What Day of the Week

June 26, 2020 was the 178^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 188 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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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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• 221

  Roman Emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
• 1409

  Western Schism: the Roman Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
• 1909

  The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• 1927

  The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
• 1940

  World War II: under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
• 1948

  Shirley Jackson’s short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
• 1960

  The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
• 1995

  Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup.
• 1996

  Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin
• 1997

  The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

• 1854

  Robert Laird Borden, Canadian politician (d. 1937)
• 1904

  Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951)
• 1941

  Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist
• 1969

  Colin Greenwood, British musician
• 1969

  Mike Myers, American baseball player
• 1973

  Jussi Sydänmaa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
• 1974

  Matt Striker, American professional wrestler
• 1980

  Chris Shelton, American baseball player
• 1980

  Sinik, French singer and rapper
• 1987

  Samir Nasri, French footballer

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