June is the sixth month of the year in the

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and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30

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s, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the

summer solstice The summer solstice, also called the estival solstice or midsummer, occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere ( Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the summer ...

in the

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, the day with the most daylight hours, and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, the day with the fewest daylight hours (excluding polar regions in both cases). June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern Hemisphere, the beginning of the traditional astronomical

summer Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, wit ...

is 21 June (meteorological summer begins on 1 June). In the Southern Hemisphere, meteorological winter begins on 1 June. At the start of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Taurus; at the end of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Gemini. However, due to the precession of the equinoxes, June begins with the sun in the astrological sign of Gemini, and ends with the sun in the astrological sign of Cancer.

Etymology and history

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The Latin name for June is ''

Junius Junius often refers to: * Junius (writer), the pseudonym of an 18th-century British political writer of strongly Whig principles * The nomen of the ancient Roman * or , the month of June on the ancient Roman calendar * Rosa Luxemburg's ''Junius Pa ...

''. Ovid offers multiple etymologies for the name in the '' Fasti'', a poem about the Roman calendar. The first is that the month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, the goddess of marriage and the wife of the supreme deity Jupiter; the second is that the name comes from the Latin word ''iuniores'', meaning "younger ones", as opposed to ''maiores'' ("elders") for which the preceding month May ''(

Maius ''Maius'' or ''mensis Maius'' (May) was the third month of the ancient Roman calendar, following ''Aprilis'' (April) and preceding ''Iunius'' (June). On the oldest Roman calendar that had begun with March, it was the third of ten months in the year ...

)'' may be named. Another source claims June is named after

Lucius Junius Brutus Lucius Junius Brutus ( 6th century BC) was the semi-legendary founder of the Roman Republic, and traditionally one of its first consuls in 509 BC. He was reputedly responsible for the expulsion of his uncle the Roman king Tarquinius Superbus after ...

, founder of the Roman Republic and ancestor of the Roman

gens Junia The gens Junia was one of the most celebrated families of ancient Rome. The gens may originally have been patrician (ancient Rome), patrician, and was already prominent in the last days of the Roman Kingdom, Roman monarchy. Lucius Junius Brutu ...

. In ancient Rome, the period from mid-May through mid-June was considered inauspicious for marriage. Ovid says that he consulted the

Flaminica Dialis In ancient Roman religion, the was the high priest of Jupiter. The term ''Dialis'' is related to ''Diespiter'', an Old Latin form of the name ''Jupiter''. There were 15 '' flamines'', of whom three were ''flamines maiores'', serving the thre ...

, the high priestess of Jupiter, about setting a date for his daughter's wedding, and was advised to wait till after June 15. Plutarch, however, implies that the entire month of June was more favorable for weddings than May. Certain

meteor showers A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extre ...

take place in June. The

Arietids The Arietids are a strong meteor shower that lasts from May 22 to July 2 each year, and peaks on June 7. The Arietids, along with the Zeta Perseids, are the most intense daylight meteor showers of the year. The source of the shower is unknown, but ...

takes place May 22 to July 2 each year, and peaks on June 7. The Beta Taurids June 5 to July 18. The June Bootids take place roughly between 26 June and 2 July each year.

Ancient Roman observances

Under the calendar of ancient Rome, the festival of Ludi Fabarici took place on May 29 – June 1, Kalendae Fabariae took place on June 1, the Festival to Bellona took place on June 3,

Ludi Piscatorii The Ludi Piscatorii was a Roman holiday celebrated on 7 June in the 3rd century BC in honor of Father Tiber. The holiday was celebrated by the fishermen of Rome; the celebration was directed by the Praetor Praetor ( , ), also pretor, was the ti ...

took place on June 7, and

Vestalia Vestalia was a Roman religious festival in honor of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth and the burning continuation of the sacred fire of Rome. It was held from 7-15 June. Domestic and family life in general were represented by the festival of the ...

took place from June 7 – June 15. A Rosalia was held on June 20. The Secular Games were held roughly every 100 years in either May or June. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.

