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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 French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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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)
1180
First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
1314
First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins.
1713
The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
1860
The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
1894
The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
1940
World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France.
1943
World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
1968
74 are killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.
1972
Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.
1985
A terrorist bomb aboard Air India flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
Who were born on June 23?
1824
Carl Reinecke, German musician and composer (d. 1910)
1905
Jack Pickersgill, Canadian politician (d. 1997)
1940
Stuart Sutcliffe, English painter and bassist (The Beatles) (d. 1962)
1941
Robert Hunter, American lyricist and poet (The Grateful Dead)
1945
Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and writer
1946
Ted Shackelford, American actor
1955
Glenn Danzig, American musician
1962
Kevin Yagher, American special effects technician
1971
Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player
1980
Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters FOEUAAKTTPP? Check your answers here: Word scramble FOEUAAKTTPP. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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