What Day of the Week

June 27, 2021 is the 178^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 187 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.

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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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• 1709

  Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
• 1759

  General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.
• 1844

  Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
• 1898

  The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• 1927

  Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi leads a conference to discuss Japan’s plans for China; later, a document detailing these plans, the “Tanaka Memorial” is leaked, although it is now considered a forgery.
• 1941

  Romanian governmental forces, allies of Nazi Germany, launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iaşi, (Romania), resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
• 1977

  France grants independence to Djibouti.
• 1980

  Italian Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 mysteriously explodes in mid air while in route from Bologna to Palermo, killing all 81 on board. Also known in Italy as the Ustica disaster
• 1981

  The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its “Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China”, laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
• 1991

  Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.

• 1040

  King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
• 1696

  William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759)
• 1869

  Emma Goldman, Lithuanian/American anarchist and feminist (d. 1940)
• 1921

  Muriel Pavlow, British actress
• 1936

  Lucille Clifton, American poet (d. 2010)
• 1962

  Michael Ball, British singer
• 1966

  J. J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
• 1969

  Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater
• 1971

  Jo Frost, English nanny and television host
• 1977

  Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer

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