Observances

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Band Trooping the Colour, 16th June 2007

Month-long observances

* African-American Music Appreciation Month (officially recognized by the United States) * ALS Awareness Month (Canada) * Caribbean American Heritage Month (United States) * Crop over (Barbados), celebrated until the first Monday in August. * Great Outdoors Month (United States) * LGBTQ+ Awareness and Pride month * Month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Catholic tradition) * National Oceans Month (United States) * National Smile Month (United Kingdom) * PTSD Awareness Month (United States) * Season of Emancipation (April 14 to August 23) (Barbados)

Non-Gregorian observances, 2019

''(All Baha'i, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at the sundown prior to the date listed, and end at sundown of the date in question unless otherwise noted.)'' *

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* List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar * List of observances set by the Islamic calendar * List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar

Moveable observances

* Phi Ta Khon (Dan Sai, Loei province, Isan, Thailand) Dates are selected by village mediums and can take place anywhere between March and July. *See also Movable Western Christian observances *See also Movable Eastern Christian observances

By other date

= First Tuesday

= * International Children's Day

= First Wednesday

= *

Global Running Day Global Running Day is a day that celebrates the sport of running. It is held annually on the first Wednesday of June. Participants of all ages and abilities pledge to take part in some type of running activity by submitting their names through th ...

* World Bicycle Day

= First Friday

= *

Labour Day Labour Day ('' Labor Day'' in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for ...

( Bahamas) *

National Doughnut Day National Donut Day or National Doughnut Day, celebrated in the United States and in some other countries, is on the first Friday of June of each year, succeeding the doughnut event created by The Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938 to honor those ...

( United States)

= First Saturday

= * Birthday of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong ( Malaysia) *

National Trails Day The American Hiking Society is a Maryland-based non-profit dedicated to preserving trails, the areas that surround them and the hiking experience. It was founded in 1976. Programs The American Hiking Society has three main avenues of action: *V ...

( United States) *

Saiō Matsuri The ''Saiō Matsuri'' (斎王まつり) is a 2-day festival held on the first weekend of June in the town of Meiwa, Mie Prefecture in Japan. The Saiō Matsuri celebrates the town's history of once being an Imperial residence. The festival re-en ...

( Meiwa, Mie,

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)

= First Sunday

= * Armed Forces Day ( Canada) * Children's Day ( United States) * Father's Day (

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

) *

National Cancer Survivors Day National Cancer Survivors Day is a secular holiday celebrated on the first Sunday in June primarily in the United States of America. The day is meant to "demonstrate that life after a cancer diagnosis can be a reality". Though it is mainly celebra ...

( United States) * Teacher's Day ( Hungary) * The Seamen's Day ( Iceland)

= First Monday

= * June Holiday (Lá Saoire i mí Mheitheamh) ( Republic of Ireland) * Queen's Official Birthday ( New Zealand, Cook Islands, Western Australia) * Western Australia Day

= Second Thursday

= *

Seersucker Thursday Seersucker Thursday is an annual tradition in the United States Congress in which senators wear clothing made of seersucker on National Seersucker Day, traditionally observed on a "'nice and warm day' in the second or third week of June'".

( United States)

= Second Saturday

= * China's Cultural Heritage Day (

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) *Start of

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week National Dairy Goat Awareness Week is an annual observance in the United States to promote awareness day, awareness of dairy goats. Since 1988, when the United States Congress voted to officially recognize National Dairy Goat Awareness Week, it ha ...

, ending on the third Saturday * National Day (

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Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four isl ...

Saint Helena Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ...

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = , song = , image_map = South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in United Kingdom.svg , map_caption = Location of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Oce ...

, Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)) * Queen's Official Birthday ( United Kingdom, Tuvalu)

= Second Sunday

= *

Canadian Rivers Day Canadian Rivers Day (french: Journée des rivières canadiennes) is held annually on the second Sunday in June to promote public awareness of the importance of preserving the heritage and health of Canada's rivers. Participating in Rivers Day helps ...

* Children's Day ( United States) * Father's Day ( Austria, Belgium) * Mother's Day ( Luxembourg)

= Third Week

= * Bike Week (Bicycle Week) (United Kingdom, Ireland)

= Second Monday

= * Queen's Official Birthday ( Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands,

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, with the exception of Western Australia, which celebrates on the first Monday) * Flag Day ( US)

= Monday after the second Saturday

= * Queen's Official Birthday (

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)

Third Friday

* National Flip Flop Day ( United States)

= Third Saturday

Summer Solstice The summer solstice, also called the estival solstice or midsummer, occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere ( Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the summer ...

in the Northern Hemisphere

Day of Private Reflection The Day of Private Reflection is a day of remembrance created to acknowledge and reflect upon the conflict in Northern Ireland. It was proposed by Healing Through Remembering, a cross-community organisation devoted to dealing with the legacy of t ...

