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June 6: Day of the Week
June 6, 2024 was the 158th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 208 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
June 6 Historical Event(s)
1752
A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
1857
Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.
1862
American Civil War: Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
1882
More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
1939
Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the “Missingest Man in New York”, is declared legally dead.
1942
World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.
1971
A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California claims 50 lives.
1971
Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 launches.
1971
Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.
1993
Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
Who were born on June 6?
1829
Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (d. 1862)
1902
Jimmie Lunceford, American bandleader (d. 1947)
1915
Vincent Persichetti, American composer (d. 1987)
1929
Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (d. 2005)
1943
José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican jurist
1944
David Penhaligon, British politician (d. 1986)
1955
Sandra Bernhard, American actress and comedian
1963
Wolfgang Drechsler, German social scientist
1970
Anthony Norris, American wrestler
1989
Paula Brancati, Canadian actress
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