A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
June 26: Day of the Week
June 26, 2024 is the 178th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 188 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
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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 26 Historical Event(s)
221
Roman Emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
1284
the legendary Pied Piper leads 130 children out of Hamelin, Germany
1907
The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery took place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi.
1918
World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
1941
World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
1948
Shirley Jackson’s short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
1948
William Shockley files the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
1973
At Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 people are killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
1977
The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she is the first victim who is not a prostitute.
1997
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Who were born on June 26?
1694
Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)
1798
Wolfgang Menzel, German writer (d. 1873)
1907
Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1955
Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite)
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters UVEFIWOR? Check your answers here: Words with these letters UVEFIWOR. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Are you not curious to discover some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘what happened on my birthday’ and what was the number one song on your day of birth. Know the meaning of your special day and who shares your birthday! (Sponsored link)
Now try another date like anniversaries, birthdays of someone you know or any other date that is special to you. Don’t forget to share the info to your friends, loved ones or social media followers. Who knows, they might appreciate and thank you for it.