What Day of the Week

June 8, 2021 is the 159^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 206 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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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• 793

  Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasion of England.
• 1405

  Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV’s orders.
• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières – American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
• 1783

  The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• 1906

  Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
• 1912

  Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• 1941

  World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
• 1948

  Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.
• 1967

  Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
• 1968

  Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral takes place at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City.

• 1831

  Thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (d. 1917)
• 1855

  George Charles Haité, English designer, painter and illustrator (d.1924)
• 1872

  Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter (d. 1949)
• 1924

  Lyn Nofziger, American political operative (d. 2006)
• 1946

  Alan Scarfe, British-born Canadian actor
• 1953

  Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1957

  Don Robinson, American baseball player
• 1957

  Scott Adams, American cartoonist
• 1972

  Troy Duffy, American director (The Boondock Saints)
• 1985

  Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver

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