Significance of 24th June:

1916- Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.

1945- The first Victory Day Parade takes place on Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.

2010- At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeated Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.

2010- Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.



Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:

1897- Pandit Omkarnath Thakur was an Indian music teacher, musicologist and Hindustani classical singer.

1910- O. M. C. Narayanan Nambudiripad was an eminent sanskrit scholar. He is known for his translation into Malayalam of the Rigveda.

1937- Anita Desai is an Indian-American  novelist and academician. As a writer she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times. She received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for her novel "Fire on the Mountain."

2000- Shubham Sarangi is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Jamshedpur in the Indian Super League.



Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:

1980- Varahagiri Venkata Giri was an Indian politician and activist who served as the president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974.

1985- Charu Chandra Bhandari was the chief propagator of the Sarvodaya movement in Bengal as a close associate of Acharya Vinoba Bhave and took an active part in the Bhoodan movement.

2008- Mallikarjuna Rao was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Telugu films. Rao, popularly known as 'Battala Satti' for his role in the movie Ladies Tailor. 

2014- Bhabini Mahato  was a Bengali freedom fighter and activist who participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942 and the Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum).