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June 7: Day of the Week
June 7, 2024 is the 159th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 207 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.
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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 7 Historical Event(s)
421
Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia. The wedding is celebrated at Constantinople (Turkey).
1866
1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.
1892
Benjamin Harrison becomes the first President of the United States to attend a baseball game.
1892
Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the “whites-only” car of a train; he would lose the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
1945
King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile.
1948
Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing a constitution making his nation a Communist state.
1971
The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades, which all turn out to be inert or dummies.
1981
The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq’s Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. The facility could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
1991
Mount Pinatubo explodes generating an ash column 7 km high.
2000
The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
Who were born on June 7?
1840
Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico (d. 1927)
1879
Knud Rasmussen, Greenlander explorer (d. 1933)
1907
Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland (d. 2002)
1938
Goose Gonsoulin, American football player
1942
Muammar Gaddafi, Ruler of Libya (d. 2011)
1943
Ken Osmond, American actor
1952
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish writer, Nobel laureate
1957
Paddy McAloon, English singer and songwriter (Prefab Sprout)
1970
Helen Baxendale, English actress
1979
Kevin Hofland, Dutch footballer
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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 UHIUOQH? Check your answers here: Unscramble words UHIUOQH. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Are you not curious to discover some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘what happened on my birthday’ and what was the number one song on your day of birth. Know the meaning of your special day and who shares your birthday! (Sponsored link)
Now try another date like anniversaries, birthdays of someone you know or any other date that is special to you. Don’t forget to share the info to your friends, loved ones or social media followers. Who knows, they might appreciate and thank you for it.