What Day of the Week

June 16, 2021 is the 167^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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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• 1586

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

  British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.
• 1746

  War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
• 1795

  First Battle of Groix otherwise known as “Cornwallis’ Retreat”.
• 1846

  The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected Pope beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy (not counting St. Peter).
• 1891

  John Abbott becomes Canada’s third Prime Minister.
• 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.
• 1940

  A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
• 1997

  The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed.

• 1332

  Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)
• 1583

  Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1654)
• 1612

  Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)
• 1880

  Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-born American chemist and historian (d. 1963)
• 1903

  Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (d. 1945)
• 1951

  Charlie Dominici, American singer (Dream Theater, Dominici)
• 1962

  Femi Kuti, Nigerian afrobeat musician
• 1980

  Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player
• 1981

  Ben Kweller, American singer and songwriter
• 1986

  Robert Rothbart, Bosnian/Israeli/Serbian basketball player

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