A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
June 22: Day of the Week
June 22, 2024 is the 174th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 192 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
June 22 Historical Event(s)
217 BC
Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
1593
Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
1825
The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
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.
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.
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.
Who were born on June 22?
1704
John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1910
Konrad Zuse, German engineer (d. 1995)
1919
Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
1941
Terttu Savola, Finnish politician
1947
Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
1952
Graham Greene, Canadian actor
1954
Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)
1963
Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna
1982
Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
1989
Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer
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