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)
- 1839Cherokee 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.
- 1893The 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.
- 1898Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
- 1907The London Underground’s Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
- 1918The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
- 1922Herrin massacre: 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
- 1941The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
- 1942Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
- 1976The Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
- 2009Eastman 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?
- 1680Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
- 1902Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
- 1916Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
- 1933Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
- 1940Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker and poet
- 1943Eumir Deodato, Brazilian jazz musician and record producer
- 1968Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player
- 1982Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
- 1984Jerome Taylor, Jamaican cricketer
- 1985Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
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