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June 8: Day of the Week
June 8, 2024 is the 160th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 206 days remaining until the end of the 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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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 8 Historical Event(s)
68
The Roman Senate proclaims Galba as emperor.
1191
Richard I arrives in Acre (Palestine) thus beginning his crusade.
1776
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières – American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
1942
World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
1953
Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado hits Flint, Michigan, and kills 115.
1967
Six-Day War: The Israeli army enters Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs.
1967
Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
1982
Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by Argentine air attack on two landing ships : RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
2004
The first Venus Transit in modern history takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
2008
The Akihabara massacre takes place in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Katō drives a two-ton truck into a crowd before leaving the truck and attacking people with a knife.
Who were born on June 8?
1745
Caspar Wessel, Danish mathematician (d. 1818)
1757
Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1824)
1810
Robert Schumann, German composer (d. 1856)
1920
Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (d. 1995)
1921
Suharto, President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
1936
James Darren, American actor and singer
1944
Boz Scaggs, American singer and songwriter
1949
Emanuel Ax, Polish-born pianist
1957
Scott Adams, American cartoonist
1976
Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
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