What Day of the Week

June 17, 2018 was the 168^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 197 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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.
• 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.
• 1789

  In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
• 1861

  Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War.
• 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.
• 1940

  World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France.
• 1953

  East Germany Workers Uprising: in East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
• 1960

  The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 e6acre of land undervalued at 4 cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
• 1963

  The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord’s Prayer in public schools.
• 1971

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

• 1268

  Lord Borchard de Herle, English diplomat (d. 1305)
• 1818

  Sophie of Württemberg, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877)
• 1832

  Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (d. 1919)
• 1867

  Flora Finch, British-American silent-film comedienne (d. 1940)
• 1898

  Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961)
• 1907

  Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978)
• 1955

  Gail Jones, Australian author
• 1972

  Sebastian White, English drummer (Oasis)
• 1980

  Venus Williams, American tennis player
• 1981

  Shane Watson, Australian cricketer

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