( Northern Ireland) *

International Surfing Day International Surfing Day, held annually on the third Saturday of June, is an unofficial, environmentally conscious sports-centered holiday that celebrates the sport of surfing, surfing lifestyle, and the sustainability of ocean resources.

* International Yoga Day * Midsummer *

World Music Day In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere

* We Tripantu, ( Mapuche, southern Chile) *

Willkakuti Willkakuti (Aymara for Return of the Sun), Machaq Mara (Aymara for New Year), Mara T'aqa, Jach'a Laymi or Pacha Kuti (in Spanish named ''Año Nuevo Andino Amazónico'' (Andean-Amazonic New Year)) is an Aymara celebration in Bolivia, Chile and the ...

, an Andean-Amazonic New Year ( Aymara)

Saturday between June 20–25

* Finnish Flag Day *

Juhannus Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer usually held at a date around the summer solstice. It has pagan pre-Christian roots in Europe. The undivided Christian Church designated June 24 as the feast day of the early Christian mar ...

( Finland)

Saturday nearest

Pixie Day Pixie Day is a tradition that takes place in Ottery St. Mary, England, annually on the Saturday nearest Mid-Summer's Day in June. Dating from 1954, and based on a pamphlet written by R. F. Delderfield for the 500th anniversary of the installatio ...

(

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, England)

Third Sunday

* Father's Day ( Afghanistan, Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile,

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, Costa Rica, Cuba,

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, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan,

, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait,

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, Macau, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, People's Republic of China, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe)

= Monday Nearest to June 24

= * Discovery Day ( Newfoundland and Labrador)

= Last Thursday

= * National Bomb Pop Day ( United States)

Friday following Third Sunday

Take Your Dog to Work Day Take Your Dog to Work Day (TYDTWDay) was created by Pet Sitters International and first celebrated in 1999. PSI created the day to encourage businesses to allow dogs in the workplace for one Friday each year to celebrate dogs as companions and pr ...

( United Kingdom, United States)

= Last Saturday

= * Armed Forces Day (United Kingdom) * Inventors' and Rationalizers' Day ( Russia) *

Veterans' Day (Netherlands) Veteranendag (Veterans' Day) is the Netherlands' annual day of remembrance for the country's servicemen. Since 2005 it has been organized on the birthday of the late Prince Bernhard.Jolande Withuis, Annet Mooij -The Politics of War Trauma: The Af ...

= Last Sunday

= * Father's Day (

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) * Log Cabin Day ( Michigan, United States) * Mother's Day ( Kenya)

Fixed Gregorian observances

* May 15 – June 15 Tourette Syndrome awareness month. * May 25 – June 25 Bicycle Month ( Canada) *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– June 3 National Reconciliation Week (

) * May 28 – Flag Day ( Philippines) (Display of the flag in all places until June 12 is encouraged) * May 31 – June 1 Gawai Dayak ( Dayaks in Sarawak, Malaysia and West Kalimantan, Indonesia) * June 1 ** Children's Day ( International), and its related observances: ***

Global Day of Parents Parents' Day is observed in South Korea on May 8 and in the United States (fourth Sunday of July). The South Korean designation was established in 1973, replacing the Mother's Day previously marked on May 8, and includes public and private celeb ...

*** The Day of Protection of Children Rights ( Armenia) *** Mothers' and Children's Day ( Mongolia) **

Fei Fei Day Lydia Shum Din-ha or Lydia Tin Ha Sum (; 21 July 1945 – 19 February 2008) was a Hong Kong comedian, MC, actress and singer. Known for her portly figure, signature dark rimmed glasses and bouffant hairstyle, she was affectionately known to pee ...

( Vancouver) **

Independence Day (Samoa) Public holidays in Samoa are defined in the ''Public Holidays Act 2008'': In addition to holidays with fixed dates, polling day and the day before polling day is a public holiday in any year when an election is held. In addition, the ''O le Ao o ...

** Madaraka Day ( Kenya) **

National Maritime Day (Mexico) In Mexico there are three major kinds of public holidays: * Statutory holiday: Holidays observed all around Mexico. Employees are entitled to a day off with regular pay and schools (public and private) are closed for the day. * Civic holiday: T ...

