What Day of the Week

June 22, 2021 was the 173^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 192 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1944

  Opening day of the Soviet Union’s Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
• 1944

  U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
• 1957

  The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
• 2003

  The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska
• 2009

  Washington Metro train collision: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing nine and injuring over 80.

• 1887

  Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975)
• 1959

  Mike O'Meara, American radio personality
• 1965

  Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovak footballer
• 1971

  Kambri Crews, American writer
• 1974

  Donald Faison, American actor
• 1976

  Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
• 1979

  Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
• 1987

  Cory Gunz, American rapper
• 1987

  Lee Min Ho, Korean actor
• 1993

  Ingmar Lazar, French classical pianist

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