Ross, Australian newsreader (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
• 1941 – Erkin Koray, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)
• 1941 – Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author
• 1941 – Graham McKenzie, Australian cricketer
• 1942 – Arthur Brown, English rock singer-songwriter
• 1942 – Michele Lee, American actress and singer
• 1942 – Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile
• 1942 – Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator (d. 2017)
• 1943 – Birgit Grodal, Danish economist and academic (d. 2004)
• 1944 – Jeff Beck, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2023){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/arts/music/jeff-beck-dead.html|title=Jeff Beck, Guitarist With a Chapter in Rock History, Dies at 78|last=Farber|first=Jim|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 11, 2023|access-date=January 11, 2023}}
• 1944 – Kathryn Lasky, American author
• 1944 – Chris Wood, English saxophonist (d. 1983)
• 1945 – Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter
• 1945 – Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1945 – George Pataki, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of New York
• 1945 – Betty Stöve, Dutch tennis player
• 1946 – David Collenette, Canadian civil servant and politician, 32nd Canadian Minister of National Defence
• 1946 – Ellison Onizuka, American engineer, and astronaut (d. 1986){{cite web |title=Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/15/us/space-shuttle-challenger-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |date=16 September 2013 |access-date=4 December 2021}}
• 1946 – Robert Reich, American economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor
• 1947 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (d. 2014){{cite news |last=Morris |first=Steven |title=TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright dies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/17/clarissa-dickson-wright-tv-chef-dies-two-fat-ladies |access-date=14 April 2014 |newspaper=.theguardian.com |date=24 June 2018}}
• 1947 – Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer
• 1947 – Peter Weller, American actor and director
• 1948 – Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player and songwriter
• 1949 – John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1949 – Betty Jackson, English fashion designer
• 1950 – Nancy Allen, American actress
• 1950 – Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish-born English photographer (d. 2006)
• 1950 – Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (d. 2015)
• 1950 – Mercedes Lackey, American author
• 1951 – Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter
• 1951 – Charles Sturridge, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Dianna Melrose, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Tanzania
• 1952 – Bob Neill, English lawyer and politician
• 1953 – William E. Moerner, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 – Michael Tuck, Australian footballer and coach
• 1955 – Chris Higgins, English geneticist and academic
• 1955 – Edmund Malura, German footballer and manager
• 1955 – Loren Roberts, American golfer
• 1956 – Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1957 – Mark Parkinson, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
• 1958 – Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 1958 – Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer
• 1958 – Reed Oliver, governor of Pohnpei State, Micronesia{{cite web|url=https://pohnpeistate.gov.fm/assets/PDF/Lt.pdf|title=LT._GOV_BIO.xlsx|access-date=August 19, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819112711/https://pohnpeistate.gov.fm/assets/PDF/Lt.pdf|archive-date=August 19, 2023}}
• 1958 – John Tortorella, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 – Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1960 – Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
• 1960 – Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1960 – Karin Pilsäter, Swedish accountant and politician
• 1960 – Erik Poppe, Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist (d. 2000)
• 1961 – Iain Glen, Scottish actor
• 1961 – Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American journalist and activist
• 1961 – Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1962 – Gautam Adani, Indian industrialist and billionaire{{cite magazine |title=Newsmaker of the Year 2022: Gautam Adani - The growth king |magazine=India Today |access-date=4 January 2023 |date=3 January 2023 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20230109-newsmaker-of-the-year-2022-gautam-adani-the-growth-king-2315197-2022-12-30 |first1=Raj |last1=Chengappa |first2=MG |last2=Arun |volume=48 |issue=2 |page=24 |url-access=subscription}}
• 1962 – Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexican politician{{cite web |title=Twitter: Dra. Claudia Sheinbaum |date=28 June 2023 |url=https://x.com/Claudiashein/status/1674129481827581952 |access-date=3 June 2024}}
• 1963 – Yuri Kasparyan, Russian guitarist
• 1963 – Preki, Serbian-American soccer player and coach
• 1963 – Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (d. 2007)
• 1964 – Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and producer (d. 2012)
• 1964 – Kathryn Parminter, Baroness Parminter, English politician
• 1964 – Gary Suter, American ice hockey player and scout
• 1965 – Claude Bourbonnais, Canadian race car driver
