Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: June 22
June 22, 2024 is the 174th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 192 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Cancer is your zodiac sign. Pearl is your modern birthstone. Moonstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: June 22
- 168 BC –Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus ending the Third Macedonian War.
- 1774 –The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
- 1783 –A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
- 1897 –British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
- 1940 –France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany.
- 1942 –Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
- 1945 –World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
- 1976 –The Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
- 1978 –Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy.
- 2003 –The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska
Who were born on June 22?
- 1934 –James Bjorken, American theoretical physicist
- 1948 –Todd Rundgren, American songwriter and record producer
- 1949 –Elizabeth Warren, American attorney and law professor
- 1949 –Lindsay Wagner, American actress
- 1953 –Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
- 1960 –Tracy Pollan, American actress
- 1963 –Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna
- 1964 –Dan Brown, American writer
- 1979 –Thomas Voeckler, French cyclist
- 1979 –Xenofon Gittas, Greek footballer
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