June 15: Day Of The Week
June 15, 2013 is the 166th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 199 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
June 15 Historical Events
- 1184 –King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
- 1389 –Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
- 1580 –Philip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
- 1859 –Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the “Northwestern Boundary Dispute” between United States and British/Canadian settlers.
- 1867 –Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
- 1896 –The deadliest tsunami in Japan’s history kills more than 22,000 people.
- 1904 –A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City’s East River kills 1,000.
- 1913 –The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends.
- 1985 –Rembrandt’s painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
Who were born on June 15?
- 1930 –Marcel Pronovost, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- 1942 –John E. McLaughlin, American former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- 1947 –John Hoagland, American photographer
- 1949 –Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer (Air Supply)
- 1955 –David Kennedy, American son of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy (d. 1984)
- 1968 –Károly Güttler, Hungarian swimmer
- 1973 –Greg Vaughan, American actor
- 1979 –Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver
- 1982 –Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1984 –Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
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