Friday June 28, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

June 28: Day of the Week

June 28, 2024 was the 180th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 186 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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 28: This Day in History

In common years it is always in ISO week 26.

This date is the only date each year where both the month and day are different perfect numbers, June 6 being the only date where the month and day are the same perfect number.

June 28 Historical Event(s)

1098
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
1461
Edward IV is crowned King of England.
1776
American Revolutionary War: Fort Moultrie is attacked during the Battle of Sullivan’s Island; this event is commemorated in Carolina Day.
1778
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Monmouth is fought between the American Continental Army under George Washington and the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton.
1838
Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
1880
The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
1902
The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
1956
in Poznań, workers from HCP factory went to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
1964
Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
1997
Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield’s ear.

Who were born on June 28?

1491
King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
1577
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (d. 1640)
1873
Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1944)
1912
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007)
1917
Katherine Rawls, American swimming champion (d. 1982)
1922
Michael Vale, American actor (d. 2005)
1932
Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
1958
Félix Gray, French singer and songwriter
1987
Terrence Williams, American basketball player
1994
Madeline Duggan, English actress

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