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 6
June 6, 2025 is the 157th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 208 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Gemini 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 6
- 1674 –Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire is crowned.
- 1752 –A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
- 1813 –War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force two times its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
- 1909 –French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire.
- 1918 –World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood – The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day’s casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Chateau-Thierry.
- 1919 –The Republic of Prekmurje ends.
- 1942 –World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
- 1981 –Bihar train disaster A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000 killed.
- 2005 –The United States Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning cannabis, including medical marijuana, in Gonzales v. Raich.
Who were born on June 6?
- 1502 –King John III of Portugal (d. 1557)
- 1519 –Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)
- 1862 –Henry John Newbolt, English author (d. 1938)
- 1932 –Billie Whitelaw, English actress
- 1953 –Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician
- 1960 –Lola Forner, Spanish actress
- 1961 –Nir Brand, Israeli composer
- 1965 –Cam Neely, Canadian hockey player
- 1970 –Anthony Norris, American wrestler
- 1977 –Bryn Williams, Welsh chef
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