What Day of the Week

June 8, 2018 was the 159^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 206 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

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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• 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.
• 1794

  Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution’s new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
• 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.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• 1928

  Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beiping (“Northern peace”).
• 1942

  World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
• 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.
• 1992

  The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• 1717

  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795)
• 1867

  Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959)
• 1920

  Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (d. 1995)
• 1921

  LeRoy Neiman, American painter
• 1930

  Robert Aumann, German-born Israeli mathematician; Nobel laureate
• 1950

  Sonia Braga, Brazilian actress
• 1970

  Kwame Kilpatrick, former mayor of Detroit, Michigan
• 1973

  Lucija Šerbedžija, Croatian actress
• 1975

  Bryan McCabe, Canadian hockey player
• 1981

  Alex Band, American singer (The Calling)

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