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| JUNE is . . . Summer Month, Dairy Month, Adopt-A-Cat Month, Cancer in the Sun Month, Fireworks Safety Month, Gay Pride Month, National Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Month, National Iced Tea Month, National Pest Control Month, Recycling Month, National Rose Month, American Rivers Month, Zoo and Aquarium Month, Fight the Filthy Fly Month, Turkey Lover's Month, National Accordian Awareness Month, Own Your Share of America Month, National Scleroderma Month, Zoo and Aquarium Month, Seafood Month, National Dreamwork Month, Gay and Lesbian Book Month, National Patriots Month, Cancer in the Sun Month, National Dairy Month |
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| 1st Week | 2nd Week | ||
| Teacher "Thank You" Week America the Beautiful Week National Bathroom Reading Week Kitchenerring Week National Fragrance Week International Volunteers Week National Fishing Week Brain Tumor Awareness Week National Boat Safety Week |
National Flag Week Agricultural Fieldays (New Zealand) National Carp Week Grafitti Week National Fraternal Week (ends Flag Day) Brain Tumor Awareness Week National Theraputic Recreation Week National Clay Week National Little League Baseball Week | ||
| 3rd Week | 4th Week | Men's Health Week National Fink Week Hug Holiday Week National Tennis Week Gay Pride Week National Physical Therapy Week Amateur Radio Week National Grasslands Week Captive Nation Week National Little League Baseball Week |
National Camping Week |
| June Movable Daily Holidays | |
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| Day | Holiday |
| 1st Sunday | Teacher's Day (Mass.) International Mother's Peace Day Day of the Rice God (Japan) Gioco Del Ponte (Battle of the Bridge; Italy) |
| 1st Thursday after 6th | LLanimer Day (fka Landimere's Day; Lanarkshire & Aberdeen, UK) |
| 1st Friday | Labor Day (Bahamas) Donut Day (Salvation Army) |
| 1st Saturday | Dairy Day (Dallas, Texas) Dare Day (North Carolina) International Horseradish Festival begins (Collinsville, Illinois) |
| 2nd Sunday | Rose Day (Manheim, Pennsylvania) Children's Sunday Race Unity Day (Baha'i) Cherry Festival begins (Emmett, Idaho) |
| 2nd Saturday | Trooping the Colour (UK) Betty Picnic |
| 3rd Sunday | Father's Day |
| 3rd Monday | Organic Act Day (Virgin Islands) |
| 3rd Saturday | National Hollerin' Contest (Spivey's Corner, North Carolina) |
| Friday before 1st Day of Summer (@ 21st) | United Cerebral Palsy Casual Day |
| 2nd Day of Summer (@ 22nd) | Derby Day (UK) |
| Saturday before Whitsunday | Lazybones Day (Luilak) |
| 4th Sunday | National Forgiveness Day Gay Pride Day |
| 4th Tuesday | National Columnists' Day |
| 4th Saturday | Mnarja begins (Malta) |
| 7th Sunday after Easter | Whitsunday Pentecost |
| Pentecost Sunday & Monday | Fete des Marins (France) |
| Monday after Whitsunday | Whitmonday Dicing for Bibles (UK) |
| 40 days after Easter | Ascension Festa del Giglio (Italy) |
| Sunday after Pentecost (or 8 weeks after Easter) | Trinity Sunday |
| Monday after Pentecost | Trinity Monday |
| Tuesday after Pentecost | Sprang Prozession (Luxembourg) |
| Thursday after Trinity Sunday | Corpus Christi (Last Supper) |
| Sunday after Trinity Sunday | Corpus Christi (Last Supper; US) |
| 50 days after Greek Orthodox Easter | Cataclysmos (Cyprus) |
| 2nd to last Friday | Viking Festival (Denmark) |
| 2nd to last weekend | Shrimp Festival (Belgium) |
| Friday before St. John's Day (24th) | Midsommar (Sweeden, Finland) |
| Monday nearest 24th | Discovery Day (Canada) |
| Last Sunday | Gay/Lesbian Pride Parade (San Francisco) |
| Last Thursday | Watermelon Thump and World Champion Seed Spitting Contest |
| Sunday before July 4th | Independence Sunday (Iowa) |
| June Indeterminate Holidays The holidays in this table are either based on calendars other than the Gregorian Calendar or are keyed to natural events such as seasons or cosmological phenomena |
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| 2nd Day of Bright 1/2 of Ashadha, 4th month of Hindu calendar (June/July) | Rath Yatra |
| Full Moon Day of 8th Buddhist month (@ June/July) | Buddhist Lent begins |
| 5th Day of 5th moon (@ June/July) | Chinese Dragon Boat Festival |
| After rice fields harvested (@ June/July) | Top-Spinning Competition (Malaysia) Rice Festival (Japan) |
| 5th Day of 5th lunar month | Tano (Korea) |
| Late June | Bawming the Thorn Day (UK) |
| Late June/early July | Green Corn Dance (US) |
| Sometime in June | Chicken Clucking Contest |
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| 1 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Marilyn Monroe (Pb 12/53) Alanis Morisette India Allen (Pb 12/87) Nelson Riddle Shae Marks (Pb 5/94) John Masefield Mikhail Glinka Jonathan Pryce Morgan Freeman Edward Woodward Bunny Bleu Philip Kearney Red Grooms Lisa Hartman Madoka Nagai Brigham Young Robin Mattson Sax Rohmer Cleavon Little Rene Auberjonois Frank Morgan Jacques Marquette Ron Wood Christopher Lasch John Hunt Morgan Robert Newton Molly Picon Andy Griffith Robert Cecil Harriet Tubman George T. Dobrovolsky Pat Corley James Hadley Billington Lisa Hartman Powers Boothe Federica von Stade Reverend Ike Frank Whittle Alan Wilder Simon Gallup Jason Donovan Graham Russell Ronnie Dunn Pat Boone Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street) Pius X |
Festival of Non-Linearity Don't Give Up the Ship Day Carna (Old Roman Goddess of Doors & Locks) Gawai Dayak (Malaysia @) Simple Speak Day Madraka (aka Responsibility Day; Kenya) Early Bird Day Dare Day Tempestas' Day (Goddess of the Storm) Feast of St. Justin Martyr (patron of philosohpers) Mint Julip Day (Oxford) Festival of Non-Linearity Donut Day Procession de Bouteilles (France) Sun Fun Festival Cape Verde Children's Day Tunisia Constitution Day St. Gwen's Day (patron of infants, nursing mothers) Western Samoa Independence Day Polish Children's Festival Hen-Peelers' Holiday (Fairy) Gawai Dayak Festival begins (Malaysia) Stand For Children Day Republic Day (Italy) St. Pamphilus' Day National Hazelnut Cake Day Women and Children Day (Mongolia) Sheepshearing Festivals begin (UK @) Ram Roasting Fair (Devonshire, UK) State Foundation Day (Western Australia) |
| June 1 Events | Siesta abolished (Mexico) Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band released (1967) Magnetic North Pole located (1831) 1st Book Fair held Tennessee became the 16th state (1796) 1st Public Phonebooth installed (New Haven, CT; 1880) N.A.A.C.P. founded (1909) Standard Oil established Netscape's 1st Windows 95 web browser released (1995) Kentucky became the 15th state (1792) Television Licences 1st issued in UK (1942) Vancouver unemployed demanded free bus service (1985) 1st US state outlawed alcohol (Maine; 1851) TBS 1st on the air Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe (1979) Quaker Mary Dyer hanged for heresey in Boston (1668) Iraq began nationalizing its oil fields (1972) Driving Test introduced in UK (1935) Helen Keller died (1968) 1st Cycle Race held Largest Roosterfish caught (114 lbs.) South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth (1994) French fleet defeated by UK at 2nd Battle of Ushant (1794) US and USSR signed an agreement to stop producing chemical weapons (1990) Greek military government abolished the monarchy and declared a republic (1973) Actor & fighter pilot Leslie Howard shot down by enemy aircraft over Bay of Biscay (WW2; 1943) Walt Wallet and Phyliss Bossom married (Gasoline Alley; 1926) Simon & Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson reached No. 1 (1968) Two-room Shack Elvis Presley was born in opened as a tourist attraction (Tupelo, Mississippi; 1971) Algonquin Brewery founded (Ontario; 1989) Atlantic Brewing Co. founded (Maine; 1991) Beach Brewing Co. founded (Florida; 1992) Bohannon Brewing Co. founded (Tennessee; 1989) Callahan's Pub & Brewery founded (California; 1990) Capitol Brewing Co. founded (Wisconsin; 1986) Carlsbad Brewery founded (California; 1995) Cherryland Brewing Co. founded (Wisconsin; 1988) Downtown Brewing Co. founded (South Carolina; 1995) El Dorado Brewing Co. founded (California; 1994) Etna Brewing Co. founded (California; 1990) Gordon Biersch #1 founded (Palo Alto, California; 1988) Hazel Dell Brewpub founded (Washington; 1993) H.C. Berger Brewing Co. founded (Colorado; 1992) Highland Pub & Brewery founded (Oregon; 1988) Latrobe Brewing Co. founded (Pennsylvania; 1939) Les Brasseurs Du Nord brewery founded (Quebec; 1988) Market Street Brewery & Public House founded (Tennessee; 1989) Olde Heurich Brewing Co. founded (Washington, DC; 1986) Pennsylvania Brewing Co./Penn Brewery founded (PA; 1989) Portsmouth Brewery founded (New Hampshire; 1991) Red, White & Brew founded (California; 1993) Redondo Beach Brewing Co. founded (California; 1993) Riverside Brewing Co. founded (California; 1993) Saint Arnold Brewing Co. founded (Texas; 1994) Santa Fe Brewing Co. founded (New Mexico; 1988) Spring Street Brewing Co. founded (New York; 1993) Vino's brewery founded (Arkansas; 1993) |
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| 2 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Marquis De Sade Thomas Hardy Edward Elgar George S. Kaufman Lotte Reiniger Paul Albert Besnard Diana Canova Michael Todd Johnny Weismuller Chuck Barris Hedda Hopper Leo Gorcey Hristo Botev Charles Haid Sally Kellerman Marvin Hamlisch Charlie Watts Dana Carvey Albert Innaurato Cornel West Stacey Keach Tex Schramm Marie Cheatham Tootie Robbins Jerry "The Beaver" Mathers Garo Yepremian Sammy Turner Milo O'Shea William Guest Karl Gjellerup Simone Weil Merril Bainbridge Joanna Gleason B-Real Constantine II Pius X |
