Friday June 21, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

June 21: Day of the Week

June 21, 2024 is the 173rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 193 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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 21: This Day in History

On non-leap years (until 2039), this day marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, and is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere and the least hours of daylight in the southern hemisphere.

June 21 Historical Event(s)

217 BC
The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
1307
Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
1788
New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the 9th state in the United States.
1798
Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
1824
Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
1854
The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.
1898
The United States captures Guam from Spain.
1919
Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
1940
France signs an armistice with Germany at Compiègne.
1942
World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by the Japanese against the United States mainland.

Who were born on June 21?

1764
Sidney Smith, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1840)
1823
Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
1919
Paolo Soleri, Italian-born American architect
1932
Bernard Ingham, British journalist, former press secretary to Margaret Thatcher
1941
Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor
1945
Philippe Sarde, French composer
1954
Anne Kirkbride, English actress
1957
Lucien DeBlois, Canadian professional ice hockey player
1962
Takeshi Asami, Japanese racing driver
1964
David Morrissey, British actor

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