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 French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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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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• 1405

  Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV’s orders.
• 1783

  The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• 1856

  A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
• 1928

  Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beiping (“Northern peace”).
• 1949

  George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
• 1953

  Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado hits Flint, Michigan, and kills 115.
• 1959

  The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• 1966

  An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2 destroying both planes during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and United States Air Force test pilot Carl Cross are both killed.
• 1968

  Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral takes place at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City.
• 2008

  The Akihabara massacre takes place in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Katō drives a two-ton truck into a crowd before leaving the truck and attacking people with a knife.

• 1912

  Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (d. 1989)
• 1949

  Emanuel Ax, Polish-born pianist
• 1950

  Kathy Baker, American actress
• 1957

  Scott Adams, American cartoonist
• 1960

  Mick Hucknall, English singer and songwriter (Simply Red)
• 1973

  Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
• 1978

  Eun Ji Won, South Korean rapper (Sechs Kies)
• 1981

  Matteo Meneghello, Italian racing driver
• 1982

  Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer
• 1985

  Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver

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