** National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia) **

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( Indonesia) **

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** Victory Day ( Tunisia) ** World Milk Day * June 2 ** Children's Day ( North Korea) **

Civil Aviation Day There are several public holidays in Azerbaijan. Public holidays were regulated in the constitution of the Azerbaijan SSR for the first time on 19 May 1921. They are now regulated by the Constitution of Azerbaijan. Holidays Main holidays Othe ...

( Azerbaijan) ** Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck ( Bhutan) **

Day of Hristo Botev Hristo Botev ( bg, Христо Ботев, ), born Hristo Botyov Petkov (Христо Ботьов Петков; – ), was a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet. Botev is considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and nationa ...

( Bulgaria) **

Decoration Day (Canada) Decoration Day is a Canadian holiday that recognizes veterans of military history of Canada, Canada's military. The holiday has mostly been eclipsed by the similar Remembrance Day. Decoration Day began on 2 June 1890. Originally, the celebrati ...

** Festa della Repubblica ( Italy) **

International Whores' Day International Whores’ Day or International Sex Workers’ Day is observed annually on June 2 of each year, honours sex workers and recognises their often exploited working conditions. The event commemorates the occupation of Église Saint-Niz ...

** National Rocky Road Day ( United States) ** National Rotisserie Chicken Day ( United States) ** Social Forestry Day ( Bhutan) * June 3 ** Confederate Memorial Day ( Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee, United States) ** Economist day ( Buenos Aires, Argentina) **

Mabo Day Mabo Day is a commemorative day that occurs annually on 3 June. It is an official holiday in the Torres Shire, and occurs during National Reconciliation Week in Australia. CC-BY icon Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

) **

Martyr's Day Martyrs' Day is an annual day observed by nations to salute the martyrdom of soldiers who lost their lives defending the sovereignty of the nation. The actual date may vary from one country to another. Here is a list of countries and Martyrs' Days. ...

( Uganda) ** National Chocolate Macaroon Day ( United States) ** National Egg Day ( United States) **

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( Taiwan) ** World Clubfoot Day * June 4 ** Armed Forces Day/ Birthday of Marshal of Finland Gustaf Mannerheim ( Finland) **

Emancipation Day Emancipation Day is observed in many former European colonies in the Caribbean and areas of the United States on various dates to commemorate the emancipation of slaves of African descent. On August 1, 1985, Trinidad and Tobago became the fir ...

Independence Day An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Man ...

( Tonga) **

Flag Day (Estonia) All official holidays in Estonia are established by acts of Parliament of Estonia, Parliament. Public holidays The following are holidays that mean days off: National holidays The following holidays do not give a day off: References Publi ...

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is a United Nations observance held on June 4 every year. It was established on 19 August 1982. Originally focused on victims of the 1982 Lebanon War, its purpose expanded to "acknowled ...

** National Cheese Day ( United States) ** National Cognac Day ( United States) ** National Unity Day (Hungary) ** Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day ( International) *

June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...

** Arbor Day ( New Zealand) ** Constitution Day (Denmark) ** Constitution Day (

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) ** Day of Reclamation ( Azerbaijan) ** Father's Day ( Denmark) **

Indian Arrival Day (Suriname) Indian Arrival Day is a holiday celebrated on various days in the nations of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa, and Mauritius, commemorating the arrival of people from the Indian subcontinent to their respective nations as indentured labours bro ...

Liberation Day (Seychelles) This is a list of public holidays in Seychelles. *January 1: New Year's Day *January 2: New Year Holiday *Variable (March or April): Good Friday *Variable (March or April): Holy Saturday *Variable (March or April): Easter Monday *May 1: Labour Da ...

** National Gingerbread Day ( United States) ** National Moonshine Day ( United States) ** President's Day (

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

) ** Teachers' Day ( Romania) ** World Environment Day *

June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...

** Anniversary of the Normandy Landings ** Argentina's Engineering Day ** Engineer's Day (Taiwan) **

Memorial Day (South Korea) Memorial Day or Hyunchungil () is a South Korean public holiday on the sixth day of June by article 2, subparagraph 8. of 'Regulations On Holidays Of Government Offices' that commemorates all the Koreans who have contributed or died while servin ...

** Korean Children's Union Foundation Day ( North Korea) ** National Applesauce Day ( United States) ** National Day of Sweden (Sweden) ** Queensland Day ( Queensland) ** Teachers' Day (Bolivia) **

UN Russian Language Day __NOTOC__ UN Russian Language Day () is observed annually on June 6. The event was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010. UN Russian Language Day coincides with the birthday of Alexan ...

