Holidays June 24, 2024: name days, signs

Today, June 24, Ivan Kupala is celebrated according to the new calendar. There are 190 days until the New Year.

June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 190 days left before the end of the year.

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• Pool day.

• Ivana Kupala.

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What happened on June 24

• 1099 – Established the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

• 1128 – the Portuguese army of Count Afonso crushed the opposition at the Battle of San Mamede.

• 1497 – the first documented mention of a European visit to North America: the explorer John Cabo (Italian by origin Giovanni Caboto) lands in the territory now known as Newfoundland and claims it as the property of the English king Henry VII.

• 1509 – King Henry VIII of England is crowned.

• 1793 – The French Convention adopts the first republican constitution, declaring the supremacy of the power of the people.

• 1894 – at a congress in Paris, convened at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a decision was made to establish the International Olympic Committee and hold the Olympic Games every four years.

• 1901 – The first Pablo Picasso exhibition opens in Paris at the gallery on rue Lafitte.

• 1917 – in Kyiv, to a full Sofia Square, Vladimir Vinnichenko read the text of the First Universal of the Central Rada, adopted the day before.

• 1941 – 2,072 people were shot in three prisons in Lvov “in order to accelerate the reduction of prisons in the Lvov region from counter-revolutionary, criminal-political elements.”

• 1947 – UFOs are officially reported for the first time.

• 1973 – The world’s oldest statesman, 90-year-old Eamon de Valera, one of the most colorful political personalities of the 20th century, resigned as President of Ireland, not least thanks to his significant effort that Ireland achieved independence from Great Britain.

Who was born on June 24

• 1974 – Olga Mikitenko, Ukrainian singer; Honored Artist of Ukraine.

• 1981 – Ruslan Mezentsev, Ukrainian gymnast, vice-champion of the Olympic Games (2000).

• 1988 – Pavel Chaika, serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, lieutenant, full holder of the Order of Courage.

Whose birthday is today?: Anton, Ivan, Nikita, Jacob, Ian.

Folk signs and traditions for June 24

• The grass has a strong smell – it means rain.

• There was a lot of dew in the morning – there will be a large harvest of cucumbers.

• During haymaking it rains – there will be less hay.

• At night, there are many stars in the sky – there will also be many mushrooms.

• Rye has not yet sprouted – this means bad weather.

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