June 24

June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 190 days remain until the end of the year.

Observances

• Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)

• Bannockburn Day (Scotland)

• Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

• Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)

• Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival and a New Year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere (Sacsayhuamán)

• St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances:

  • Enyovden (Bulgaria)

  • Jaanipäev (Estonia)

  • Jāņi (Latvia)

  • Jónsmessa (Iceland)

  • Midsummer Day (England)

  • Saint Jonas' Festival or Joninės (Lithuania)

  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)

  • Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania)

  • Wattah Wattah Festival (Philippines)

• Fors Fortuna, ancient Roman festival to Fortuna

• St. John’s Day

• International Fairy Day

• Swim a Lap Day (US)

• National Upcycling Day (US)

• National Pralines Day (US)