Mother Earth's Day Festival of Utter Confusion Seaman's Day (Iceland) Republic Day (Italy) St. Elmo's Day (aka St. Erasmus; patron of sailors, childbirth; against seasickness, stomachaches) Youth Day (Tunisia) National Hazelnut Cale Day British-American Festival (@) National Rocky Road Day St. Blandina's Day (patron of girls) Eel Festival (Denmark) New England Arts Festival (@) St. Pothinus' Day Contango Day Elfreth's Alley Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Festival of Light and Dark Spots (Fairy) Hristo Botev Day (Bulgaria) Festival of the Golden Chariot (Mons, Belgium) St. Nicephorus' Day (Greek) Constitution Day (Tunisia) Yell "Fudge" At the Cobras in North America Day St. Marcellinus and Peter's Day Mother Shipton's Day (Ursula Sontheil; patron of laundresses) |
| June 2 Events | Beatles' Sgt. Pepper released (1967) Radio patented (1896) 1st Night Baseball Game played Chain-Stitch Sewing Machine invented 1st Italian Immigrant arrived in US Queen Elizabeth coronated (1953) Italy became a republic (1946) Vandals sacked Rome PLO formed in Jerusalem (1964) 1st Derby horserace ran (1780) Elfreth's Alley built (oldest street in US) Locomobile Co. founded (1899) UK Parliament passed Tea Act Bill Clinton played saxophone on Arsenio Show (1992) 1st Black Catholic Bishop consecrated (1875) Butch Cassidy & Gang robbed Union Pacific Train (1899) Little Bears & Tykes comic strip began (1892) Ray Charles' I Can't Stop Loving You reached No. 1 (1962) UK Troops crushed Marathas in India and annexed their lands (1868) 1st Prohibition legislature passed (Maine; 1851) English football clubs banned indefinitely from playing in Europe (1985) US space probe Surveyor landed on the moon (1966) Roscoe the dog caught his own tail (1979; legend on statute in Far Side cartoon) Lindy Chamberlain, convicted of murdering her baby in "dingo baby" case, pardoned (1987) Blue Ridge Brewing Co. founded (Virginia; 1987) Fort Spokane Brewery founded (Washington; 1989) Massachusetts Bay Brewing Co. founded (Massachusetts; 1987) |
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| 3 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Allen Ginsburg Raoul Dufy Thomas Hardy Jim Moore Jr Josephine Baker Chuck Barris Hale Irwin Johan Jongkind Tony Curtis William Hone Paulette Goddard Curtis Mayfield Henry James Sr Ransom Eli Olds Jefferson Davis Ann Pennington (Pb 3/76) William Hone Colleen Dewhurst Suzi Quatro Maurice Evans Scott Valentine Garret Augustus Hobart Ian Hunter Deniece Williams Jim Gentile Ellen Corby Charles R. Drew Tristan Rogers George V Doug Henning |
Impersonate Authority Day Broken Dolls Day (Buddhist; Japan) Repeat Day St. Kevin's Day (patron of Ireland) Festival of Gaphi Mahso Egg Day St. Morand's Day (patron of vintners) Jack Jouett Day (Virginia) Chimborazo Day (Ecuador) Day of the Rice God St. Charles Lwanga's Day (patron of young Africans) Worst Day in the Fairy Year (Fairy) Confederate Memorial Day (Louisiana) St. Clotilde's Day National Chocolate Macaroon Day |
| June 3 Events | Cain murdered Abel Star Wars premiered (1977) 1st US Spacewalk (1965) Lacrosse invented 1st Bikini for sale (Paris; 1946) Battle of Midway began (WW 2; 1942) Screw Machine patented ROTC established 1st Woman Rabbi ordained (1972) Casey At the Bat 1st published (1888) Lou Gehrig hit 4 home runs in 1 game 1st Steeplechase Racecourse opened 3rd Class abolished on British Rail (1956) Largest Oil Spill occurred (600,000 tons) Monterey, California founded (1770) Rollings Stones 1st US tour began (1964) Edward VII and Mrs. Simpson married (1937) Aretha Franklin's Respect reached No. 1 (1967) Peter Abelard convicted of heresy (1140) Bobby Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahasee Bridge General Motors bought the Welch Motor Car Co. (1908) British Fleet defeated Dutch near Suffolk (1665) Clipper ship Flying Cloud launched (1851) US Supreme Court outlawed segregated interstate buses (1946) Andy Warhol shot by SCUM Manifesto author Valerie Solanas (1968) Pilsner Urquell brewery gate construction began (1892) UK Gov't admited higher percentage of leukemia in persons living near Sellafield nuclear power station (1984) Lion Brewery & Museum founded (Ontario; 1987) |
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| 4 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Socrates Aesop Diego Velazquez Callicrates George III Tanya Beyer (Pb 2/92) Bruce Dern Stacey Leigh Arthur (Pb 1/91) Rosalind Russell Stephen Foster Xavier McDaniel Noah Wyle Heinrich Wieland Bettina Gregory Francios Quesnay Gordon Waller Andrea Jaeger John Barrymore Jr. Scott Wolf Freddie Fender Michelle Phillips Gene Barry Andrea Jaeger Carl Gustaf Mannerheim Robert Merrill Dennis Weaver Parker Stevenson El Debarge Danny Brown Howard Metzenbaum |
Cheese Day Feast Day Emancipation Day (Tonga) Labour Day (Bahamas) Tomato Festival Swing Day National Cognac Day Old Maid's Day Flag Day (Finland) Turk Fiesta (Berga, Spain) St. Quirinus' Day (patron against earaches, gout, hemorrhoids) Festival of the Sticky Penis (Queens, NY) St. Petrock's Day National Frozen Yogurt Day St. Optatus' Day Kudpid Danie & Musk Festival (Finland) |
| June 4 Events | Kublai became Khan of Mongols 1st Aircraft Carrier built Capitol Recorded established Seven Year Itch premiered Grocery Cart introduced (1937) Rome liberated by Allied Forces (WW2; 1944) 1st Rattlesnake seen Roquefort Cheese developed Casanova died (1798) Last Great Auk discovered (1844) 1st Trooping of the Colour (UK; 1805) Beatles' 1st World Tour began Prince Leopold became 1st King of Belgium (1831) 1st US Factory opened Monkees won an emmy for comedy series (1967) Juan Peron elected President of Argentina (1946) Henry Ford made his 1st workable car (1896) Tienamen Square Massacre (China; 1989) Mt. Palomar telescope dedicated (1948) Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh married (1951) Greyhound Bus Company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy (1990) Radiation leak aboard K-19 Soviet submarine killed 22 in the North Atlantic (1961) General Eisenhower postponed the Normandy invasion until June 6th (WW2; 1944) Jack Jovett's Ride (rode 45 miles to warn Tom Jefferson that the British were coming; 1781) Stars and Stripes dropped Doonesbury for being too controversial, but protest letters forced its reinstatement days later (1973) |
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| 5 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Bill Moyers Adam Smith Thomas Chippendale Bosin Blackbear John Couch Adams Spalding Gray Margaret Drabble George Thorndike Angell Hopalong Cassidy William Roberts Cornelius Ryan John Maynard Keynes Pancho Villa Jacques Demy Richard Butler Laurie Anderson Ruth Fulton Benedict Frederico Garcia Lorca Art Donovan Jabez Monroe Frank Elser-Smith George Thorndike Angell Robert Lansing Jack Chesbro Tony Richardson Marion Motley Tommie Smith John Carlos Bill Hayes Mark Wahlberg Bosin Blackbear Garcia Lorca Robert Lansing Don Reid Nicko McBrain Chad Allen Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry Avicenna of Bagdad (980 CE) Kenny G |
World Environment Day St. Gobnatt's Day (patron of sacred stones) Festival of Popular Delusions St. Boniface's Day (patron of brewers, Germany, Prussia) Denmark Constitution Day Seychelles Liberation Day National Gingerbread Day Judgment Day (Nosegays; Fairy) St. James Salomonelli's Day (patron against cancer) Anniversary of the 15th Khordad Uprising (Iran) World Campaign for the Biosphere Day |
| June 5 Events | Montgolfier brothers take 1st balloon up (1783) 1st Safe Deposit Vault built Miracle on 34th Street premiered Bananas 1st arrived in US Zoot Suit riots began in L.A. 1st Smile Girl Contest held Six-Day War began (1967) Mrs. Miniver premiered Bobby Kennedy assassinated (1968) 1st Synthetic Rubber Tires for sale in US World Campaign for the Biosphere began Marshall Plan 1st proposed (1947) Holland was declared a kingdom (1806) Paper Making Museum opened (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 1st Vegetarian Community established (Kansas; 1856) Roy Orbison's Running Scared reached No. 1 (1961) Egypt reopened the Suez Canal (1975) New Danish Constitution signed (1953) War broke out between Israel and Egypt, Syria, and Jordan (1967) 1st Woman completed sailing solo around-the-world nonstop (1988) British troops captured Pretoria, South Africa (Boer War; 1900) Alice Cooper's pet boa constrictor died after its dinner of a rat bit it first (1977) Louis IX of France landed in Egypt on the 6th Crusade (1249) South African parliament voted to end Apartheid (1991) Elvis Presley gyrated his hips on the Milton Berle Show, causing his 1st scandal (1956) Benjamin Franklin flew a kite to demonstrate that lightning is a form of electricity (1752) Allied Control Commission divided Germany into four occupation zones (WW2; 1945) Iran demanded UK give them Salman Rushdie because he wrote a book they didn't like (1990) John Profumo resigned UK cabinet position over sex scandal with model Christine Keeler (1963) Under British pressure the Sultan of Zanzibar abolished slavery (1873) Sophia Loren released from prison after serving 7 days for tax evasion (1968) Land taken from South African blacks in 1913, 1936, and 1950 returned to them (1991) Melbourne's Brewing Co. founded (Ohio; 1989) |
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| 6 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Diego Velasquez John Trumbull Thomas Mann Nathan Hale Aleksandr Pushkin Thomas Mann Bjorn Borg Aram Khachaturian Robert Falcon Scott Karl Braun Pierre Corneille Gary U.S. Bonds Ted Lewis Johannes "Regiomontanus" Muller Dalai Lama Bobby Mitchell Walter P. Chrysler George Deukmejian Billie Whitelaw Louise Erdrich Alexandr Sergeyevich Ruben Mayes Levi Stubbs Paul Dudley White Walter Abel Bill Dickey Harvey Fierstein Sandra Bernhard Robert Englund Amanda Pays Bud Harrelson Steve Vai David Navarro Max Casella Staci Keanan Roy Innes Jimmy Jam Sydney Walsh Robert Sheriff Joe Stampley King Albert II of Belgium |
