June 15: Day of the Week
June 15, 2022 is the 166th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 199 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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.
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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.
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June 15 Historical Event(s)
- 763 BCAssyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
- 1184King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
- 1215King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
- 1219Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lyndanisse (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia. According to legend, this battle also marks the first use of the Dannebrog, the world’s first national flag still in use, as the national flag of Denmark.
- 1389Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
- 1944In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
- 1945The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 1978King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
- 1996The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England.
- 2002Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75000 mi, about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
Who were born on June 15?
- 1801Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (d. 1883)
- 1926Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (d. 2006)
- 1959Alan Brazil, British footballer
- 1966Tory Burch, American fashion designer
- 1968Oh Dal-su, South Korean actor
- 1973Pia Miranda, Australian actress
- 1977Nina Liu, Australian actress
- 1981John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer
- 1982Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player
- 1983Laura Imbruglia, Australian musician
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