What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1462

  Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
• 1839

  In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
• 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.
• 1877

  Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
• 1898

  The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• 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.
• 1933

  Union Station Massacre: in Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
• 1939

  Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison
• 1991

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

• 1882

  Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971)
• 1920

  François Jacob, French biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1951

  Joe Piscopo, American actor
• 1957

  Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor
• 1971

  Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
• 1973

  Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican business consultant
• 1976

  Sven Nys, Belgian cyclo-cross rider
• 1977

  Mark Tauscher, American football player
• 1979

  Nick Rimando, American footballer
• 1986

  Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer

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