What Day of the Week

June 8, 2019 is the 159^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 206 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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.
• 1191

  Richard I arrives in Acre (Palestine) thus beginning his crusade.
• 1690

  Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai.
• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières – American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
• 1794

  Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution’s new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
• 1912

  Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• 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.
• 2004

  The first Venus Transit in modern history takes place, the previous one being in 1882.

• 1717

  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795)
• 1876

  Alexandre Tuffère, French-Greek athlete (d. 1958)
• 1910

  Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (d. 2003)
• 1924

  Lyn Nofziger, American political operative (d. 2006)
• 1950

  Kathy Baker, American actress
• 1953

  Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1957

  Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
• 1960

  Mick Hucknall, English singer and songwriter (Simply Red)
• 1983

  Mamoru Miyano, Japanese voice actor
• 1987

  Coralie Balmy, French swimmer

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