Monday June 17, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1579
Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War.
Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
The wooden roller coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada opens. It is still open today.
The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord’s Prayer in public schools.
A “joint understanding” agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).

Who were born on ?

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762)
Ebenezer Sumner Draper, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914)
Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961)
Beryl Reid, British actress (d. 1996)
Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (Sad Café, Mike + The Mechanics) (d. 2000)
Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992)
Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese seiyū, actor and tarento
Dan Jansen, American speed skater
Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
Nick Rimando, American footballer

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