What Day of the Week

June 17, 2020 was the 169^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 197 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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.
• 1565

  Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
• 1773

  Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
• 1861

  Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War.
• 1930

  U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
• 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.
• 1940

  The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• 1953

  East Germany Workers Uprising: in East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
• 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.

• 1704

  John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780)
• 1903

  Ruth Wakefield, American cook and hotelier (d. 1977)
• 1918

  Ajahn Chah, Thai meditation master (d. 1992)
• 1933

  Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (d. 1970)
• 1946

  Peter Rosei, Austrian writer
• 1958

  Bobby Farrelly, American film director
• 1962

  Michael Monroe, Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks)
• 1968

  Julie Miller, Hawaiian triathlete
• 1978

  James Corden, English actor and comedian
• 1990

  Jordan Henderson, English footballer

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