Sunday June 23, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

June 23: Day of the Week

June 23, 2024 is the 175th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 191 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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 23 Historical Event(s)

1713
The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
1757
Battle of Plassey – 3,000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj Ud Daulah at Plassey.
1894
The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
1913
Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
1919
Estonian War of Independence: the decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cesis. This day is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
1931
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
1942
World War II: the first selections for the gas chamber at Auschwitz take place on a train full of Jews from Paris.
1959
A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim (Norway) kills 34 people.
1959
Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
1972
Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

Who were born on June 23?

1373
Queen Joan II of Naples (d. 1435)
1897
Alexandru Giugaru, Romanian actor (d. 1986)
1910
Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious figure (d. 2008)
1940
Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994)
1948
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1965
Natalia Germanou Greek lyricist, television hostess, radio producer, DJ and journalist
1978
Memphis Bleek, American rapper
1980
Becky Cloonan, American comic book artist
1981
Antony Costa, British singer and songwriter (Blue)
1984
Dave Walsh, American professional gamer

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