Friday June 28, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

June 28: Day of the Week

June 28, 2024 is the 180th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 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

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 28: This Day in History

In common years it is always in ISO week 26.

This date is the only date each year where both the month and day are different perfect numbers, June 6 being the only date where the month and day are the same perfect number.

June 28 Historical Event(s)

1776
American Revolutionary War: Fort Moultrie is attacked during the Battle of Sullivan’s Island; this event is commemorated in Carolina Day.
1778
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Monmouth is fought between the American Continental Army under George Washington and the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton.
1841
The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier
1882
The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
1894
Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
1914
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.
1940
Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
1956
in Poznań, workers from HCP factory went to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
2004
Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
2005
War in Afghanistan: Three U.S. Navy SEALs, 16 American Special Operations Forces soldiers, and an unknown number of Taliban insurgents are killed

Who were born on June 28?

1503
Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)
1806
Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
1907
Emily Perry, English actress (d. 2008)
1951
Lalla Ward, British actress
1957
Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1964
Mark Grace, American baseball player
1967
Lars Riedel, German discus thrower
1968
Adam Woodyatt, English actor
1974
Rob Dyrdek, American professional skateboarder
1982
Elaine Tan, English actress

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