What happened this day in history June 22, 1997

What are the important events that happened on June 22, 1997? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 22, 1997: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 22, 1997 is the 173rd day of the year 1997 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 192 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 9, 1997 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 14,448,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontatrigon’ day.

If a person born on this day saved a dollar every day starting at age 7, then by now that person has accumulated $7,219.00. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)

Cancer 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.

Ox is the mythical animal and Fire is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.

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Who died on June 22, 1997?

  • 1997
    Don Henderson, English actor (b. 1932)
  • 1997
    Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (b. 1919)
  • 1997
    Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)

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