Festival of Chiu Hsien (Taoist Spirit of
Wine) Woodmen of the World Founders Day Constitution and Flag Day (Sweden) Flaggans Dag (Sweden) Philatelic Writers Day St. Norbert's Day Bonza Bottler Day Judgment Day (Petal Hats; Fairy) St. Claude's Day (patron of toymakers; against bad luck, twitching) Korean Memorial Day National Cow Day (Norway) Sibelius Festival (Helsinki, Finland @) The Derby (UK) St. Philip the Deacon's Day (patron of deacons) National Applesauce Cake Day St. Martha's Day (Eastern) |
| June 6 Events | 1st Roller Coaster opened (Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY;
1884) Debtor's Prison abolished in US (1778) 1st Drive-In Movie opened (Camden, New Jersey; 1933) D-Day invasion of Normandy (WW 2; 1944) 1st Public Museum opened (Oxford, UK; 1683) Electric Organ patented The D.I. premiered 20/20 debuted (1978) 1st Solar Power Plant opened YMCA founded (1844) Beatles auditioned for George Martin 1st Polo Club founded Last Ed Sullivan Show aired (1971) Woodmen of the World founded Gustavus I became King of Sweden (1523) Carl Jung returned to the collective unconscious (1961) Susan B. Anthony fined for registering to vote (1872) 1st US Gunpowder Mill built (1639) No Nukes concert held (Pasadena, California; 1982) George Orwell's 1984 published (1949) Dixie Cups' Chapel of Love reached No. 1 (1964) Cherokee Trail of Tears began (1838) Largest bubble blown (50 ft.; 1988) Joe Palooka married Anne Howe (1949) Michael Jackson stopped supporting Jehovah's Witnesses (1987) CyberSoap Opera the Spot debuted (1995) Teenager no one knew was pregnant arrived at the prom, after excusing herself to the ladies room, gave birth, threw the baby in the trash, and returned to the dance floor (New Jersey; 1997) |
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| 7 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Paul Gauguin George Szell Pietro Annigoni Charles Strouse Tom Jones Charles Rennie Mackintosh George "Beau" Brummell Thurman Munson Vivien Kellems The Dalai Lama Jessica Tandy Rocky Graziano Gwendolyn Brooks James Young Simpson Sandra Bernhardt Peter Rodino Bill Kreutzmann Nikki Giovanni Tracey Adams Larisa Oleynik Susan Elizabeth Blow Imre Nagy Robert Mulliken Earl of Liverpool Gregory XIII Prince Rogers Nelson |
Festival of All Possible Worlds Mayor's Day (Southwold, UK) Fleur-de-Lis Day Vesta (Old Roman Festival to Open Sanctuary Temple of Vesta) Daniel Boone Day (Kentucky) Foundation Day (Western Australia) Kataklysmos (Flood Festival; Cypress) St. Willibald's Day Judgment Day (Leaping Songs; Fairy) Fete of St. Gilbert the Englishman National Chocolate Ice Cream Day St. Meriadoc's Day (patron against deafness) Vivien Kellems Memorial Day St. Paul of Constantinople's Day (Western) |
| June 7 Events | $64,000 Question debuted Dime Novel invented 1st Pinch Hitter used Battle of Midway ended (WW 2; 1942) Mt. McKinley 1st climbed 1st Plymouth built (1928) Siege of Jerusalem began (1st Crusade; 1099) 1st Art Gallery illuminated by electric light opened Pennsylvania State Assembly banned slavery (1712) NY Times reported alligators were living in the sewer Daniel Boone reached Kentucky via Cumberland Gap (1769) 1st Play televised with original cast (Susan & God) Graceland opened to the public (1982) Royal Exchange foundation laid (London; 1566) Norway declared independence from Sweden (1905) Henry Miller died (1980) Who's Tommy premiered at Metropolitan Opera House, New York City (1970) New York Times announced it would begin capitalizing the word "Negro" (1930) India sealed its border to Bangladesh to keep out cholera victims (1971) Ulyssess S. Grant gave Lick Observatory 1,380 acres on Mt. Hamilton Ballet The Seven Deadly Sins premiered (Paris; 1933) Continental Congress delegate Richard Henry Lee of Virginia moved for a resolution "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown . . ." (1776) |
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| 8 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Robert Schumann Frank Lloyd Wright John Everett Millais Mohammed (570 CE) Ursula Buckfellner (Pb 10/79) Nancy Sinatra Kelly Nichols Herb Adderly Scott Adams Richard Pousette-Dart George Wythe Byron R. White Francis Crick John Campbell Mark Belanger Dana Wynter James Darren Sara Paretsky Gabrielle Moore Robert Preston Boz Scaggs Griffen Dunne Alexis Smith Samuel White Byron "Whizzer" White Giovanni Domenico Cassini Jerry Stiller Nick Rhodes Barbara Bush Joan Rivers Don Grady Ida Sazton McKinley Rick Lynch William L. Calley |
Watch Day Name Your Poison Day Lindisfarne Day Mens (Old Roman Festival to the Mind) 3 Rivers Arts Festival (@) National Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day St. William of York's Day Children's Day St. Medard's Day (patron of harvests; against toothaches, rain) York Medieval Mystery Play (UK) Betty Picnic (to celebrate the Bettys of the world @) Judgment Day (Good and Evil are given their just rewards; Fairy) |
| June 8 Events | Bill of Rights 1st proposed (1789) Vacuum Cleaner patented (1869) 1st Indoor Swimming Pool built Plotwrights founded "J" met Sarah (1994) Ice Cream invented (1786) Mohammed died in Mecca (632 CE) 1st Award given to a woman in America (1697) Gerald Ford shot a hole-in-one National Confectioner's Association established Antiquities Act passed (1906) Borodin's Prince Igor premiered outside Russia (1914) Chang Kai-Shek seized Peking (1928) Franco closed border to Gibralter (1969) Merger of NFL and AFL announced (1966) Simon & Garfunkel began their reunion tour in Paris (1982) UK legislated maximum 10-hour work days for women and children (1847) Paul McCartney & Wings' Band on the Run reached No. 1 (1974) Tennessee seceded from the Union (1861) USS Liberty attacked by Israeli planes and torpedo boats without warning killing 34 and wounding 171; Israel said whoops, it was mistaken identity (1967) |
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| 9 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Carl Nielsen Peter the Great Cole Porter Natalie Portman Les Paul Fred Waring Jackie Wilson Pieter Janszoon Saenredam Johnny Depp Michael J. Fox John Howard Payne George Stephenson Robert S. McNamara Samantha Strong Elizabeth Anderson Luis Kutner George Axelrod Johnny Ace Marvin Kalb Dean Dinning Bob Cummings Dave Parker Wayman Tisdale Dennis Hulme Ellen Stratton (Pb 12/59) Bertha Von Suttner Jackie Mason Bonnie Tyler Ingolf Dahl Donald Duck |
Feast of the Birth of the White-Breasted
Giantess Vesalia (Feast of Vesta) St. Columba's Day (patron of poets, Ireland) Tallest Maypole Day (Shillingstone, UK) St. Ephraem's Day (creator of hymns; patron of Syria) Pink Tomato Festival Senior Citizens Day (Oklahoma) Celtic tree month of Huath ends Settlement Day (aka Settling Day) Art in the Park (Myrtle Beach, SC @) MonkeySpank Day Turpentine Festival National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day St. Cyril of Alexandria's Day (Eastern) |
| June 9 Events | 1st Dime novel published (1860) Gatwick Airport opened (London, UK) 1st Book copyrighted in US USS George Washington, 1st nuclear submarine, launched (1959) 1st Moving Staircase built Hong Kong lease signed (1898) I.R.S. introduced tax withholding (1943) Nero committed suicide (68 CE) Charles Dickens died (1870) 1st Live broadcast from House of Commons (1975) Bob Dylan given honorary degree by Princeton (1970) Trial of Tienanmen Square leaders began (1989) UK leased Hong Kong from China (1898) Richard Pryor accidently set himself on fire (1980) Sheb Wooley's Purple People Eater reached No. 1 (1958) Thomas Sutherland kidnapped by Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine (1985) |
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| 10 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Maurice Sendak F. Lee Bailey Jimi Hendrix Gustave Courbet Fairfield Porter Howlin' Wolf Elisabeth Shue Michael Rennie Frederick Lowe Jeff Greenfield Nat Hentoff Andre Derain John Morgan Immanuel Velikovsky Elizabeth Hurley Judy Garland Doug McKeon Emma Anderson J. Bennett Johnston Samuel Skinner Terence Rattigan Immanuel Velikovsky John Dollond Dan Fouts Yamaoka Tesshu Hattie McDaniel Richard Foreman June Haver Marcus Garvey Floyd Bannister Jo-Jo (Jodeci) Faith Evans Lemisha Grinstead Andrew Stevens James Edward Stuart Prince Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh |
Festival of the Forgotten Herb Day National Black Cow Day Race Unity Day Celtic tree month of Duir (Oak) begins Red Rose Festival Militia Day (Massachusetts) St. Olive of Palermo's Day National Yo-Yo Day Holiday of the Wan Thing (Fairy) Camoes Memorial Fete (Portugal) Blessing of the Fleet International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking |
| June 10 Events | Ball Point Pen patented 1st Recorded Tornando (1682) Alcoholics Anonymous established (1935) Rape of Lidice (Czechoslovakia; WW II) 1st Witches hanged at Salem (1692) Baseball's 1st No-Hitter game Glass Bottom Boat premiered Crystal Palace opened (1854) 1st "Boat Race" between Oxford and Cambridge held (1829) Airplane made 1st landing by automatic control (1965) 1st Log Cabin in US (Pennsylvania) Gaspee Affair Tripoli declared war on US 1st Public Zoo opened Disney's Pocahontas premiered (1995) Window Envelope patented 1st School Stadium built Artificial Lighting 1st used Israel won Six-Day War (1967) Bob Geldof knighted (1986) Deception Pass named (Washington state; 1792) Wagner's Tristan and Isolde premiered (1865) 1st mint in America issued "pine tree shilling" (1652) Claus von Bulow found not guilty of attempted murder (1985) Jet plane made the 1st automatic landing (1965) Farrah Fawcett wigged out on Late Show with David Letterman (1997) Mattel introduced Barbie's new friend Becky, a "differently-abled" doll in a wheelchair (1997) Olivia Newton-John's You're the One That I Want reached No. 1 (1978) Bristol Brewing Co. founded (Colorado; 1994) |