( United Nations) * June 7 ** Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia) ** Battle of Arica Day ( Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile) ** Birthday of Prince Joachim (Denmark) ** Chocolate Ice Cream Day ( United States) ** Commemoration Day of St John the Forerunner ( Armenian Apostolic Church) ** Flag Day (Peru) **

Journalist Day The following are considered holidays in Taiwan. Some are official holidays, some are not: Table of Taiwan holidays Public holidays Unofficial holidays The following holidays are also observed on Taiwan, but are not official holidays obser ...

(Argentina) **

( Roman Empire) ** Sette Giugno (Malta) **

Union Dissolution Day The Union Dissolution Day, observed in Norway on 7 June (though not a public holiday), is marked in remembrance of the Norwegian parliament's 1905 declaration of dissolution of the union with Sweden, a personal union which had existed since 181 ...

(Norway) * June 8 **

Bounty Day Bounty Day is a holiday on both Pitcairn Island, destination of the ''Bounty'' mutineers, and on Norfolk Island. It is celebrated on 23 January on Pitcairn, and on 8 June on Norfolk Island, the day that the descendants of the mutineers arrived on ...

(

) ** Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day ** Engineer's Day (Peru) **

Primož Trubar Day Primož is a male given name, the South Slavic (primarily Slovenian) form of the Latin " Primus", meaning "first" or "best". Sequential birth-order numerical names were a Roman custom; a male firstborn might be named ''Primus'', a third-born terti ...

(Slovenia) **

World Brain Tumor Day The (German Brain Tumor Association) is a non-profit organisation based in Leipzig which provides information and support to brain tumor patients. Since its founding in 1998 more than 500 members from fourteen nations have been registered. The as ...

( international) ** World Oceans Day ( international) * June 9 **

Anniversary of the Accession of King Abdullah II Public holidays in Jordan. Note: Holidays in Jordan are often flexible. It is common for the government to change the day which a holiday is supposed to be celebrated on to another day — usually to prolong weekend. References {{Asia topic, ...

( Jordan) **

Autonomy Day In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ow ...

( Åland) **

La Rioja Day Public holidays celebrated in Spain include a mix of religious (Roman Catholic), national and regional observances. Each municipality is allowed to have a maximum of 14 public holidays per year; a maximum of nine of these are chosen by the nationa ...

( La Rioja) **

Murcia Day Public holidays celebrated in Spain include a mix of religious (Roman Catholic), national and regional observances. Each municipality is allowed to have a maximum of 14 public holidays per year; a maximum of nine of these are chosen by the nationa ...

( Murcia) ** National Heroes' Day (Uganda) * June 10 ** Abolition Day ( French Guiana) ** Army Day ( Jordan) ** National Iced Tea Day ( United States) **

Navy Day (Italy) Several nations observe or have observed a Navy Day to recognize their navy. By country Argentina The Argentine Navy day is celebrated on May 17, anniversary of the victory achieved in 1814 in the action of 14 May 1814, Battle of Montev ...

** Portugal Day (Portugal) ** Reconciliation Day (Republic of the Congo) * June 11 ** American Evacuation Day (Libya) ** Birthday of Prince Henrik (Denmark) ** Brazilian Navy commemorative day **

Davis Day Davis Day, also known as Miners' Memorial Day (and since November 25, 2008, officially as William Davis Miners' Memorial Day) is an annual day of remembrance observed on June 11 in coal mining communities in Nova Scotia, Canada to recognize all min ...

( Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada) ** Kamehameha Day ( Hawaii, United States) ** National Corn on the Cob Day ( United States) ** National German Chocolate Cake Day ( United States) ** Student Day (Honduras) * June 12 ** Chaco Armistice Day (Paraguay) **''

Dia dos Namorados Dia dos Namorados (, ''Lovers' Day'') is a special date celebrated on June 12 in Brazil. The date is celebrated with gifts, romantic activities, decorations and festivities. The date is June 12 since it is close to Saint Anthony's Day on June ...

'' (Brazil) **

Helsinki Day Helsinki Day () is an annual celebration in Finland, held on 12 June, to celebrate the city of Helsinki. The number of attendees in the events on the day exceeds one hundred thousand. On the day, the Helsinki Medal is awarded to noteworthy citize ...

