What Day of the Week

June 22, 2019 was the 173^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 192 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 217 BC

  Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
• 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.
• 1807

  In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
• 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.
• 1898

  Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
• 1907

  The London Underground’s Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
• 1911

  George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1944

  Opening day of the Soviet Union’s Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
• 1984

  Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
• 2009

  Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.

• 1906

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American writer, wife of Charles Lindbergh (d. 2001)
• 1916

  Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
• 1933

  Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
• 1941

  Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
• 1943

  Judith Barker, English actress
• 1962

  Clyde Drexler, American basketball player
• 1962

  Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director
• 1965

  Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovak footballer
• 1975

  Müslüm Can, Turkish footballer
• 1987

  Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian-born Australian soccer player

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