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Monday, June 8, 2026
Monday, June 8, 2026 falls on a Monday. It is day 159 of the year, ISO week 24, in Q2.
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Monday, June 8
June 8, 2026 is day 159 of 365, ISO week 24, in Q2. The moon is Last Quarter and the zodiac sign is Gemini.
Day of year159
ISO week24
QuarterQ2
Days left206
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter
- Lunar age
- 22.8 days
- Illumination
- 43%
- Season
- Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn in the Southern Hemisphere
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- Zodiac
- Gemini
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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- /date/2026-06-08
Today's Celebrations
June 8
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Chlodulf of Metz
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Jacques Berthieu, S.J.
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Jadwiga (Hedwig) of Poland
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Mariam Thresia Chiramel
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Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart (Droste zu Vischering)
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Medard
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Melania the Elder
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Roland Allen (Episcopal Church (USA))
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Local briefMonday, June 8, 2026 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2009: Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to June 8.
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History for June 8
Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.
Seven people were killed and 10 others were injured in a vehicle and knife attack in Tokyo, Japan.
A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia.
Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked the neutral oil tanker Hercules while she was traversing the South Atlantic.
Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked British transport ships (damaged ship pictured) while unloading supplies off Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, killing 56 British servicemen and wounding 150 others.
Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of a naked nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing after being burned by napalm.
The Israeli Air Force attacked the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 people and wounding 171 others.
An F5 tornado struck Flint and Beecher, Michigan, causing 116 fatalities, 844 injuries and $19 million in damage during a larger tornado outbreak sequence.
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Ramoji Rao, Indian businessman, media proprietor and film producer (born 1936)
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Chet Walker, American basketball player (born 1940)
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Pat Robertson, American televangelist (born 1930)
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Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (born 1935)
2019
Andre Matos, Brazilian heavy metal musician (born 1971)
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Anthony Bourdain, American chef and travel documentarian (born 1956)
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