What Day of the Week

June 8, 2019 was the 159^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 206 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.

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• 1191

  Richard I arrives in Acre (Palestine) thus beginning his crusade.
• 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.
• 1789

  James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in the House of Representatives; by 1791, ten of them are ratified by the state legislatures and become the Bill of Rights; another is eventually ratified in 1992 to become the 27th Amendment.
• 1887

  Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,791 for the ‘Art of Applying Statistics’– his punched card calculator.
• 1948

  Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.
• 1950

  Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
• 1953

  The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
• 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.

• 1859

  Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure (d. 1947)
• 1918

  John D. Roberts, American chemist
• 1946

  Alan Scarfe, British-born Canadian actor
• 1954

  Marios Tokas, Greek-Cypriot composer (d. 2008)
• 1960

  Thomas Steen, Swedish hockey player
• 1982

  Michael Cammalleri, Canadian hockey player
• 1982

  Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
• 1984

  Andrea Casiraghi, Monagasque royalty
• 1987

  Issiar Dia, Senegalese footballer
• 1989

  Christina Broccolini, Canadian TV presenter

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