Wednesday, June 15, 2022 is a Wednesday. It is day 166 of 2022 (45.5% through the year), ISO week 24, in Q2.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2006: US president George W. Bush designated 140,000 square miles (360,000 km2) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now one of the world's largest protected areas.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to June 15.
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Historical Milestones
US president George W. Bush designated 140,000 square miles (360,000 km2) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now one of the world's largest protected areas.
George W. Bush →The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.
The Troubles →Western Greece was struck by an earthquake registering 6.4–6.5 Mw that killed 26 people.
1995 Aigio earthquake →An eruption of Mount Pinatubo (pictured) in the Philippines deposited large amounts of particulate matter into the atmosphere, enough to briefly lower global temperatures by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F).
1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo →King Hussein of Jordan married American Lisa Halaby, who became known as Queen Noor of Jordan (pictured).
Hussein of Jordan →World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began the first air raid of its strategic bombing campaign against the Japanese archipelago, although little damage was caused.
World War II →Bessie Coleman (pictured) became the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Bessie Coleman →Three African-American circus workers were lynched by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States.
Duluth lynchings →A magnitude-8.5 earthquake and a subsequent tsunami struck Japan, killing at least 22,000 people and destroying about 9,000 homes.
1896 Sanriku earthquake →Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops (animation pictured), which became the basis of motion pictures
Eadweard Muybridge →The shooting of a pig in the San Juan Islands led to the so-called Pig War over the border between the United States and British North America.
San Juan Islands →War of the Second Coalition: The signing of the Convention of Alessandria brought temporary peace between France and Austria.
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Questions & Answers
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 falls on a Wednesday.
1,550 days ago (4 years, 2 months, 27 days ago). It is day 166 of 2022 with 199 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Wednesday, June 15, 2022 is written as XV.VI.MMXXII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Full Moon (approx. 99% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Gemini.