What Day of the Week

June 17, 2021 is the 168^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 197 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1579

  Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
• 1789

  In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
• 1861

  Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War.
• 1876

  Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook’s forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
• 1885

  The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• 1898

  The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• 1910

  Aurel Vlaicu pilots a A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
• 1940

  The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• 1958

  The wooden roller coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada opens. It is still open today.
• 1981

  Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: In the Hyatt Regency Hotel the 2nd and 4th floor walkways collapse crushing 144 people to death, this was the worst structural failure in the United States.

• 1898

  Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961)
• 1918

  Ajahn Chah, Thai meditation master (d. 1992)
• 1920

  Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress
• 1927

  Martin Böttcher, German conductor
• 1944

  Randy Johnson, American football player (d. 2009)
• 1949

  Snakefinger, British-born guitarist, violinist, singer and songwriter (The Residents) (d. 1987)
• 1964

  Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver
• 1974

  Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
• 1980

  Kimeru, Japanese singer
• 1982

  Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player

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