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 20
June 20, 2024 is the 172nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Thursday.
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.
Day In History: June 20
On leap years, this day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
Historical Events: June 20
- 1787 –Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.
- 1789 –Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
- 1877 –Alexander Graham Bell installs the world’s first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- 1921 –Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
- 1942 –The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- 1944 –Continuation war: the Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
- 1944 –World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”.
- 1956 –A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
- 1960 –The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
- 1982 –The Argentine base (Corbeta Uruguay) on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
Who were born on June 20?
- 1469 –Gian Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan (d. 1494)
- 1855 –Sir Richard Lodge, English historian (d. 1936)
- 1860 –Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
- 1884 –Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist, psychotherapist (d. 1970)
- 1946 –Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor
- 1972 –Alexis Alexoudis, Greek footballer
- 1974 –Tuta, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 –Angerfist, Dutch musician
- 1983 –Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
- 1989 –Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
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