June 24

Definition: June 24

June 24

Noun

1. A quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: June 24

Crosswords: June 24

Books

• FAA and airport noise : hearing before the Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, June 24, 1991 (reference)

• Treatment of hypertension : can we balance the risks? : highlights of a satelite symposium of the 13th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, Montreal, June 24, 1990 (reference)

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Secretary of the treasury, Henry Morgenthau wields the trowel during the cornerstone laying for NCI's building 6 on June 24, 1939. Mrs. Luke Wilson, whose husband, a cancer victim, donated the land for the building, and Dr. Thomas Parron, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, look on. The PHS was then a part of the Treasury Department. See also ar000175. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington, wields a trowel. Looking on is the Surgeon General Thomas Parran at the laying of the cornerstone of the new National Cancer Institute Building 6 on June 24, 1939. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

On June 24, 1939, the National Cancer Institute's first building, building 6, was dedicated and the cornerstone was laid. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Caption: Harper's Weekly, Laying Cable; June 24, 1882; {15.001/123} (jpg).

Employees of 7-20-4, R. G. Sullivan, Cigar Factory, Manchester, N.H., no. 192, 100 [percent] Members of Cigar Makers, International Union, June 24, '21. Credit: Library of Congress.

Occupy & restore Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, June 24. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Civil Liberties

Ukraine

As of year's end, no suspect had been identified in the June 24 killing of Oleh Breus, the publisher of the regional weekly XXI Vek in Luhansk. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

In June 2000, following rumors of a coup on June 24, the Director of the Cabinet for the Ministry of the Interior questioned Asse Alefe, the Director of Publication of Le National, and his assistant, Traore Bouraima, for several hours on their role in the coup rumors. (references)

Belarus

The President grants the Russian Orthodox Church special financial advantages that other denominations do not enjoy and has declared the preservation and development of Russian Orthodox Christianity a "moral necessity." On June 24 in a meeting with the Aleksiy II, Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, Lukashenka said, "Fundamentally, Orthodoxy is the basis of our state." The authorities also encourage a greater role for the Russian Orthodox Church, largely as part of an overall strategy to strengthen "Slavic unity" in the region and promote greater political unification between Belarus and Russia. (references)

Economic History

Russia

On June 24, 1994, Russia and the European Union (EU) signed a partnership and cooperation agreement. (references)

Lebanon

HOLDING COMPANIES/OFFSHORE COMPANIES: At least two Lebanese should be on the Board of Directors, according to Decree Law No. 45, dated June 24, 1983. (references)

Democratic Republic of Congo

Constitution: June 24, 1967; amended August 1974; revised February 15, 1978; amended April 1990; transitional constitution promulgated April 1994; draft constitution proposed March 1998, not yet finalized. (references)

Human Rights

Uganda

For example, on June 24, Edward Kamana Wesonga, M.P. for Bubulo West, reportedly shot at random to disperse a crowd and killed Sergeant Maxwell Wasswa, a bodyguard of his election opponent, after supporters of the two men clashed following an argument in Bukiga sub-county, Manjiya County. (references)

Trade

Guyana

After careful evaluation by the Central Bank, Guyana's first merchant bank was licensed on March 7, 2001 and commenced operations on June 24, 2001. The merchant bank is expected to introduce a vital range of services and products within the financial sector. (references)

Travel

Philippines

June 24, Manila Day, is observed only in the City of Manila while August 19, Quezon Day, is observed only in Quezon City. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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