What Day of the Week

June 22, 2020 was the 174^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 192 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1593

  Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
• 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.
• 1906

  The flag of Sweden is adopted.
• 1922

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

  The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
• 1944

  U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
• 1969

  The Cuyahoga River catches fire, triggering a crack-down on pollution in the river.
• 1984

  Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
• 1990

  Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.

• 1888

  Harold Burton, American jurist (d. 1964)
• 1897

  Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1973)
• 1921

  Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
• 1922

  Géza Vermes, Hungarian author and religious scholar
• 1943

  Eumir Deodato, Brazilian jazz musician and record producer
• 1943

  Judith Barker, English actress
• 1956

  Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
• 1962

  Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director
• 1970

  Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician and businessman
• 1976

  Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)

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