It happened on this day, June 24
events:
109 – Roman Emperor Trajan inaugurates the Trajan Aqueduct, a canal created to transport water from “Lake Bracciano” northwest of Rome.
1374 – The Scots defeat the English at the Battle of Bannockburn and declare Scottish independence.
1497 – John Cabot lands on the Canadian island of Newfoundland, becoming the first European explorer after the Vikings to land in this region of North America.
1529 – Signing of a peace treaty to end the civil war in Switzerland.
1717 – Foundation of the first Masonic lodge in London.
1839 – The Battle of Nasib breaks out between the Ottoman Empire and the governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, which ends in the defeat of the Ottomans and opens the way for Ibrahim Pasha to reach the capital of the Caliphate, without intervention European countries which prevented this.
1859 – The Battle of Solferino breaks out between France and Austria, the direct reason for the founding of the Red Cross by the Swiss Jean-Henri Dunant.
1910 – Japan invades Korea.
1926 – Failed coup attempt in Spain against dictator Primo de Rivera.
1932 – Independence and declaration of the constitution in Thailand.
1963 – Zanzibar obtains its autonomy under British supervision.
1965 – The ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah, Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi, is deposed and Sheikh Khalid bin Muhammad Al Qasimi takes over the leadership of the emirate in his place.
1977 – Hassan Guled is elected president of the Republic of Djibouti, becoming its first president.
1978 – The President of the Yemen Arab Republic, Ahmed Hussein Al-Ghashmi, is assassinated by a letter bomb delivered to him by the envoy of the President of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.
1983 – Severance of relations between Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1985 – Launch of the Discovery spacecraft with Arab prince Sultan bin Salman on board.
1992 – The Israeli Labor Party returns to power.
2010 – Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard takes over as Prime Minister after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd resigns from office in the ruling Labor Party's bid to avoid defeat in the general election . Thus, Gillard becomes the first woman to assume this role. Prime Minister in Australian History.
2012 – The Egyptian Presidential Elections Commission announces that candidate Mohamed Morsi wins the presidency, becoming its first president after the January 25 Revolution.
2016 – The United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union and British Prime Minister David Cameron announces that he will resign from office next October.
2017 – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ratified the Egypt-Saudi Arabia Maritime Boundary Demarcation Agreement, according to which the islands of Tiran and Sanafir became part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .
2018 – Announcement of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's victory for a second presidential term after winning 52.59% of voters' votes in early presidential elections.
✴️ Saudi authorities officially announce the lifting of the ban on Saudi women driving a car.
2019 – Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo are chosen to host the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
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Births:
Day 1753 – William Hull, Governor of Michigan (now the State of Michigan) and Brigadier General of the United States Army.
1850 – Lord Herbert Kitchener, British military commander.
1883 – Victor Hess, Austrian physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936.
1888 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect and designer.
1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer.
1916 – Salwa Raouda Choucair, Lebanese visual artist.
1918 – Salah Nazmi, Egyptian actor.
1924 – Milad Hanna, Egyptian engineer and political thinker.
1927 – Martin Pearl, Polish physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995.
** John Walton, Australian politician.
1954 – Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Egyptian actor.
1959 – Michel Pharaon, Lebanese politician and businessman.
1961 – Iain Glen, Scottish actor.
1965 – Taghreed Fahmy, Egyptian actress.
1966 – Adrienne Shelley, American actress.
1969 – Thabo Mngomeni, South African footballer.
1978 – Luis Garcia, Spanish footballer. Juan Roman Riquelme, Argentine footballer.
** Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer.
1980 – Sisinho, Brazilian footballer.
1982 – Kevin Nolan, English footballer.
1987 – Ghada Al Zadjali, Omani actress. Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer.
1991 – Moataz Issa Barshim, Qatari strength athlete.
1992 – David Alaba, Austrian footballer.
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Death:
1768 – Maria Leszczynska, wife of King Louis XV of France.
1908 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States.
1976 – Mansour bin Nasser Al Farsi, Omani jurist, judge, poet and writer.
1978 – Ahmed Hussein Al-Ghashmi, fourth president of the Yemen Arab Republic.
2000 – Hanna Batatu, Palestinian historian.
2007 – Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler.
2012 – Youssef Dawoud, Egyptian actor.
**Mickey Roque, Spanish footballer.
2013 – Jamal Kawar, Palestinian-Israeli poet and linguist.
2021 – Benigno Aquino, Filipino politician who served as president of his country (2010 – 2016).
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Holidays and Occasions:
⬅️ Saint John in England.