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| 11 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Richard Strauss Vince Lombardi John Constable Ben Johnson Jacques Cousteau Shelly Manne Nelson Mandala William Baziotes Jackie Stewart Gene Wilder Jeanette Rankin Kenelm Digby J.G. Palitzsch William Styron James L. Kemper Athol Fugard Paul Mellon Lawrence Spivak Bartholomeo Vanzetti Karl von Linde Richard Todd Adrienne Barbeau Jackie Stewart Chad Everett Rise Stevens Johnny Brown Gary Fencik Henry Cisneros Josephine Miles Richard Todd Donnie Van Zandt Ernie Nevers Charles Fabry Joey Dee Frank Beard Roger Bresnahan Dan Lavery Millicent G. Fawcett Joe Montana |
Festival of Goibnui (Provider of the Ale of
Immortality) Lindbergh Day King Kamehameha Day (Hawaii) St. Barnabas' Day (patron of harvests, Cyprus) King's Birthday (Nepal) National Hug Holiday begins (until 17th) Peace of Chaco Day (Paraguay) Milk Jug Regatta Holiday of the Happy Gnomes (Fairy) Barnaby Bright Day (aka Long Barnaby) National Asparagus Festival (Michigan @) Old Whaler's Festival National German Chocolate Cake Day St. Bartholomew's Day (Eastern) |
| June 11 Events | Ferris Bueller took the day off Stove patented Greeks siezed Troy E.T. premiered (1982) Committee chosen to write Declaration of Independence (1776) David Bowie's Space Oddity released (1969) Sauron attacked Osgilath (Hobbit) Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon (1509) Mussolini declared war on allied forces (1940) Italy declared a republic again (1946) US Equal Pay Act went into effect (1964) Mandrake the Magician comic strip began (1934) Rolling Stones' Paint It Black reached No. 1 (1966) 83 Spectators killed during Le Man auto race (France; 1955) Gas Light Company of Baltimore founded to put up coal gas street lights (1816) |
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| 12 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Anne Frank John Linnell (TMBG) Charles Kingsley Johanna Spyri Marv Albert Egon Schiele James Houston Chick Corea Denise Michele (Pb 4/76) Vic Damone Rory Sparrow Uta Hagen Djuna Barnes Bobby Sheehan Priscilla Lane David Rockefeller Vera Ralston Johanna Spvri Rocky Burnette Timothy Busfield Irwin Allen Reg Presley George Bush Len Barry Roy Harper Jennilee Harrison Kenny Wayne Shepherd Bun E. Carlos Junior Brown Rona Jaffe Anthony Eden Brad Delp Grandmaster Dee Jim Nabors Victor Allen Blank (1931; Martin Blank's father in 1997 film Grosse Pointe Blank) |
Magic Day Ghost in the Machine Day Helsinki Day (Finland) St. Leo's Day Philippines Independence Day St. Anthony's Eve (Portugal) Goddess Month of Hera ends St. Onuphrius' Day (patron of weavers) National Peanut Butter Cookie Day |
| June 12 Events | Baseball invented (1839) 1st Blood Transfusion given (1667) Helsinki founded (1550) 1st Bullfighter killed in the arena Niagra Falls shut off (1969) 1st Trapshooting Tournament held Baseball Hall of Fame established (1939) 1st Film Documentary finished Bilbo returned (Hobbit) Columbus discovered Cuba Beatles received MBE's (1965) Gas Mask patented Jaguar 1st won Le Mans (1951) Magdalene College, Oxford founded (1458) Chaco War ended (1930) Al Capone arrested (1931) Napoleon Bonaparte excommunicated (1809) 700 Puritans arrived at Salem (1630) Virginia Assembley created its own Bill of Rights (1776) Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment (1964) Martin Blank's father born (1931; in the film Grosse Pointe Blank) Supremes' Back in My Arms reached No. 1 (1965) Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman murdered, probably by O.J. Simpson (1994) David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz sentenced to 6 life sentences, one for each murder (1978) Civil Rights lawyer Medgar Evers murdered by segregationists in Mississippi (1963) In Loving v. Virginia, US Supreme Court held the 16 states having laws prohibiting interracial marriages were unconstitutional (1967) |
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| 13 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| William Butler Yeats James Clerk Maxwell Ally Sheedy Maria-Helena Vieira da Silva Basil Rathbone Joseph Stella Dorothy L. Sayers Red Grange Luis Alverez Christo Ralph Edwards Fanny Burney Albert Paul Lynde Winfield Scott Paavo Johannes Nurmi Lois Weber Richard Thomas Sarunas Marciulionis Malcolm McDowell Bettina Bunge Scott Winfield Richard Thomas Bettina Bunge John Parsons Don Budge Jim Guy Tucker Dennis Locorriere Elizabeth Schumann Janet Pilgrim (Pb 7&12/55, 10/56) Bobby Freeman Catarina Lindquist Eleanor Holmes Dennis Locorriere Charles II ("the Bald") Deniece Pearson Jamie Walters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen |
National Juggling Day Kitchen Klutzes of America Day Goddess Month of Rosea begins Reform Movement Day (Temen) Children's Day (US) Runic half-month of Odal ends National Lobster Day First-in-Line and Queue-Jumping Tournament (Fairy) St. Anthony "the Hammer of Heretics" of Padua's Day (patron of young lovers, the poor, Portugal, spinsters; against infertility, lost objects) |
| June 13 Events | Sunspots discovered Boxer Rebellion (1900) Columbus discovered Isle of Pines Yukon Territory established as a separate Canadian territory (1898) Stravinsky's Petroushka premiered 1st Telecast of moving picture Star Club opened in Hamburg, Germany Cleopatra premiered Bilbo returned to BagEnd (Hobbit) Pentagon Papers published (1971) 1st Tubeless Tires offered on an automobile (Packard; 1954) Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded (1798) Home Owners Loan Act passed (1933) King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowned (1886) V1 Flying Bombs 1st dropped (London; 1944) Alexander the Great died at age 33 (323 BCE) Queen Victoria became 1st monarch to travel by train (1842) Rhode Island became 1st US state to ban slavery (1774) UK National Theatre foundation laid (1951) Real Madrid won 1st European Cup (1956) 1st Beauty Contest held in Russia (1988) Coca-Cola's "Coke and a Smile" ad campaign launched (1979) Medgar Evans assassinated (1963) Christopher Columbus 1st landed on continental America (1494) Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl agreed to reunite Germany (1989) Donn Bolles killed by mafia while undercover for a newspaper Beatles' Long and Winding Road reached No. 1 (1970) Sioux awarded 17.5 million dollars for land taken by US Gov't in 1877 (1979) Thomas Jefferson sent home from Paris his plans for the Virginia state capitol (1786) US Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects must be "read their rights" before interrogation (1966) |
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| 14 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| John Bartlett Steffi Graf Harriet Beecher Stowe Jerzy Kozinski Lois Alzheimer Jerome K. Jerome Margaret Bourke-White Eric Heiden Carina Persson (Pb 8/83) Burl Ives Pierre Salinger Dorothy McGuire Simone Fleurice Eden (Pb 2/89) Charles-Augustin de Coulomb John Edgar Wideman Sam Wanamaker Boy George Che Guevera Robert Marion La Follette Karl Landsteiner Colin Blunstone Andrey Markov Bob Frankston Samuel Perkins Gene Barry Marla Gibbs Donald Trump |
Flag Day (US) Vidar (Norse; Son of Odin) Family History Day Pop Goes the Weasel Day Runic half-month of Dag (day) begins Baltic Freedom Day St. Dogmael's Day (patron of babies learning to walk) Rice Planting festival (Japan) National Strawberry Shortcake Day |
| June 14 Events | Rome became a Republic UNIVAC I turned on (1951) 1st Peace Society established Dr. Johnson's Dictionary for sale (1755) Sandpaper patented Beatles' Beatles VI released 1st Bazooka built Gong Show debuted US Army established Player Piano patented 1st Sports Film shot Battles of the Dunes 1st Diving Suit made Caldecott Medal 1st awarded 1st PGA Tournament held TWA Flight 847 hi-jacked (1985) Netherlands and Belgium united by Treaty of London (1814) FDR froze all German and Italian assets in US (1941) 1st Regatta held (UK; 1839) Nelson Mandela sentenced to life (1964) 1st Hard Rock Cafe opened (London; 1971) Battleship Potemkin mutiny (Odessa, Russia; 1905) Falklands War ended (1982) Continental Congress agreed on US National Flag (1777) 1st Non-Stop Transatlantic Flight (1919) California's Bear Flag 1st raised during revolt (1846) 60,000 people demonstrated in NYC for sanctions against South Africa (1986) Jerry Garcia credit card 1st issued (1997) Dutch settlers in America gave up their Delaware River settlement and joined Peter Minuit on Manhattan (1627) Captain Bligh and 18 loyal crew members drifted 3,500 miles to land at the Island of Timor (1789) Otto Brothers' Brewing Co. founded (Wyoming; 1989) |
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| 15 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Sophie Amundsen (Sophie's World) Edvard Grieg Helen Hunt Jim Belushi Harry Nilsson Saul Steinberg Mario Cuomo Rita Lee (Pb 11/77) Kei Hoshiko Xavier Hollander Robert Russell Bennett Wade Boggs Max Rudolf Erroll Garner Amy Clampitt Brett Butler Waylon Jennings Billy Williams Harry Langdon Simon Callow Erik K. Erickson Courteney Cox Polly Drapper Tom Forzani Neil Patrick Harris Julia Schultz (Pb 2/98) Otto Luening Nicola Pagett Rachel Donelson Jackson Morris Udall Edward the Black Prince Michael Britt Ice Cube |
