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June 23: Day of the Week
June 23, 2024 is the 175th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 191 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Cancer 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 23 Historical Event(s)
1314
First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins.
1565
Turgut Reis (Dragut), commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Siege of Malta.
1760
Seven Years’ War: Battle of Landeshut – Austria defeats Prussia.
1865
American Civil War: at Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.
1894
The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
1913
Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
1919
Estonian War of Independence: the decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cesis. This day is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
1938
The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
1967
Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
1972
Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
Who were born on June 23?
1433
Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)
1668
Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744)
1763
Joséphine de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon I Bonaparte (d. 1814)
1800
Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846)
1910
Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (d. 1987)
1940
Adam Faith, English singer and actor (d. 2003)
1945
John Garang, Sudanese politician (d. 2005)
1962
Chuck Billy, American singer (Testament)
1963
Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
1976
Patrick Vieira, French footballer
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