What Day of the Week

June 16, 2023 was the 167^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 198 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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.

• 1586

  Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
• 1745

  Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
• 1774

  Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
• 1858

  Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
• 1883

  The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
• 1911

  IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
• 1924

  The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
• 1925

  The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
• 1961

  Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
• 1963

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

• 1591

  Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Crete-born Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
• 1792

  John Linnell, English landscape painter (d. 1882)
• 1888

  Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (d. 1925)
• 1897

  Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
• 1920

  José López Portillo, 31st President of Mexico (d. 2004)
• 1940

  Neil Goldschmidt, American Governor of Oregon
• 1953

  Ian Mosley, British drummer (Marillion)
• 1959

  The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler
• 1980

  Phil Christophers, German-born English rugby player
• 1984

  Steven Whittaker, Scottish footballer

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