June 24th, 1021

Born on June 24th, 1021

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 366,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 655 days, exactly on April 16th, 2026, people who were born on June 24th, 1021 will be 367,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 24th?

June 24th, 2010

Julia Gillard (pictured) was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd declined to contest a leadership spill in the Labor Party.

June 24th, 1989

Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin (pictured) as general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang.

June 24th, 1943

Amid racial tensions, U.S. Army military police shot and killed a black serviceman after a confrontation at a pub in Bamber Bridge, England.

June 24th, 1940

Second World War: The British Army carried out Operation Collar, its first commando raid into German-occupied France.

June 24th, 1939

The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand.

June 24th, 1937

The U.S. Navy's first two fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, of the North Carolina class, were respectively ordered from the New York and Philadelphia Naval Shipyards.

June 24th, 1932

A group of military officers and civilians engineered a bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty.

June 24th, 1880

"O Canada", the present-day national anthem of Canada, was first performed in Quebec City during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day banquet.

June 24th, 1812

Napoleonic Wars: Led by Napoleon, the French Grande Armée crossed the Neman, beginning their invasion of Russia.

June 24th, 1559

The 1559 Book of Common Prayer, a major component of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, is legally introduced as the liturgy of the Church of England.

June 24th, 1374

An outbreak of dancing mania, in which crowds of people danced themselves to exhaustion, began in Aachen (in present-day Germany) before spreading to other parts of Europe.

June 24th, 1340

Hundred Years' War: The English fleet commanded by Edward III almost completely destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of Sluys.

June 24th, 0474

Western Roman emperor Glycerius, who was not recognized by his Eastern counterpart Leo I, was forced to abdicate.

June 24th, 1724

On the Feast of St. John the Baptist, Bach led the first performance of his Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7, the third cantata of his chorale cantata cycle.

June 24th, 1724

On the Feast of St. John the Baptist, Bach leads the first performance of his Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7, the third cantata of his chorale cantata cycle.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 24th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 24th?

68

David McTaggart

Badminton player and Greenpeace founder

*June 24th, 1932, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2001, Paciano

37

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

35

Wang Xiaoli

Chinese badminton player

*June 24th, 1989, Huangshi

28

Duki

Argentine rapper

*June 24th, 1996, Almagro

47

José Antonio Crespo

Spanish badminton player

*June 24th, 1977, Arroyo de la Miel

44

Francis of Assisi

Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)

*June 24th, 1182, Assisi †October 3rd, 1226, Portiuncula

43

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

42

Wei Yili

Chinese badminton player

*June 24th, 1982, Yichang

30

Ng Ka Long

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 24th, 1994, Hong Kong

26

Silvia Garino

Badminton player

*June 24th, 1998, Acqui Terme

92

David Rubinger

Israeli photojournalist and photographer (1924-2017)

*June 24th, 1924, Vienna †March 1st, 2017, Jerusalem

59

Harumi Kohara

Badminton player

*June 24th, 1965, Osaka

36

Henry Tam

Badminton player

*June 24th, 1988, Hong Kong

63

Iain Glen

Scottish actor

*June 24th, 1961, Edinburgh

60

Christopher Steele

Former British intelligence officer

*June 24th, 1964, Aden

43

Tilky Jones

American actor

*June 24th, 1981, Charleston

36

Micah Richards

English association football player (born 1988)

*June 24th, 1988, Birmingham

73

Urs Herzog

(1942-2015)

*June 24th, 1942, Zug †September 24th, 2015, Zürich

79

George Pataki

Governor of New York from 1995 to 2006

*June 24th, 1945, Peekskill

85

Brigitte Fontaine

French poet and artist

*June 24th, 1939, Morlaix

29

Lazare Hoche

French general (1768–1797)

*June 24th, 1768, Versailles †September 19th, 1797, Wetzlar

79

John Ross

Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

*June 24th, 1777, Stranraer †August 30th, 1856, London

82

Michele Lee

American actress, singer, dancer, producer and director

*June 24th, 1942, Los Angeles

50

Dan Byles

British politician and adventurer (born 1974)

*June 24th, 1974, Hastings

86

Fred Hoyle

British astronomer

*June 24th, 1915, Bingley †August 20th, 2001, Bournemouth

60

Maria Carta

Italian musician (1934-1994)

*June 24th, 1934, Siligo †September 22nd, 1994, Rome

49

John of the Cross

Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint

*June 24th, 1542, Fontiveros †December 14th, 1591, Úbeda

60

Bruce Kendall

New Zealand sailor

*June 24th, 1964, Papakura District

73

Henry Ward Beecher

American clergyman and activist (1813-1887)

*June 24th, 1813, Litchfield †March 8th, 1887, Brooklyn

72

Bob Neill

British politician (born 1952)

*June 24th, 1952, Ilford

47

Mustafa I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and from 1622 to 1623

*June 24th, 1591, Constantinople †January 20th, 1639, Istanbul

52

Robbie McEwen

Australian cyclist

*June 24th, 1972, Brisbane

82

Hans Siburg

German general

*June 24th, 1893, Saarburg †February 27th, 1976, Lüneburg

75

Colin Groves

Australian anthropologist (1942-2017)

*June 24th, 1942, London †November 30th, 2017, Canberra

67

Mark Parkinson

45th Governor of Kansas

*June 24th, 1957, Wichita

53

Ursula Meier

French-Swiss film director and actress

*June 24th, 1971, Besançon

80

Juan José Imbroda

Spanish politician

*June 24th, 1944, Melilla

30

Janieck Devy

Dutch singer

*June 24th, 1994, Noordwijk

75

François Heisbourg

French diplomat

*June 24th, 1949, London

46

Shunsuke Nakamura

Japanese association football player

*June 24th, 1978, Yokohama

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on June 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations) which are celebrated on June 24th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1021 is a normal year and no leap year.

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