What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1565

  Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
• 1775

  American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
• 1861

  Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War.
• 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.
• 1932

  Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
• 1944

  Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
• 1971

  President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
• 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.
• 1992

  A “joint understanding” agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).

• 1714

  César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (d. 1784)
• 1903

  Ruth Wakefield, American cook and hotelier (d. 1977)
• 1909

  Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor (d. 2004)
• 1910

  Red Foley, American musician (d. 1968)
• 1957

  Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor
• 1968

  Julie Miller, Hawaiian triathlete
• 1970

  Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971

  Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
• 1975

  Joshua Leonard, American actor
• 1978

  Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer

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