Why is June 24 celebrated as John the Baptist's birthday?

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Am I right in thinking that the date of June 24 for the Feast of the Birth of St. John the Baptist was based on Luke 1:26? There we find the phrase “in the sixth month,” which I suppose links the previous events of the conception of John with the Annunciation event.
 
It is more likely that St. John the Baptist’s feast day was determined after the Church chose the date on which to celebrate Christ’s birth. June 24 is almost exactly six months before December 25, chosen by the Church to be the Feast of the Nativity of Christ. Once the date for Christmas was chosen, related feasts could then be placed on the calendar based on Scripture and Tradition.
 
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