Thursday June 20, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

June 20: Day of the Week

June 20, 2024 is the 172nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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 20: This Day in History

On leap years, this day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.

June 20 Historical Event(s)

451
Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius’ battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
1214
The University of Oxford receives its charter.
1652
Tarhoncu Ahmet Paşa is appointed grand vezir of the Ottoman Empire.
1837
Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
1862
Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
1893
Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
1900
Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
1943
The Detroit Race Riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
1948
Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut.
1991
The German Bundestag votes to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.

Who were born on June 20?

1893
Wilhelm Zaisser, German politician (d. 1958)
1920
Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater
1930
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist
1934
Wendy Craig, English actress
1953
Robert Crais, American mystery writer
1953
Willy Rampf, German F1 technical director (BMW, Sauber)
1970
Andrea Nahles, German politician
1970
Bruce Woodcock, American computer games analyst
1982
Example (rapper), British rapper
1984
Dennis Malura, German footballer

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