A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed Day Indian Citizenship Day Festival of Neon Decadence Lantern Festival Farmer's Day (Korea) Magna Carta Day (UK) St. Alice's Day Acorn Event Day Own Your Share of America Day St. Vitus' Day (patron of dancers, actors, comedians, epilepsy sufferers, oversleepers, lightning, wild animals, Sicily) Vlademar's Day (Denmark) Smile Powder Day Rumor Sunday (usually a weekday; Fairy) Fly A Kite Day Pioneer Day (Idaho) Vestalia (Old Roman Women's Festival) St. Orsisius' Day Hillbilly Days begin Imternational Wizard of Oz Club Annual Convention (@) |
| June 15 Events | Magna Carta signed by King John (UK; 1215) Arkansas became the 25th state (1836) To Sir, With Love premiered Oregon Treaty signed (1846) Ben Franklin flew a kite (1752) Lightning Rod discovered (1752) Celluloid patented Battle of Petersburgh (1864) 1st Postage Meter built Hee Haw debuted (1969) Gallstones 1st surgically removed Beatles told the Maharishi to get stuffed Gentlemen Prefer Blonds premiered (1953) 1st nonstop flight across Atlantic Ocean completed (1919) Tax Protestor Wat Tyler executed (1381) Columbus discovered Martinique (1502) Provo Riots ended (Amsterdam; 1966) Goodyear patented vulcanized rubber (1844) French Protestant militia massacred 300 Roman Catholics (1790) Kyu Sakamoto's Sukiyaki reached No. 1 (1963) 49th Parallel proclaimed border between US and Canada (1846) Duke of York laid foundation for London Bridge (1825) Kudzu comic strip began (1981) Tsunami killed 27,000 (Japan; 1896) Hitler and Mussolini met for the 1st time (1934) George Washington made Supreme Commander of the Continental Army (1775) McCarthy declared Robert Oppenheimer to be a security risk for opposing H-Bomb (1954) Emma Goldman and Alexander Rerkman arrested for trying to talk people out of joining the military (1917) US granted citizenship to American Indians who were here untold years before European settlers (1924) Chubby's Brewpub founded (Saskatchewan; 1994) Kennebunkport Brewing Co. founded (Maine; 1992) Olde Towne Tavern & Brewery founded (Maryland; 1994) Redhook Ale Brewery founded (Woodinville, Washington; 1994) |
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| 16 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Sappho Irving Penn Joyce Carol Oates Frank Thorne John Griffin Nelson Doubleday Jim Dine Tom Graveney Erich Segal Jack Albertson Katherine Graham Stan Laurel Ron LeFlore Wayne "Tree" Rollins Billy "Crash" Craddock Katherine Graham Arthur Meighen Barbara McClintock Enoch Powell Wally Joyner Helen Traubel Gino Vilante Joan Van Ark Gustav V of Sweden |
Bloomsday (Joyce's Ulysses) Wish Fulfillment Day Feast of the Madonna (Italy) Scrubwomen Tea Party Day Night of the Drop (Egypt) Madam Lou Bunch Day (Old Flop House Celebration) St. Madonna of Carmine's Day Soweto Day (UN) Day of the Rat (Buddhist; Vietnam) St. Benno's Day (patron of weavers) Woodchopper's Jamboree St. Cyricus' Day (patron of children) National Fudge Day Day of Third-Hand Reports and Shaky Evidence (Fairy) St. Tychon's Day (patron of vintners; against insects) Convention of the International Brotherhood of Magicians (@) St. John-Francis Regis' Day (patron of illegitimate children, lace makers, marriage, social workers) |
| June 16 Events | Academy of Experience founded (Florence, Italy;
1657) Monterey Pop Festival (1967) War of the Roses ended Apartment premiered 1st Woman in space (1963) Mahomet fled (622 CE) FDIC created (1933) Dirty Dozen premiered 1st Ad for a Chocolate Drink Stagecoach premiered Blues Brothers 1st album released Ford Motors founded Pyscho premiered (1960) Batman Forever premiered (1995) 1st Squeeze Play used in baseball (1894) Battle of Calcutta (7 Years War; 1756) 1st Airplane Hijacking (1948) Story in James Joyce's Ulysses took place (1904) FDR's New Deal passed by House (1935) Duke recalled from China (Doonesbury) Soweto Massacre, 600 children killed (South Africa; 1976) 1st "Ladies Day" at baseball game (1883) Battle of Ligny (1815) Rudolf Nureyev asked for asylum (1961) Megan Leigh committed suicide (1990) Lt. Col. Travis Morgan's plane crashed (1969) Queen Christina of Sweden abdicated (1654) 1st NASCAR Grand National race held (1949) Brian Piccolo died of cancer (1970) London Working Men's Association founded (1835) US Ordered closed all German & Italian consulates (WW2; 1941) Roxette's It Must Have Been Love reached No. 1 (1990) Belmont Brewing Co. founded (California; 1990) |
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| 17 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Igor Stravinsky Christy Canyon Edward Burne-Jones John Wesley Charles Gounod George Cormack Dean Martin Glenna Smith James Weldon Johnson Tori Welles Bob Mauger John Hershey William Hooper Ralph Bellamy James Brown Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch Mark Linn-Baker Sammy Fain Bobby Bell Greg Kinnear Dan Jansen Jason Patric Kingman Brewster William Crookes Debbie Ellison (Pb 9/70) Guy Hunt Martin Bormann Don Gillis Sally Sheffield (Pb 6/69) John Robert Gregg Tigran Petrosyan Ken Loach Dave Concepcion Jon Sigurdsson Edward I Anne Davis (Pb 9/60) Kevin Thornton Joe Piscopo Barry Manilow |
National Juggling Day Accident Day Bunker Hill Day (Massachusetts) Iceland Independence Day Eat All of Your Vegetables Day Lily Festival (Japan) National Children's Day (Indonesia) St. Botolph's Day (aka Botulph) Pirate Radio Day Day of Unity (Germany) Toadstool-Squatting begins (Leprechaun) St. Harvey's Day (patron against blindness, demons, foxes, wolves) National Hug Holiday ends Procession of the Golden Chariot (Belgium) Ludi Piscatari (Old Roman Festival of Fishermen) National Apple Streudel Day Homebrewers Beer Competition (Milwaukee, Wisconsin @) |
| June 17 Events | Disneyland opened (1955) G.I. Joe 1st appeared (1942) Battle of Bunker Hill (actually Breed's Hill; 1775) Psycho premiered Watergate Democratic Headquarters broken into (1972) 1st Kidney Transplant performed (1950) Charles made Knight of the Garter Polaroid Camera patented (1970) Transcontinental Phone Line completed Francis Drake discovered San Francisco Bay, calling it New Albion (1579) Waterproof material patented (1823) 1st Antiseptic Treatment used in surgery (1867) PanAm became 1st airline to offer "around the world" service (1947) Brooklands Motor Course opened (UK; 1907) Cherokke Trail of Tears ended (1838) Ohio Express' Yummy Yummy Yummy went gold Andy Gibb's Shadow Dancing reached No. 1 (1978) Prayer in Schools voted unconstitutional in US (1963) Letterman film critic, Micah "Manny the Hippie" Papp, released from prison, which in his own words would be diggity-schwag (1997) Bowen Island Brewing Co. founded (British Columbia; 1994) |
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| 18 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| M.C. Escher Paul McCartney Isabella Rosellini James Montgomery Flagg Charles Gounod Avicenna E.G. Marshall Henry Clay Foley Kay Kyser Carol Kane Lou Brock Donald Keene Tom Wicker Sylvia Porter William Lassell Jeanette McDonald Gail Godwin Richard Boone Henry Folger Philip Barry Eva Bartok Sammy Cahn Ian Carmichael Alison Moyet Viscount Castlereagh George Mallory Tiger-Get-By (Fairy) John D. Rockefeller Vitali Zholobov Tom Wicker Drew Hintz Nathan Morris Roger Ebert |
Trouser Day Festival of Invisible Pornogrpahy International Picnic Day Artigus Day (Uruguay) Egypt Independence Day Seychelles Constitution Day Evacuation Day (Eqypt) St. Alena's Day (patron against eye disease, toothaches) National Cherry Tart Day |
| June 18 Events | War of 1812 began (1812) 1st Life Insurance Policy written (1583) Roald Amundson reaches the South Pole Battle of Waterloo (1815) 1st Covered Bridge built Mouse On the Moon premiered SALT Treaty signed (1979) 1st Duel fought Appendicitis 1st theorized (1886) Steel Pier opened (Atlantic City) Library Bill of Rights adopted English-born Hadrian crowned Roman Emperor (1155) Amelia Earhart became 1st woman to fly the Atlantic (1928) 1st American shot down in dogfight (WW 1) Joanie Caucus and Rick Redfern married (Doonesbury) Sally Ride became 1st US Woman in space (1983) Emperor Maximilian of Mexico executed (1867) UN International Fund for Agricultural Development established (1976) Jimi Hendrix burned his guitar on stage at Monterey (1967) 1st North Sea Oil arrived in UK (1975) Egypt became independent (1953) Longest continuous sausage made (13.125 miles 1988) Johnny Rotten attacked with razors in London pub (1977) Fleetwood Mac's Dreams reached No. 1 (1977) Captain Picard kidnapped & turned into a Borg (on Star Trek: Next Generation; 1990) Brad Pitt & Gwyneth Paltrow broke up (1997) |
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| 19 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Lou Gehrig Blaise Pascal Louis Jordan Kara Woods Thomas Sully Salman Rushdie Guy Lomardo John Barrow Charles Coburn Pauline Kael Lester Flatt Poppy Montgomery Elbert Hubbard Mildred Natwick Aung San Suu Kyi Nancy Marchand Ed Wynn Kathleen Turner Joshua Nkomo Abe Fortas Gena Rowlands Pier Angeli Ann Wilson Moe Howard Al Wilson Mary Pat Van Tine Paula Abdul Howell Thomas Heflin Osamu Dazai Alan Cranston Nancy Marchand Earl W. Bascom Helmut Herzfelf Elbert Hubbard Jose Rizal Aung Sun Suu Kyi Malcolm McDowell Viktor Patsayev Marisa Pavan Leo Nomellini Spanky McFarlane Mike Renfro James I Duchess of Windsor James VI Phylicia Rashad Mark DeBarge Doug Stone Garfield (the Cat) Susruta (600 BCE) Tiger-Get-By (2nd birthday; Fairy) |
