What Day of the Week

June 22, 2018 was the 173^rd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 192 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

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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• 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.
• 1774

  The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• 1807

  In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
• 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.
• 1906

  The flag of Sweden is adopted.
• 1922

  Herrin massacre: 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
• 1942

  Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
• 1957

  The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
• 1990

  Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
• 2003

  The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska

• 1704

  John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
• 1879

  Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist (d. 1962)
• 1898

  Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (d. 1970)
• 1932

  Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
• 1958

  Bruce Campbell, American actor
• 1961

  Stephen Batchelor, British field-hockey player
• 1972

  David Rees, American cartoonist
• 1978

  Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
• 1982

  Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
• 1984

  Dustin Johnson, American golfer

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