What Day of the Week

June 3, 2023 was the 154^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 211 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.

Gemini 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.

• 1140

  French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in first land battle of the War.
• 1885

  In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• 1889

  The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.
• 1935

  One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario.
• 1937

  The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• 1950

  First successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; Annapurna is summited by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal
• 1962

  An Air France Boeing 707 charter, Chateau de Sully crashes after an aborted takeoff from Paris-Orly Airport, killing 130.
• 1963

  The Buddhist crisis: Soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam attack protesting Buddhists in Huế, South Vietnam, with liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
• 2006

  The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro’s formal declaration of independence.

• 1635

  Philippe Quinault, French writer (d. 1688)
• 1659

  David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)
• 1937

  Edward Winter, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1938

  David L. Mills, American computer engineer
• 1965

  Mike Gordon, American musician (Phish)
• 1975

  Jeff Soto, American painter
• 1976

  Jamie McMurray, American racecar driver
• 1978

  Lyfe Jennings, R&B singer and songwriter
• 1984

  Emily Scott, Australian model
• 1992

  Mario Götze, German footballer

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