What Day of the Week

June 10, 2020 was the 162^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 204 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 1190

  Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
• 1539

  Council of Trent: Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Battle of Brice’s Crossroads. Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
• 1925

  Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena.
• 1940

  World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.
• 1940

  World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy’s actions with his “Stab in the Back” speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
• 1944

  World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France.
• 1980

  The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
• 1999

  Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
• 2003

  The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.

• 1825

  Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (d. 1897)
• 1863

  Louis Couperus, Dutch novelist (d. 1923)
• 1912

  Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec (d. 1980)
• 1918

  Barry Morse, British-born Canadian actor (d. 2008)
• 1929

  Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (d. 2005)
• 1964

  Ben Daniels, British actor
• 1977

  Dan-e-o, Canadian rapper
• 1981

  Hoku, American singer and actress
• 1981

  Jonathan Bennett, American actor
• 1982

  Leelee Sobieski, American actress

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