Sunday June 16, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

June 16: Day of the Week

June 16, 2024 is the 168th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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 16 Historical Event(s)

363
Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal Roman forces suffering several attacks from the Persians.
1745
British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.
1774
Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
1883
The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
1915
Foundation of the British Women’s Institute.
1922
General election in the Irish Free State: the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority.
1940
World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
1961
Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
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.
1989
Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest.

Who were born on June 16?

1923
Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (d. 1962)
1928
Speedy O. Long, American politician (d. 2006)
1935
Jim Dine, American artist
1938
James Bolam, English actor
1959
The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler
1962
Femi Kuti, Nigerian afrobeat musician
1962
Wally Joyner, American baseball player
1970
Younus AlGohar, British spiritualist, author, poet, sufi and humanitarian
1978
Daniel Brühl, German actor
1980
Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer

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