(Finland) ** June 12 Commemoration ( Lagos State) ** Loving Day (United States) **

(Philippines),

Philippine Independence Day Independence Day ( fil, Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as ''Araw ng Kalayaan'', "Day of Freedom") is an annual national holiday in the Philippines observed on June 12, commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 18 ...

** National Peanut Butter Cookie Day ( United States) ** Russia Day (Russia) ** World Day Against Child Labour ( international) * June 13 **

Inventors' Day Inventors' Day is a day of the year set aside by a country to recognise the contributions of inventors. Not all countries recognise Inventors' Day. Those countries which do recognise an Inventors' Day do so with varying degrees of emphasis and on ...

( Hungary) **

Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day This is a list of public holidays in Iraq. Other important dates These are working days at the KRG Council of Ministers, and businesses are open. Special events take place around the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to mark these dates. *10 February: Ku ...

( Iraqi Kurdistan) * June 14 **Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances: ***

Mourning and Commemoration Day All official holidays in Estonia are established by acts of Parliament of Estonia, Parliament. Public holidays The following are holidays that mean days off: National holidays The following holidays do not give a day off: References Publi ...

or ''Leinapäev'' ( Estonia) ***

Mourning and Hope Day All official holidays in Lithuania are established by acts of Seimas The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas), or simply the Seimas (), is the unicameral parliament of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the ...

(Lithuania) **

Day of Memory for Repressed People The following is a list of public holidays in Armenia. Legal holidays and remembrance days Non-working legal holidays and remembrance days Per Armenian law, 12 days are declared as non-working days. Non-working days include: Other legal ...

(Armenia) ** Flag Day (United States) **

Freedom Day (Malawi) This is a list of public holidays in Malawi. Where the relevant event falls on a non-working day, the holiday is on the next working day. References Events in Malawi Lists of public holidays by country, Malawi {{Malawi-stub ...

** Liberation Day ( Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) ** World Blood Donor Day ( international) * June 15 ** Arbor Day (Costa Rica) ** Cagayan de Oro Charter Day (

Cagayan de Oro City Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering ...

) ** Day of Valdemar and Reunion day ( Flag Day) (Denmark) ** Engineer's Day (Italy) ** Global Wind Day ( international) ** Mangaia Gospel Day ( Mangaia, Cook Islands) ** National Lobster Day ( United States) ** National Salvation Day (Azerbaijan) ** Statehood Day ( Arkansas, United States) * June 16 ** Bloomsday ( Dublin, Ireland) ** Engineer's Day (Argentina) **

International Day of the African Child The Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the OAU Organisation of African Unity. It honors those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day. It also raises a ...

** Anniversary of Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev ( Sikhism) ** National Fudge Day ( United States) **

Sussex Day Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English C ...

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Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

) ** Youth Day (South Africa) * June 17 **

Bunker Hill Day The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in ...

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Suffolk County, Massachusetts Suffolk County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 797,936, making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. The county comprises the cities of Boston, Chel ...

, United States) ** Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala) ** Icelandic National Day ** National Eat Your Vegetables Day ( United States) **

Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day ( lv, Latvijas Republikas okupācijas diena) is an official day of remembrance in Latvia and is observed on June 17. It commemorates the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940. Overview On June 17, 1940 Soviet t ...

(Latvia) ** World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought ( International) * June 18 ** Autistic Pride Day ** Human Rights Day ( Azerbaijan) **

Foundation Day (Benguet) Public holidays in the Philippines are of two types, regular holidays and special non-working days. History On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. Chapter 7 of this code specified a ...

Human Rights Day (Azerbaijan) There are several public holidays in Azerbaijan. Public holidays were regulated in the constitution of the Azerbaijan SSR for the first time on 19 May 1921. They are now regulated by the Constitution of Azerbaijan. Holidays Main holidays Other ...

** International Sushi Day **

National Day (Seychelles) This is a list of public holidays in Seychelles. *January 1: New Year's Day *January 2: New Year Holiday *Variable (March or April): Good Friday *Variable (March or April): Holy Saturday *Variable (March or April): Easter Monday *May 1: Labou ...

Queen Mother's Birthday (Cambodia) Cambodia has numerous public holidays, including memorial holidays and religious holidays of Buddhist origin. The Khmer traditional calendar, known as ''Chântôkôtĕ'', is a lunisolar calendar although the word itself means lunar calendar. Wh ...

