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 23
June 23, 2024 is the 175th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 191 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
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 23
- 1180 –First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
- 1565 –Turgut Reis (Dragut), commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Siege of Malta.
- 1794 –Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev.
- 1887 –The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation’s first national park, Banff National Park.
- 1940 –World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France.
- 1941 –The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
- 1943 –World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
- 1959 –Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
- 1972 –Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.
- 1972 –Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
Who were born on June 23?
- 1912 –Alan Turing, English mathematician (d. 1954)
- 1919 –Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian political leader (d. 1992)
- 1940 –Adam Faith, English singer and actor (d. 2003)
- 1955 –Jean Tigana, French footballer
- 1957 –Frances McDormand, American actress
- 1965 –Paul Arthurs, British guitarist (Oasis)
- 1975 –Kevin Dyson, American football player
- 1977 –Jason Mraz, American singer and songwriter
- 1979 –LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
- 1984 –Dave Walsh, American professional gamer
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