What Day of the Week

June 17, 2019 was the 168^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 197 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.

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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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• 1497

  Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
• 1861

  Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War.
• 1885

  The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
• 1940

  The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• 1940

  World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France.
• 1958

  The wooden roller coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada opens. It is still open today.
• 1960

  The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 e6acre of land undervalued at 4 cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
• 1971

  President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
• 1972

  Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
• 1991

  Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

• 1714

  Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762)
• 1818

  Sophie of Württemberg, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877)
• 1882

  Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1918)
• 1910

  Red Foley, American musician (d. 1968)
• 1920

  François Jacob, French biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1942

  Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian IAEA director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1944

  Bill Rafferty, American comedian and impressionist
• 1967

  Eric Stefani, American keyboardist, songwriter (No Doubt) and cartoon animator
• 1973

  Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican business consultant
• 1984

  John Gallagher, Jr., American actor

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