• 1965 – Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Richard Lumsden, English actor, writer, composer and musician
• 1966 – Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1966 – Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1967 – Janez Lapajne, Slovenian director and producer
• 1967 – John Limniatis, Canadian soccer player and manager
• 1968 – Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Glenn Medeiros, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 – Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2012)
• 1972 – Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
• 1972 – Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower
• 1973 – Alexis Gauthier, French chef
• 1973 – Jere Lehtinen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1974 – Dan Byles, English sailor, rower, and politician
• 1974 – Chris Guccione, American baseball player and umpire
• 1975 – Marek Malík, Czech ice hockey player
• 1975 – Federico Pucciariello, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1976 – Brock Olivo, American football player and coach
• 1977 – Dimos Dikoudis, Greek basketball player and manager
• 1977 – Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer
• 1978 – Luis García, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
• 1978 – Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Juan Román Riquelme, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 – Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter
• 1979 – Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer
• 1979 – Petra Němcová, Czech model and philanthropist
• 1980 – Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Nina Dübbers, German tennis player
• 1980 – Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver
• 1980 – Minka Kelly, American actress
• 1982 – Kevin Nolan, English footballer
• 1982 – Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer
• 1983 – John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/14617/the-impressive-resume-of-multi-awarded-tv-movie-star-john-lloyd-cruz/photo|title=The impressive resume of multi-awarded TV-movie star John Lloyd Cruz|publisher=GMA Network|access-date=June 4, 2024}}
• 1983 – Gianni Munari, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Gard Nilssen, Norwegian drummer
• 1983 – David Shillington, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 – Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer
• 1984 – JJ Redick, American basketball player and coach
• 1984 – Johanna Welin, Swedish-born German wheelchair basketball player
• 1985 – Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Tom Kennedy, English footballer
• 1985 – Nate Myles, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Vernon Philander, South African cricketer
• 1985 – Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model
• 1986 – Stuart Broad, English cricketer
• 1986 – Phil Hughes, American baseball player
• 1986 – Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player
• 1987 – Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2012/11/05/869-is-the-magic-number-for-lionel-messi-and-cristiano-ronaldo-613869/|title=869 is the magic number for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo|date=5 November 2012|author=Jimmy Nsubuga|website=Metro|access-date=24 June 2019}}
• 1987 – Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder{{cite web|title=Pierre Vaultier|url=https://www.olympic.org/pierre-vaultier|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=14 March 2020}}
• 1988 – Micah Richards, English footballer
• 1988 – Nichkhun, Thai-American singer and actor{{cite web|title=‘NICHKHUN (From 2PM) Premium Solo Concert 2018’ 화이트 슈트에 레드 넥타이를 매치한...|url=https://www.ksilbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=702569|work=경상일보|language=ko|date=4 July 2019|access-date=23 February 2025}}
• 1989 – Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/teklemariam-medhin-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111541/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/teklemariam-medhin-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Teklemariam Medhin Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-09}}
• 1990 – Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer
• 1991 – Yasmin Paige, English actress
• 1991 – Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – David Alaba, Austrian footballer
• 1996 – Duki, Argentinian rapper
• 1996 – Marcus Coco, Guadeloupean footballer{{cite web |title=Marcus Coco |url= https://www.fcnantes.com/groupepro/20212022/fiche.php?numjoueur=319 |publisher= FC Nantes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725170212/https://www.fcnantes.com/groupepro/20212022/fiche.php?numjoueur=319 |archive-date=25 July 2022 }}
• 1999 – Darwin Núñez, Uruguayan footballer{{cite web |title=Darwin Núñez: Overview |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/70287/Darwin-N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 October 2023}}
• 2004 – Erika Andreeva, Russian tennis player{{Cite web |title=Erika Andreeva {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/330151/erika-andreeva |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Erika Andreeva - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/erika-andreeva_prs553773/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}
• 2004 – Luke Chambers, English footballer{{cite web |title=Luke Chambers: Overview |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/73893/Luke-Chambers/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=28 October 2023}}

