What Day of the Week
June 28: Day of the Week
June 28, 2022 is the 179th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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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.
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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)
- 1838Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
- 1902The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
- 1921Serbian King Alexander I proclaimed the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
- 1942Nazi Germany started its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue
- 1950Hangang Bridge bombing: Korean War.
- 1950Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
- 1969Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
- 1987For the first time in the military history, a civilian target was attacked by chemical weapons when Iraqi warplanes dropped mustard gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in rwo separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas.
- 1992The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
- 2001Slobodan Milošević deported to ICTY to stand trial.
Who were born on June 28?
- 1491King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
- 1824Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)
- 1891Carl Spaatz, American Air Force general (d. 1974)
- 1918Willie Whitelaw, British politician, Deputy Prime Minister (d. 1999)
- 1954A. A. Gill, British writer and columnist
- 1958Donna F. Edwards, U.S. Maryland Congresswoman, 4th Congressional District
- 1959Clint Boon, English musician and D.J.
- 1977Harun Tekin, Turkish singer, guitarist and pianist (Mor ve Ötesi)
- 1988Lacey Schwimmer, American dancer
- 1991Seohyun (Seo Joo-hyun), South Korean singer (Girls’ Generation)
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