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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• 1487

  Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
• 1755

  French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
• 1815

  Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
• 1858

  Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
• 1922

  General election in the Irish Free State: the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority.
• 1930

  Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
• 1933

  The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed.
• 1940

  World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
• 1976

  Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
• 1977

  Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.

• 1801

  Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
• 1806

  Edward Davy, English physician, chemist and inventor (d. 1885)
• 1902

  Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
• 1927

  Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and playwright (d. 2001)
• 1935

  Jim Dine, American artist
• 1940

  Neil Goldschmidt, American Governor of Oregon
• 1967

  Charalambos Andreou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
• 1978

  Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer
• 1981

  Ben Kweller, American singer and songwriter
• 1989

  Jelena Glebova, Estonian figure skater

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