What Day of the Week

June 22, 2023 was the 173^rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 192 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

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.

• 1633

  The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe.
• 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.
• 1848

  Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris, France.
• 1897

  British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
• 1898

  Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
• 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.
• 1940

  France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany.
• 1944

  U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
• 1984

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

• 1892

  Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
• 1920

  Jovito Salonga, Filipino politician
• 1941

  Michael Lerner, American actor
• 1947

  Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
• 1963

  Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna
• 1966

  Michael Park, English rally driver (d. 2005)
• 1975

  Müslüm Can, Turkish footballer
• 1987

  Cory Gunz, American rapper
• 1988

  Omri Casspi, Israeli pro basketball player
• 1988

  Portia Doubleday, American actress

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