Year 1793
France adopted the first Republican constitution.
JUNE 24
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24 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 24 June.
Year 1813
Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
Year 1880
The song “O Canada” was sung for the first time as the national anthem of Canada.
Year 1939
Siam was renamed Thailand.
Year 1982
Compulsory teaching of Kannada language in all schools in Karnataka.
Year 1989
Majority opposition members resigned from Lok Sabha on the issue of CAG report on Bofors gun deal.
Year 2010
Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female Prime Minister.
Year 2012
Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies.
Year 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.
Born 1863
Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade, an Indian historian, scholar, writer, commentator, and orator.
Born 1893
Roy O. Disney, an American businessman and co-founder of The Walt Disney Company.
Born 1897
Pt. Omkarnath Thakur, an Indian music teacher, musicologist, and Hindustani classical singer.
Born 1908
Guru Gopinath, an Indian actor, and dancer.
Born 1927
Kannadasan, an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, and philanthropist.
Born 1937
Anita Desai, Indian-American author and academic
Born 1962
Gautam Adani, an Indian billionaire industrialist.
Born 1966
Vijayashanti, an Indian film actress, producer, and politician.
Born 1990
Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer
Born 1991
Yasmin Paige, English actress
Born 1991
Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player
Born 1992
David Alaba, Austrian footballer
Born 1996
Duki, Argentinian rapper
Died 1881
Pandit Shradhharam Sharma, an Indian poet.
Died 1908
Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.
Died 1980
V. V. Giri, the fourth president of India.
Died 1997
Sanjukta Panigrahi, an Indian classical dancer.
Died 1980
V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
Died 2014
Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)
Died 2015
Cristiano AraĂşjo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986)
Died 2015
Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (b. 1917)
Died 2015
Marva Collins, American author and educator (b. 1936)
Died 2015
Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (b. 1915)