Public Holidays on June 24

• 🌍 Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo (Venezuela)
• 🌍 Ashura (estimated) (Pakistan)
• 🌍 Batalla de Carabobo (Venezuela)
• 🌍 Discovery Day (Canada)
• 🌍 National Holiday (Canada)
• 🌍 St. John's Day (Spain)

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Religious Observances on June 24

• Islamic: Urs of Sayyidina Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ق

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On This Day in History — June 24

• 2013 — Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and having sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
• 2012 — Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies.
• 2010 — John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
• 2010 — Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
• 2004 — In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
• 2002 — The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.

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Notable Births on June 24

• 1992 — David Alaba, Austrian footballer
• 1991 — Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 — Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 — Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer
• 1989 — Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner
• 1988 — Micah Richards, English footballer

Notable Deaths on June 24

• 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)
• 2014 — John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
• 2014 — Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919)

Public Holidays on June 25

• 🌍 Ashura (estimated) (Pakistan)

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Religious Observances on June 25

• Islamic: Ashura
• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Shamsuddin Habīb Allah ق
• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Abū al‑Hassan al‑Kharqāni ق
• Islamic: Birth of Imam Rābbani Ahmad Al-Fāruqi As-Sirhindi ق

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On This Day in History — June 25

• 1998 — In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
• 1997 — An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
• 1996 — The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
• 1993 — Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
• 1991 — Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence by referendum from Yugoslavia.
• 1984 — American singer Prince releases his most successful studio album Purple Rain.

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Notable Births on June 25

• 2006 — Mckenna Grace, American actress
• 1998 — Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer
• 1996 — Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American racing driver
• 1996 — Sione Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 — Liisi Rist, Estonian cyclist
• 1991 — Anna Zaja, German tennis player

Notable Deaths on June 25

• 2015 — Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Alejandro Romay, Argentinian businessman (b. 1927)
• 2015 — Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940)
• 2014 — Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2014 — Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925)
• 2014 — Paul Patterson, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1943)