What Day of the Week

June 5, 2020 was the 157^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 209 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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.

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• 1798

  The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
• 1837

  Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
• 1851

  Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom’s Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
• 1862

  As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Truong Dinh decides to defy Emperor Tu Duc of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
• 1942

  World War II: United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
• 1967

  Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous pre-emptive attacks on the air forces of Egypt and Syria.
• 1969

  The International communist conference begins in Moscow.
• 1976

  Collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, United States.
• 1977

  A coup takes place in Seychelles.
• 1995

  The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created.

• 1898

  Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936)
• 1912

  Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (d. 2003)
• 1923

  Daniel Pinkham, American composer, organist, and harpsichordist (d. 2006)
• 1938

  Karin Balzer, German hurdler
• 1939

  Margaret Drabble, English novelist
• 1941

  Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer and songwriter
• 1952

  Carole Fredericks, American singer (d. 2001)
• 1964

  Rick Riordan, American author
• 1977

  Nourhanne, Lebanese singer
• 1984

  Robert Barbieri, Canadian-born Italian rugby player

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