Friday June 21, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

June 21: Day of the Week

June 21, 2024 is the 173rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 193 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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 21: This Day in History

On non-leap years (until 2039), this day marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, and is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere and the least hours of daylight in the southern hemisphere.

June 21 Historical Event(s)

1788
New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the 9th state in the United States.
1864
New Zealand Land Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends.
1898
The United States captures Guam from Spain.
1915
The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down an Oklahoma law denying the right to vote to some citizens.
1940
France signs an armistice with Germany at Compiègne.
1957
Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada’s first woman Cabinet Minister.
1970
Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date.
1977
Bülent Ecevit, of CHP forms the new government of Turkey.
1982
John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
2000
Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the ‘promotion’of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.

Who were born on June 21?

1002
Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)
1863
Max Wolf, German astronomer (d. 1932)
1864
Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art historian (d. 1945)
1880
Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, and banker (d. 1941)
1921
Jean de Broglie, French politician (d. 1976)
1938
John W. Dower, American author and historian
1946
Brenda Holloway, American singer and songwriter
1959
Tom Chambers, American basketball player
1972
Alon Hilu, Israeli writer
1990
Pietro Baccolo, Italian footballer

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