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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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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• 1631

  Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
• 1775

  American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
• 1901

  The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• 1910

  Aurel Vlaicu pilots a A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
• 1939

  Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison
• 1940

  The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• 1948

  A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
• 1960

  The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 e6acre of land undervalued at 4 cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
• 1987

  With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
• 1994

  Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

• 1881

  Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955)
• 1898

  M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (d. 1972)
• 1900

  Martin Bormann, German Nazi official (d. 1945)
• 1945

  Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
• 1945

  Tommy Franks, American General
• 1954

  Len Davies, British pro wrestling promoter
• 1958

  Jon Leibowitz, American government official
• 1973

  Louis Leterrier, French film director
• 1978

  Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress
• 1983

  Lee Ryan, British singer (Blue)

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