What Day of the Week

June 16, 2019 was the 167^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 198 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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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• 1746

  War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
• 1755

  French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
• 1774

  Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
• 1836

  The formation of the London Working Men’s Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
• 1871

  The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
• 1903

  Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.
• 1911

  A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
• 1922

  General election in the Irish Free State: the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority.
• 1924

  The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
• 1963

  Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.

• 1858

  King Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950)
• 1903

  Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (d. 1945)
• 1937

  Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Tsar and later Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1946

  Rick Adelman, American basketball player and coach
• 1960

  Peter Sterling, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1962

  Wally Joyner, American baseball player
• 1970

  Cobi Jones, American soccer player
• 1977

  Petros Papadakis, American sportscaster
• 1980

  Phil Christophers, German-born English rugby player
• 1981

  Ben Kweller, American singer and songwriter

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