World Sauntering Day Juneteenth (Texas) Festival of the Coming Ice Age National Martini Day Algeria Righting Day Labour Day (Trinidad and Tobago) Beggar's Banquets (Brazil) New Church Day St. Boniface of Querfurt's Day (patron of Prussia) Kuwait Independence Day St. Romuald's Day Morris Mayor Day (Berkshire, UK) Artigas Day (Uruguay) St. Jude's Day (Eastern) Laos Independence Day St. Gervase and Protase's Day (patron of haymakers; against rain) |
| June 19 Events | 1st Movie censored Monterey Pop Festival (1967) 1st Baseball game played (Hoboken, NJ; 1846) F.C.C. established London police force founded (1829) Five Pennies premiered 1st Cycling Journal published San Jose Mercury-News 1st published Chevrolet reached sales of 1,000 per day (1915) Hurricane Agnes began Earl of Cornwall, Piers Gaveston, beheaded (1312) French Assembly abolished hereditary nobility (1790) 1st American male saint canonized (Jon Nepomucene Neumann; 1977) Carole King's It's Too Late reached No. 1 (1971) Garfield the Cat comic strip debuted (1978) Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for treason (1953) Contraceptive pill available in UK (1963) Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame premiered (1996) Tasmanian Devil debuted in Warner Bros. cartoon (1954) Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City from France (1885) George Mallory, british climber who wanted to climb Mt. Everest "because it was there" disappeared 1,000 ft. from its top (1924) Birmingham Brewing Co. founded (California; 1990) |
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| 20 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Errol Fynn Nicole Kidman John Goodman Andre Watts Brian Wilson Jacques Offenbach Kurt Schwitters Jami Ferrell (Pb 1/97) Catherine Cookson Eric Dolphy Danny Aiello Jr. Andre Watts Nicholas Rowe Olympia Dukakis Catherine Cookson Audie Murphy Wendy Craig Helen Miller Shepard Cyndi Lauper Arthur Morgan Len Dawson Charles Chestnut John Mahoney Helen Traubel Andy Ethebarren Michael Anthony Chet Atkins Lillian Hellman Martin Landau Geri Glass (Pb 9/73) Candy Clark Tina Sinatra Billy Guy James Tolkan Anne Murray John Taylor Lionel Richie |
New Identity Day Loch Ness Day Bald Eagle Day Portland Rose Festival (Oregon @) Lailat Al-Garr (Muslim Night of Power) National Vanilla Milkshake Day Senegal Independence Day Poson Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka) Festival of the New Knee (Fairy) Cherry Festival (Hamburg, Germany) St. Osana of Mantua (patron of schoolgirls) Gemini zodiac sign ends |
| June 20 Events | Victoria became Queen of England (1837) Bald Eagle adopted as US national symbol (1782) Oath of the Tennis Court (France) Krazy Kat comic strip began (1910) Black Hole of Calcutta incident occurred (1756) Hot line installed between Moscow and Washington, DC (1963) West Virginia becames the 35th state (1863) Beatles' Yesterday & Today released E Pluribus Unum established as US motto (1782) Oil 1st flowed in Alaska Pipeline Disney's The Rescuers premiered (1977) Cotton Gin patented Ed Sullivan Show debuted (1948) Green Berets premiered Pythons documentary premiered Penny comic strip began (1943) 1st US Bank chartered by Congress (1863) US Lifesaving Medal established Louis Armstrong & Fats Waller debuted on Broadway (1930) Great Seal of the US adopted (1782) American Railway Union founded (1893) 1st Balloon Honeymoon taken (1909) Lizzie Borden found innocent (1893) French National Assemby formed (1789) Washington, DC chosen as site for US Capitol (1790) Floyd Patterson became 1st boxer to regain heavyweight title (1960) Ground broken on Berkeley, California Pyramid Brewpub (1996) Double-decker bus, the Routemaster, to be phased out (1990) Queen Isabella sent back the indians Columbus sent her Muhammed Ali fined $10,000 for draft evasion (1967) Dutch Explorer William Barents died in the Artic searching for the Northeast Passage (1597) Billy Joel's It's Still Rock and Roll To Me reached No. 1 (1980) US Reporter Bill Stewart brutally shot by Nicaraguan National Guardsmen, who were financed by US Gov't (1979) Lazio's Brewery & Grill founded (Nebraska; 1991) |
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| 21 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Jean-Paul Sarte Berke Breathed Ray Davies J.C.F. Bach Martha Washington Henry O. Tanner Jane Russell Kari Kennell (Pb 2/88) Mary McCarthy Dorothy Stickney Maximilian Wolf Daniel Carter Beard Maureen Stapleton Rockwell Kent Al Hirschfeld Carl Stokes Daniel D. Tompkins Benazir Bhutto Meredith Baxter-Birney Pier Nervi Judy Holliday Doug Savant Nils Lofgren Juliette Lewis Stephen Merrill Rick Sutcliffe Henry O. Tanner Margaret Heckler Robert Pastorelli Mercy Rooney (Pb 12/72) Derrick Coleman Ron Ely Michael Gross Joe Flaherty Marriette Hartley Brenda Holloway Joe Kramer Mike McCormack Reinhold Niebuhr Ian McEwan Juliette Lewis Monte Markham Leon Everette Joey Kramer Kathy Mattea Sammi Davis-Voss Bernie Kopell Derrick Coleman Prince William Tiger-Get-By (3rd birthday; Fairy) |
Summer Solstice Alban Hefin (Celtic; 7th Station) Cancer zodiac sign begins Aimless Wandering Day St. Aloysius Gonzanga's Day (protector of young students, young men) All Heras Day Piggie on the Rock Festival St. Alban's Day (patron of refugees) National Peaches & Cream Day St. Meen's Day (patron against skin disease) Grand International Crawdad Crawl Martyr's Day (Togo) St. Leufredus' Day (patron against flies) Juhannus Day (Midsummer Festival; Finland) Cuckoo Warning Day (it will be a wet summer if the cuckoo is heard today) St. Albinus of Mainz's Day (patron against gallstones, kidney disease, sore throat) |
| June 21 Events | New Hampshire became the 9th state (1788) 1st Poem written in English Building of Christopher Wren's St. Paul's Cathedral began (1675) US Constitution came into force (1788) A Japanese submarine fired on the Oregon coast (1942) CBS began production of the 33 1/3 LP record (1948) 1st Seawater Conversion Plant opened Black-Eared Busthit discovered Reaper patented (1834) 1st Orange Suplhur Butterfly seen Wagner's Die Meistersinger premiered (1868) Scottish Explorer Mungo Park reached River Niger (1796) Molly Maguires executed (Pennsylvania; 1877) Battle of Okinawa ended (1945) Louis XVI caught trying to escape Paris (1791) Brazil won World Cup for 3rd time (1970) Royal College of Surgeons founded (UK; 1843) Women's Sunday Suffrage Rally held (1908) Battle of Tobruk ended (WW2; 1942) Pope Paul VI elected (1963) Hungary re-launched its stock exchange after ending communist rule (1990) Mungo Park reached the Niger River in Africa (1796) Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame premiered (1996) Bobby Darin recorded Splish Splash (1958) German fleet of 70 ships scuttled themselves rather than be taken by UK fleet (WW1; 1919) Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nuerenberg premiered in Munich (1868) Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette attempted to flee Paris but were captured by Revolutionists (1791) 1st 5 & 10 cent store opened (by Frank Woolworth; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; 1879) John Hinckley found innocent of shooting Reagen by reason of insanity (1982) 3 Civil Rights Workers were killed investigating a church burning in Mississippi (1964) |
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| 22 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Billy Wilder William McGregor Paxton Erich Maria Remarque Bill Blass Todd Rundgren George Vancouver Mai Lin Gwendolyn John Julian Huxley Carl Hubbell Frank Damrosch Giacomo Puccini Ralph Edwards Ed Bradley Carl Hubbell Gower Campion Joseph Papp Kris Kristofferson Meryl Streep Klaus Maria Brandauer Clyde Dexter Peter Asher Diane Feinstein Howard Kaylan Anne Lindbergh Tracy Pollan Ralph Waite Gary Beers Amy Brenneman Katherine Dunham Peter Pears Jennie Tourel Stan Iverson Russ Snyder Chris Lemmon Freddie Prinze Alan Anton Jimmy Sommerville Steven Page Lindsay Wagner John Dillinger Allen Osmond |
Hard Core Pub Crawl Day Zeppelin Day Viking Festival (Denmark) Festival of Manifest Destiny St. Thomas More's Day (patron of civil servants, lawyers) Flaming of the Rose (Armenia) Schoolteacher's Day (El Salvador) Elfin Music Festival (Fairy) St. John Fisher's Day Morat Commemoration Day (Switzerland) St. Paulinus of Nola's Day Organic Act Day (Virgin Islands) St. Acacius' Day (patron against headaches) Corrective Move Day (Yemen) St. Pantaenus' Day (Coptic) National Chocolate Eclair Day St. Nicetas' Day (patron of Romania) Festival of 1 Lithe (The Hobbit) |
| June 22 Events | Lady and the Tramp premiered Pin Making Machine patented "J" and Sarah's Anniversary US Department of Justice established Blue Max premiered Richard II coronated (1377) Germany invaded Russia (WW 2; 1941) Battle of Ticonderoga (American Revolutionary War; 1775) Cure for syphilis found (1910) Battle of Morat FDR signed the G.I. Bill (1944) 1st V-Mail sent (WW 2; 1942) Galileo recanted (1633) Henry Hudson set adrift by his mutinous crew (1611) US 1st authorized paper money (1775) Judy Garland committed suicide (1969) 1st Water Skiiing Tournament held Disney's Lady and the Tramp premiered (1955) France surrendered to Germany (WW2; 1939) 1st Cricket Match played at Lord's Cricket Ground (UK; 1814) Arkansas readmitted to the Union (1868) US voting age lowered from 21 to 18 (1970) Teddy Roosevelt sued Standard Oil for operating a monopoly (1906) 7 Chinese Students shot after mock trial over Tienanmen Square protests (1989) Providence and Newport Counties, Rhode Island founded (1703) Henry Hudson set adrift by mutinous crew (1611) US Court finally rules Tropic of Cancer is not obscene Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to shooting John Lennon (1981) Herb Alpert's This Guy's in Love with You reached No. 1 (1968) |
