| 72061 | June 24 | Event | 1604 – Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. |
| 72062 | June 24 | Event | 1622 – Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau. |
| 72063 | June 24 | Event | 1717 – The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London. |
| 72064 | June 24 | Event | 1762 – Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia. |
| 72065 | June 24 | Event | 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins. |
| 72066 | June 24 | Event | 1793 – The first Republican constitution in France is adopted. |
| 72067 | June 24 | Event | 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia. |
| 72068 | June 24 | Event | 1813 – Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army. |
| 72069 | June 24 | Event | 1821 – The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain. |
| 72070 | June 24 | Event | 1859 – Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy. |
| 72071 | June 24 | Event | 1866 – Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War. |
| 72072 | June 24 | Event | 1880 – First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. |
| 72073 | June 24 | Event | 1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio. |
| 72074 | June 24 | Event | 1902 – King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation. |
| 72075 | June 24 | Event | 1913 – Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria. |
| 72076 | June 24 | Event | 1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract. |
| 72077 | June 24 | Event | 1916 – World War I: The Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line. |
| 72078 | June 24 | Event | 1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. |
| 72079 | June 24 | Event | 1932 – A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand). |
| 72080 | June 24 | Event | 1938 – Pieces of a meteor, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. |
| 72081 | June 24 | Event | 1939 – Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister. |
| 72082 | June 24 | Event | 1940 – World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company. |
| 72083 | June 24 | Event | 1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. |
| 72084 | June 24 | Event | 1948 – Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible. |
| 72085 | June 24 | Event | 1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd. |
| 72086 | June 24 | Event | 1954 – First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê. |
| 72087 | June 24 | Event | 1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. |
| 72088 | June 24 | Event | 1963 – The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government. |
| 72089 | June 24 | Event | 1967 – The worst caving disaster in British history takes six lives at Mossdale Caverns. |
| 72090 | June 24 | Event | 1973 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhala |