What Day of the Week

June 22, 2019 was the 173^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 192 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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

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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• 168 BC

  Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus ending the Third Macedonian War.
• 1807

  In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
• 1813

  War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
• 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.
• 1922

  Herrin massacre: 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
• 1941

  Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
• 1941

  The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
• 1945

  World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
• 1984

  Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.

• 1757

  George Vancouver, British explorer (d. 1798)
• 1885

  Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
• 1898

  Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (d. 1970)
• 1913

  Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet (d. 1989)
• 1932

  Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
• 1944

  Peter Asher, British singer, guitarist and producer (Peter & Gordon)
• 1954

  Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)
• 1958

  Bruce Campbell, American actor
• 1962

  Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director
• 1979

  Brad Hawpe, American baseball player

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