A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
June 20: Day of the Week
June 20, 2024 is the 172nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
June 20: This Day in History
On leap years, this day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
June 20 Historical Event(s)
451
Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius’ battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
1605
After only three months as tsar, 16-year-old Feodor II of Russia is assassinated.
1685
Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
1789
Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
1837
Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
1887
Victoria Terminus, the busiest railway station in India, opens in Bombay.
1943
The Detroit Race Riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
1972
Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
2003
The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
2009
During the Iranian election protests, the death of Neda Agha-Soltan is captured on video and spreads virally on the Internet, making it “probably the most widely witnessed death in human history”.
Who were born on June 20?
1754
Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1832)
1894
Lloyd Hall, American chemist (d. 1971)
1911
Gail Patrick, American actress (d. 1980)
1915
Terence Young, British film director (d. 1994)
1940
Eugen Drewermann, German theologian
1942
Brian Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys)
1949
Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1951
Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
1957
Koko B. Ware, American professional wrestler
1991
Rick ten Voorde, Dutch soccer player
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