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Thursday June 22, 2023

June 22: Day of the Week

June 22, 2023 is the 173rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 192 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Cancer 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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June 22 Historical Event(s)

  • 1839
    Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
  • 1893
    The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet’s commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
  • 1898
    Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
  • 1907
    The London Underground’s Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
  • 1918
    The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
  • 1922
    Herrin massacre: 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
  • 1941
    The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
  • 1942
    Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
  • 1976
    The Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
  • 2009
    Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.

Who were born on June 22?

  • 1680
    Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
  • 1902
    Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
  • 1916
    Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
  • 1933
    Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
  • 1940
    Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker and poet
  • 1943
    Eumir Deodato, Brazilian jazz musician and record producer
  • 1968
    Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player
  • 1982
    Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
  • 1984
    Jerome Taylor, Jamaican cricketer
  • 1985
    Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress

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