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| 23 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Bob Fosse Alan Turing Edward VIII Alfred Kinsey Richard Bach Stuart Sutcliffe Laurie Wood (Pb 3/89) Giambattista Vico Jean Anouiln Carl Milles Debbie Boostrom (Pb 8/81) Leonard Hutton Empress Josephine Carl Milles David Ogilvy George Sax James Levine Clarence Thomas Adam Faith Wilma Rudolph Carl Reinecke Ted Schackelford June Carter Cash Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb Dave Butz Bert Convy Duke of Windsor |
Midsummer's Eve (Druid, UK, Finland, Sweden) Feast of the Sun Ancient Druidic Midsummer Baal National Day (Luxembourg) Festival of the Purple Void Grand Duke Day (UK) Pardon of the Fire (Brittany) Hootenanny (Fairfield County, South Carolina) National Fink Day St. Audrey's Day (patron against neck pain. throat disease) Great Teddy Bear Rally (Philadelphia Zoo) Midsommar (Denmark, Norway) St. Agrippina (patron against evil spirits, leprosy, thunder) VooDoo Ceremonies (New Orleans, Louisiana) Dandruff Dance (Goblins and Gnomes) St. Ethelreda's Day Rhododendron Festival Midnight Madness (Canada) St. Nicetas (patron of Romania) Discovery Day (Newfoundland) St. John's Festival (Portugal) Heidi Festival National Pecan Sandy Day |
| June 23 Events | Saxophone patented (1848) 1st National Lipreading Tournament held Secret Service established Typewriter patented (1868) Disney's Pocahontas premiered (1995) 1st Boat race held Marineland opened Guns of Navarone premiered King Crimson re-formed What's New Pussycat? premiered King Elessar & Arwen married (Hobbit) A VW Bug reached 1,400,000 miles (1992) Battle of Plassey (1757) David Letterman's Morning Show debuted (1980) Nassar elcted President of Egypt (1956) San Francisco's Castro Theatre opened (1922) Duran Duran's The Reflex reached No. 1 (1984) Sophie's Garden Party (in Jostein Gaardner's novel, Sophie's World) William Penn signed treaty with Lenni Lenape indians under Treaty Elm in Shackamaxon, Philadelphia (1683) |
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| 24 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Ambrose Bierce Fred Hoyle Claude Chabrol Jeff Beck Arthur Brown John Cusack Phil Harris Robert Henri Mick Fleetwood John Ciardi E.I. Du Pont Sherry Stringfield Billy Casper Albert Parsons Claude Chabrol Millard Sheets Astro (UB40) Jack Dempsey Peter Weller Colin Blunstone Henry Ward Beecher Bruce Johnston John the Baptist Al Molinaro Nancy Allen Danielle Spencer Irving Kaufman Gustavus Franklin Swift Phyllis George Michele Lee Harry Patch Robert Reich Horatio Herbert Kitchener Jack Carter Georg Stanford Brown Norman Cousins John Illsley Andy McClusky Curt Smith David McTaggert Pete Hamill Glenn Medeiros Albert Parsons Derrick Simpson Lindsay Wagner Juan Fangio Ruth Buzzi |
Sunrise Rituals (Stonehenge, UK) UFO Day Midsummer Day (Scandanavia, UK) Bannockburn Day (Scotland) Museum Comes To Life Day St. John the Baptist's Day (patron of auto routes, candlemakers, health spas, road workers, wool workers) Festival of Contagious Magic St. Jean Baptiste's Day (patron of Quebec) Fairy Day National Forgiveness Day Carabobo Day (Venezuela) Dia del Indio (Day of the Indian; Latin America) National Music Day (UK) Countryman's Day (Peru) Fisherman's Day (Zaire) Inti Raymi Pageant (Feast of the Sun; Peru) Celebration of the Senses Macau Day Lost Handkerchief Day (Fairy) Gioco Del Calcio (Italy) National Puppeteers Festival San Juan Day (Puerto Rico) National Creamy Pralines Day |
| June 24 Events | Cabot discovered Canada (1497) Berlin Blockade begins (1948) Grand Lodge of English Freemasons founded (1717) 1st Modern Recorded UFO seen (Mt. Ranier, Washington; 1947) Sally Ride becomes 1st American woman in space Largest Salmon caught (93 pounds) Radar 1st used to detect planes Electroplating patented Battle of Bannockburn (1314) Solar Car 1st achieved 48 mph (1988) 1st Nurse's School opened (London; 1861) Picasso's 1st exhibition held (1901) Henry VIII crowned King (1509) 1st Women Anglican Priests ordained (1990) Disney's The Lion King premiered (1994) Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit released 12 Missionaries killed in Rhodesia's bush war (1978) John & Sebastian Cabot arrived in North America (1497) USS Constitution not scrapped at the last minute because of a poem Jacqueline Bouvier announced her engagement to Senator John F. Kennedy (1953) Richard Marx's Satisfied reached No. 1 (1989) Great Divide Brewing Co. founded (Colorado; 1994) Steamboat Brewery & Tavern founded (Colorado; 1993) |
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| 25 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| George Orwell Matthew Thornton Rose O'Neill Gustave Charpentier Antoni Gaudi Carly Simon Aime Cesaire Sidney Lumet Joelle Hernandez Sam Francis George Abbot June Lockhart Herman Nernst Devin De Vasquez (Pb 6/85) Henry "Hap" Arnold Rose Cecil O'Neill Jimmie Walker Dorothy Gilman J. Hans Jensen Willis Reed Melinda Windsor (Pb 2/66) Roger Livesey Hap Arnold Clifton Chenier Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Prince Bernhard Arthur Tracy Sally Sarell (Pb 3/60) Hermann Oberth Stephen Merritt Hilda Terry Phyllis George-Brown George Michael |
Feast of the Optional Holiday National Strawberry Parfait Day San Juan Day (Puerto Rico) Festival of Ranting & Vaporing Doonesbury Day (Washington, DC) St. Molaug's Day (patron against headaches, insanity) Teej Festival (Women & Girls Festival; India) Fiesta of Santa Orosia (Spain) National Columnist's Day Log Cabin Day (Michigan) Tatar Festival of the Plow (USSR) St. Prosper of Aquitaine's Day Elf Thumping Day (Fairy) Mozambique Independence Day St. Eurosia's Day (patron of crops; against storms) National Strawberry Parfait Day |
| June 25 Events | Korean War began (1950) Custer made his last stand (1876) 1st Fork in the US Radium discovered (1903) Stravinsky's Firebird premiered Toscanini 1st conducted (1886) 1st Car Phone exhibited (1925) Virginia became the 10th state (1788) Fort Apache premiered 1st College Rep Tie made Prayer in the school ruled unconstitutional (1962) Toscanini conducted professionally for the first time 1st Color TV broadcast (CBS; 1951) Minimum Wage Act passed Stage Door Canteen premiered Barbed wire patented (1867) Caine Mutiny premiered Harper's Magazine 1st published Queen Isabella II of Spain abdicated (1870) 1st 8-hour workday legislation passed (1868) Florida readmitted to the Union (1868) Gustave Flaubert tried for obscenity for Madame Bovary (1857) 1st Beverages, & More! opened (1994) FDR issued Executive Order 8802, prohibiting discrimination in gov't jobs (1941) Beatles' Paperback Writer reached No. 1 (1966) Slovenia and Croatia declared independence, sparking civil war (1991) Pabst aired the 1st color beer commercial on TV (1951) Bobby Bonds became 1st man to hit grand slam in 1st major league at-bat (1968) Ezra Haywood sented to 2 years hard labor for advocating sexual emancipation (1878) |
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| 26 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Claudio Abbado William Kelvin Abner Doubleday Edward Levi Babe Zaharis Peter Lorre Arthur Middleton Philip Doddridge Bernard Berenson William Thomson Pearl S. Buck Greg LeMond Barbara J. Edwards (Pb 9/83) George Morland Charles Messier Laurie Lee Mick Jagger Bob Thompson Thomas Birch Zeng Jinlian Stuart Symington John McTammany Pamela Bellwood Arthur Middleton Jerome Kersey Eleanor Parker Robert Laird Borden Charles Robb Mick Jones Willy Messerschmitt Bill Robinson Charlotte Zolotow Jumpy Geathers Big Bill Broonzy Luiz Valdez |
Boardwalk Day U.N. Charter Day Festival of Ranting & Vaporing St. Pelayo's Day National Chocolate Pudding Day Sata-Hame Accordian Festival begins (Finland) Feast of the Shepherds (Spain) Rose Day (aka Alexandra Rose Day) Somalia Independence Day Madagascar Independence Day Senior Citizen's Day (Mason County, Michigan) Handing Back of Tiger-Get-By's Presents (Fairy) |
| June 26 Events | Plow patented 1st Cinema opened (Vitascope Hall; 1893) A Hard Day's Night released Bicycle patented 1st Victoria Cross awarded Federal Credit Union Act signed (1934) Victoria & Albert Museum opened (1909) Wagner's Die Walkure premiered St. Lawrence Seaway opened (1959) Atlantic City, New Jersey opened the 1st Boardwalk (1870) United Nations Charter signed (1945) Mackinac Straits Bridge dedicated Federal Credit Union Act passed 1st Smallpox innoculations given (1721) Cast-iron plough patented (1797) Haymarket anarchists pardoned (1893) Maguire 7 found innocent (1991) US Troops landed in France (1917) Battle of Fleurus (1794) Victoria Cross 1st awarded (UK; 1857) 1st Le Mans Grand Prix held (1906) NFL Charities founded (1973) Trigger retired (1957) London's Carlton Club bombed by IRA (1990) Cabot discovered Newfoundland (1497) William Powell & Carole Lombard married (1931) Tallest free-standing structure opened (CN Tower; Ontario, Canada; 1976) Largest pancake made (30 feet diameter; 1 inch thick; 1988) Byrds' Mr. Tambourine Man reached No. 1 (1965) |
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| 27 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan) Helen Keller Willie Mosconi John McIntire Gilson Lavis Madoka Ozawa Emma Goldman Paul Laurence Dunbar Lafcadio Hearn Norma Kamali Anna Moffo Gaston Bachelard James Smithson Charles Parnell Philip Guston Charles Parnell Ivan Vazov John McIntire Hans Spemann Craig Hodges Mildred J. Hill H. Ross Perot Chuck Person Bruce Babbitt Lucille Clifton Rico Petrocelli Julia Duffy Brereton C. Jones IAL Diamond Marguerite Empey (Pb 5/55 & 2/56) Charles IX Louis XII (the Just) Charles XII |
