June 24th (1947) was a Tuesday. It's the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 191 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 24th June, 1947
» Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported Kenneth Arnold Unidentified Flying Object Sighting named UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington (state) called Washington.
Famous Birthdays on June 24 in 1947
» Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and academic (d. 2014)
» Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer and actor (Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
» Ian Ritchie (architect) called Ian Ritchie, English architect and academic
» Peter Weller, American actor and director
June 24th Famous Deaths for 1947
» Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
June 24th Holidays in History
» Battle of Bannockburn known as Bannockburn Day (Scotland)
» Battle of Carabobo or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Nativity of St. John the Baptist
» June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Caboclo or Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas (Brazilian state) e.g Amazonas State, Brazil)
» Discovery Day, observed on the nearest Monday (Newfoundland and Labrador)
» Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival and a New Year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere (Sacsayhuamán)