• 1046 – Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (b. 1018)
• 1088 – William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Norman nobleman
• 1314 – Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, English commander (b. 1291)
• 1314 – Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Marches (b. 1274)
• 1398 – Hongwu, Chinese emperor (b. 1328)
• 1439 – Frederick IV, duke of Austria (b. 1382)
• 1503 – Reginald Bray, English architect and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1440)
• 1519 – Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1480)
• 1520 – Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese commander (b. 1489)

• 1604 – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (b. 1550)
• 1637 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (b. 1580)
• 1643 – John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
• 1766 – Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678)
• 1778 – Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714)
• 1803 – Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
• 1817 – Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
• 1835 – Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)

• 1902 – George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
• 1908 – Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849){{cite book|first1=Edward T.|last1=James|first2=Janet|last2=Wilson James|first3=Paul S.|last3=Boyer|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|location=Cambridge|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|year=1971|page=274|isbn=978-0-67462-731-4}}
• 1922 – Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1923 – Edith Södergran, Swedish-Finnish poet (b. 1892){{cite web|url=https://svenskanu.fi/laromaterial/vetamix/index.php/portfolio_page/edith-sodergran/|title=Edith Södergran|work=Vetamix|publisher=Svenska nu|access-date=April 4, 2022|language=sv}}
• 1931 – Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 – Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1880)
• 1932 – Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1943 – Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 – Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 – Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 – Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 – Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1969 – Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 – Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1975 – Wendell Ladner, Professional Basketball Player in the ABA
• 1976 – Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 1978 – Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1980 – V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894){{cite book|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA379|access-date=2018-06-21|date=2014-02-04|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134264902|pages=379–380}}
• 1984 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
• 1987 – Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1916)
• 1988 – Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)
• 1991 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1991 – Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
• 1994 – Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
• 1995 – Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney Morissette v. United States (b. 1903)
• 1997 – Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Vera Atkins, British intelligence officer (b. 1908)
• 2000 – David Tomlinson, English actor and comedian (b. 1917)
• 2000 – Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine cuarteto singer (b. 1973)
• 2001 – Konstantin Gerchik, the second head of the world's first cosmodrome — "Baikonur" (1958-1961).
• 2002 – Pierre Werner, Luxembourgish banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
• 2004 – Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (b. 1957)
• 2005 – Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and reggae singer (b. 1974)
• 2007 – Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)
• 2007 – Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)
• 2010 – Fred Anderson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (b. 1929)
• 2011 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Gad Beck, German author and educator (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (b. 1988)
• 2012 – Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Lonesome George, last known Pinta Island tortoise (h. {{circa|1910}}){{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Isaac |date=March 12, 2023 |title=These Lonely Animals Were the Last of Their Kind |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/03/these-lonely-animals-were-the-last-of-their-kind/ |work=Gizmodo |location= |access-date=June 26, 2023}}
• 2013 – Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (b. 1932)
• 2013 – William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
• 2013 – James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Alan Myers, American drummer (b. 1955)
• 2014 – John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
• 2014 – Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2015 – Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986)
• 2015 – Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (b. 1917)
• 2015 – Marva Collins, American author and educator (b. 1936)
• 2015 – Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 2021 – Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (b. 1960){{cite web |title=Former president Benigno Aquino, part of Philippines' political dynasty, dead at 61 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/philippines-president-aquino-obituary-1.6078245 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=28 June 2021}}
• 2021 – Trần Thiện Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (b. 1925){{Cite web |date=24 June 2021 |title=Cựu Đại Tướng Trần Thiện Khiêm Qua Đời Tại California Hưởng Thọ 95 Tuổi |url=https://vietbao.com/a308560/cuu-dai-tuong-tran-thien-khiem-qua-doi-tai-california-huong-tho-95-tuoi |access-date=14 July 2021 |website=Việt Báo Daily News |language=vi}}
• 2024 – Shifty Shellshock, American vocalist (b. 1974){{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=2024-06-25 |title=Shifty Shellshock, Crazy Town Frontman and 'Butterfly' Singer, Dies at 49 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/global/shifty-shellshock-dead-crazy-town-frontman-butterfly-singer-1236047633/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

• Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)
• Bannockburn Day (Scotland)
• Christian feast day:
• María Guadalupe García Zavala
• Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
• June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)
• 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, Europe), and its related observances:
• Enyovden (Bulgaria)
• Jaanipäev (Estonia)
• Jāņi (Latvia)
• Jónsmessa (Iceland)
• Midsummer Day (England)
• Saint Jonas' Festival or Joninės (Lithuania)
• Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)
• Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania)
• Wattah Wattah Festival (Philippines)
• Fors Fortuna, ancient Roman festival to Fortuna

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