Festival of the Thrasque (France) Kutztown Folk Festival (Pennsylvania @) Festival of Neither Nor Initium Aestatis (Old Roman Summer Festival) St. Cyril of Alexandria's Day National Columnist's Day St. Laszlo's Day (patron of Hungary) Djbouti National Day National Orange Blossom Day St. Ladislaus' Day |
| June 27 Events | Tea 1st imported to the west (1615) Smithsonian Institute established (1846) Traffic laws began 1st Demonstration of color television San Francisco premiered US entered Korean War (1950) Ruthless People premiered 1st Smallpox innoculation (1721) Newberry Medal 1st awarded Yen introduced in Japan (1871) Disney's Hercules premiered (1997) Pen with truly erasable ink patented 1st Women's magazine, the Ladies Mercury, published (1693) Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire finished 1st Atomic power station began endangering the world (USSR; 1954) Hugh Grant and hooker Divine Brown transacted a little business in the back of his car (1995) Fillmore East closed (1971) 1st Blind Climbers reached summit of Mont Blanc, Switzerland (1988) Hugh Grant arrested with a hooker in his rented BMW (1995) 1st Mid-Air Refueling successfully accomplished Labyrinth premiered Stock Market Crash (1893) PG-13 movie rating introduced (1984) Liberty Bell returned to Philadelphia (1778) Hubble Telescope discovered to be flawed (1990) Juan Cabrillo sails up coast of California, claiming it for Spain (1542) Chief Black Hawk agreed to move his tribe west of Mississippi (1831) 1st Japanese immigrant to US arrived (1841) Joseph Smith murdered by mob (1844) Nissan began importing cars to US (1958) Central Line tube opened (London; 1900) PanAm began Transatlantic flights (1939) 1st Blind climbers scaled Mont Blanc (1988) Delaware Governor's Aide, Anne Marie Fahey, last seen (1996) Wobblies (International Workers of the World) founded in Chicago (1905) Connie Francis' Everybody's Somebody's Fool reached No. 1 (1960) |
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| 28 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Jean-Jacques Rosseau Peter Paul Rubens Mary Stuart Masterson John Cusack Henry VIII Gilda Radner Mel Brooks Alexander the Great Maria Goeppert Mayer Kathy Bates Luigi Pirandello Giovanni Borelli Theodor Reuss Victor Higgins Clara Maas Eric Ambler Paul Broca Alexis Carrel Floyd Dell Pat Morita Kathy Bates Danielle Brisebois John Elway Richard Rodgers Don Baylor Alice Krige Patrick Kincaid Leon Panetta Dave Knights Jessica Hecht Bruce Davison Mark Eugene Grace |
Paul Bunyan Day Festival of Terrible Poetry Mnjara Folk Festival Day (Malta) Runic half-month of Dag ends National Tapioca Day St. Paul's Feast (Cyprus) Festival of the Tabasqe (France) Thanksgiving for Useful Fairies (Fairy) St. Irenaeus' Day Henley Royal Regatta (UK) St. Basildes (patron of prison guards) Go See Some Live Theater Tonight Automobile License Plate Collectors Convention (@) |
| June 28 Events | 1st Backgammon tournament held Treaty of Versailles signed (1919) 1st Charter Flight taken Battle of Vicksburg (1862) Tomato proved to not be poisonous (1820) 2nd Level of Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened Labor Day established by US Congress (1894) Helen Keller graduated from Radcliffe College (1904) St. Elmo's Fire premiered (1985) Monday Holiday Observance Law signed (1968) 1st Cholera epidemic in US (1852) Queen Victoria coronated (1838) Skeezix's wartime wedding (Gasoline Alley; 1944) Horses in Florence, Italy ordered to wear underwear (1990) Patent registered for Coca-Cola syrup and extract (1887) Construction of Panama Canal authorized by US (1902) Joseph Stalin had 36 "confessed spies" shot (1937) Henry Mancini's Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet reached No. 1 (1969) World War I triggered by Archduke Ferdinand's assassination (1914) Paul McCartney & Wings' Coming Up reached No. 1 (1980) Transatlantic air passenger service began (1939) Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting off Evander Holyfield's ear in a boxing match (1997) Gay & Lesbian Movement began with police raid of Stonewall Inn, an NYC gay bar (1969) Universal Press Syndicate acted like Big Brother and threatened Calvin & Hobbes websites worldwide with lawsuits, despite the fact that creator Bill Watterson is anti-big business (1996) Deschutes Brewery #2 founded (Oregon; 1988) New Belgium Brewing Co. founded (Colorado; 1991) Stoudt Brewery founded (Pennsylvania; 1987) Tall Ship Ale Co. founded (British Columbia; 1994) |
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| 29 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Antoine de Saint-Exupery Stokey Carmichael Richard Lewis Slim Pickens Rafael Kubelik George Hale Chris Maraschin Leroy Anderson Giacomo Leopardi William James Mayo Harmon Killebrew Kaitlyn Ashley Nelson Eddy Frank Loesser Elizabeth Hanford Dole Maria Conchita Alonso G.W. Goethals Kwame Toure Fred Grandy Julia Lathrop William E. Borah Little Eva Carl Levin Fred Grandy Shigechiyo Izumi William James Mayo James Harvey Robinson Ruth Warrick Cara Williams Ellen Kuzawaya Pedro Guerrero Sharon Lawrence Billy Storm Gary Busey Pepper Johnson |
Pennsylvania Dutch Day St. Peter's Day (patron of clockmakers, fishermen, Russia; against fever, foot trouble, wolves) Flower and Camera Day Runic half-month of Feoh (wealth) begins St. Paul's Feast Day (patron of Greece, Malta, rope makers, tentmakers, upholsterers) Fisherman's Birthday (Grenada) Petunia Festival Seychelles Republic Day Wicked Fairies Summer Debate (Fairy) Ragtime Festival Funeral of Kostrama Peter and Paul Day National Almond Butter Crunch Day Sacrament of the Silicon Host |
| June 29 Events | Cruelty to Animals Act established Globe Theater burned down (1603) Daily Telegraph 1st published (1855) 1st Lighthouse opened Mikhail Baryshnikov defected (1974) The King & I premiered 1st Passenger Railway built Military ground action begins in Vietnam (1965) 1st Appendicectomy performed Policeman 1st killed on duty Isabel Peron takes over Presidency of Argentina (1974) 1st Census taken in UK (1801) English colonists 1st arrived in Salem (1629) UK Parliament prohibits growing tobacco in UK (162) Gordon Lightfoot's Sundown reached No. 1 (1974) Townshend Acts approved (1767) South Africa imposed racial inequality as political policy (1925) Rent Boy Scandal in White House uncovered (1989) Arthur Miller & Marilyn Monroe married (1956) Julius Caser defeated Pompey to become absolute ruler of Rome (48 BCE) Algerian President Mohammed Boudiaf assassinated (1992) Colonel Hogan actor Bob Crane murdered in his apartment (1978) Lithuania announced suspension of its declaration of independence for 100 days (1990) US Supreme Court in Furman v. Georgia decided death penalty violates 8th Amendment (1970) General Eisenhower requested Coca-Cola provide 10 portable bottling plants for US troops overseas (WW2; 1943) Fullerton Hofbrau founded (California; 1990) Lake St. George Brewing Co. founded (Maine; 1993) Sugarloaf Brewing Co. founded (Maine; 1994) |
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| 30 June | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Superman (1938) John Gay Susan Hayward Buddy Rich Stanley Clarke Tina Bockrath (Pb 5/90) Stanley Spencer Lena Horne Gina Goldberg (Pb 5/81) Elizabeth Kortright Monroe William A. Wheeler Frederick Hopkins Ron Swoboda Mitch Rishmond David Wayne Nancy Dussault William Wheeler Bud Black Stephen D. Ramseur Czeslaw Milosz Jan Peerce Dan Reeves Florence Ballard David Alan Grier Harry Blackstone Jr. Brian Bloom Juan Bosch Glenn Shorrock Hal Lindes Vincent D'Onofrio Tom Drummond Man Mountain Dean Charles VIII Mike Tyson |
Sky Day Meteor Day Festival of Ass-Kissing Burning of the Three Fires (France) Freedom Festival (Philadelphia) National Ice Cream Soda Day Guatemala Army Day Zaire Independence Day Id Al-Fitr (Muslim) Kudzu Festival (Union, South Carolina) National Ice Cream Soda Day Fandronna (Madagascar) St. Theobald of Provins' Day (patron of charcoal burners) Circus Comes To Town Day World Championship Inner Tube Race Crab Races (pixies, Elves, and some Fairies) First Martyrs of the Church of Rome Day |
| June 30 Events | Yosemite National Park established 1st Tightrope walk across Niagra Falls (1859) Tower Bridge opened (London; 1894) Cigarettes 1st taxed Siberian Explosion of 1908 Electric Stove patented Guiding Light debuted on TV (1952) Tower Bridge opens Psycho premiered (1960) Action Comics #1 published (1938) Bicycle 1st went 60 mph Gone With the Wind published (1936) Apollo 13 premiered (1995) Brenda Starr comic strip began (1940) Casters patented Montazuma killed by Spaniards (1520) Bell Laboratories announced development of Transistor to replace radio tubes (1948) Meat Inspection Act passed (1906) Use of the Pillory banned (UK; 1837) Mikhail Baryshnikov defected from USSR (1974) 3 Russians Cosmonauts found dead upon re-entry after 24 days in space (Soyuz 11; 1971) Abbaye Prison attacked by French Revolutionaries (1789) Lord Baltimore given Charter for Maryland (1632) 26th US Amendment ratified giving vote to 18 years & older (1971) George Harrison's Give Me Love reached No. 1 (1973) Hitler eliminated his rivals in "Night of the Long Knives" (1934) Asteroid the size of a 10-story building exploded over Siberia (1908) Control of Hong Kong reverted to China as UK's lease expired (1997) Mary's Little Lamb stolen (statute in Mary's hometown, Sterling, Massachusetts; 1990) By a tie vote, the US Senate blocked approval of treaty to annex Dominican Republic (1870) Pure Food & Drug Act established to unofficially help businesses deceive the public with misleading labelling (1906) |
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