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June 29: Day of the Week
June 29, 2024 was the 181st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 185 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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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 29 Historical Event(s)
1149
Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
1444
Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
1644
Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, the last battle won by an English King on English soil.
1850
Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
1895
Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.
1922
France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge “freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes”.
1945
Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union.
2002
Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
2006
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
2009
Yemenia Flight 626 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 152 people and leaving schoolgirl Bahia Bakari as the sole survivor.
Who were born on June 29?
1798
Willibald Alexis, German historical novelist (d. 1871)
1900
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
1911
Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975)
1912
John Toland, American historian (d. 2004)
1945
Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka
1957
Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter (The Go-Betweens)
1963
Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
1963
Khalid El-Masri, German-born suspected terrorist
1981
Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One driver
1986
Edward Maya, Romanian musician
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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 UIAKPUQCI? Check your answers here: Word scramble UIAKPUQCI. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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