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June 15: Day of the Week
June 15, 2024 is the 167th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 199 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.
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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 15 Historical Event(s)
1520
Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
1776
Delaware Separation Day – Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
1877
Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
1909
Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord’s and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
1934
The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
1940
World War II: Operation Ariel begins – Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany’s takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1944
In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
1945
The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1985
Rembrandt’s painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
1992
The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
Who were born on June 15?
1519
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1536)
1917
Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer and composer (d. 2005)
1936
Claude Brasseur, French actor
1938
Billy Williams, American baseball player
1949
Simon Callow, British actor
1956
Robin Curtis, American actress
1968
Károly Güttler, Hungarian swimmer
1975
Elizabeth Reaser, American actress
1980
Cara Zavaleta, American model
1983
Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer
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