** Waterloo Day (United Kingdom) * June 19 ** Day of the Independent Hungary (Hungary) ** Feast of Forest ( Palawan) ** Juneteenth (United States, especially

African Americans African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

) **

(Trinidad and Tobago) **

Laguna Day Public holidays in the Philippines are of two types, regular holidays and special non-working days. History On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. Chapter 7 of this code specified a l ...

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Laguna Laguna (Italian and Spanish for lagoon) may refer to: People * Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ known as Ookay * Andrés Laguna (1499–1559), Spanish physician, pharmacologist, and botanist * Ana Laguna (born 1955), Spanish-Swedish ballet d ...

) ** Never Again Day (Uruguay) ** Surigao del Norte Day (

Surigao del Norte Surigao del Norte ( Surigaonon: ''Probinsya nan Surigao del Norte''; ceb, Amihanang Surigao; Tagalog: ''Hilagang Surigao''), officially the Province of Surigao del Norte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Caraga region of Mindanao. ...

) ** Surigao del Sur Day ( Surigao del Sur) **

World Sickle Cell Day Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of blood disorders typically inherited from a person's parents. The most common type is known as sickle cell anaemia. It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blo ...

( International) **

World Sauntering Day World Sauntering Day, sometimes also known as International Sauntering Day is celebrated on June 19 every year. The purpose is to remind people to slow down and enjoy life as opposed to rushing through it. History The holiday was created in 1979 ...

June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...

** Day of the National Flag (Argentina) ** Festival in honor of Summanus ( Roman Empire) **

Gas Sector Day There are several public holidays in Azerbaijan. Public holidays were regulated in the constitution of the Azerbaijan SSR for the first time on 19 May 1921. They are now regulated by the Constitution of Azerbaijan. Holidays Main holidays Other ...

(Azerbaijan) ** Martyrs' Day (Eritrea) ** National Ice Cream Soda Day ( United States) ** National Kouign Amann Day ( United States) ** National Vanilla Milkshake Day ( United States) ** West Virginia Day ( West Virginia) ** World Refugee Day ( International) *

June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...

Day of the Martyrs (Togo) Public holidays in Togo are days when workers in the Togolese Republic get the day off work. Holidays Variable dates *2020 ** Easter Monday – April 13 **Ascension Day – May 21 **Korité – May 24 **Whit Monday – June 1 **Tabaski – Ju ...

** Father's Day ( Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, Uganda, United Arab Emirates) ** Go Skateboarding Day ** National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada) ** National Day (Greenland) ** National Peaches 'N' Cream Day ( United States) ** World Humanist Day ( Humanism) ** World Hydrography Day * June 22 ** Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatia) **

Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War National holidays in Belarus are classified into state holidays and other holidays and commemorative days, including religious holidays. Nine of them are non-working days. Public holidays (non-working days) Other holidays State Comme ...

(Belarus) ** Father's Day (

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

, Isle of Man, and Jersey) ** Teachers' Day (El Salvador) *

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...

** Father's Day (Nicaragua, Poland) **

Grand Duke's Official Birthday The Grand Duke's Official Birthday (Luxembourgish: ''Groussherzogsgebuertsdag'', french: Célébration publique de l'anniversaire du souverain), also known as Luxembourgish National Day ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Nationalfeierdag, french: Fête nationale ...

(Luxembourg) **

International Widows Day International Widows Day is a United Nations ratified list of minor secular observances#June, day of action to address the "poverty and injustice faced by millions of widows and their Dependant, dependents in many countries". The day takes place ...

( international) **

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism The National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism is observed in memory of those who lost their lives to acts of terror in Canada and abroad. Taking place every year on June 23, it marks the anniversary of the bombing of Air India Flight 182 ...

(Canada) ** Okinawa Memorial Day ( Okinawa, Japan) ** Saint John's Eve ( Roman Catholic Church, Europe): ***

Bonfires of Saint John The Bonfires of Saint John ( ca, Fogueres de Sant Joan, es, link=no, Hogueras de San Juan, gl, Fogueiras de San Xoán, ast, Fogueres de San Xuán, pt, Fogueiras de São João) are a traditional and popular festival celebrated around the world ...

(Spain) ***First day of Golowan Festival ( Cornwall) *** Jaaniõhtu (Estonia) *** Jāņi (Latvia) ***Last day of

Drăgaica fair Drăgaica is the traditional Midsummer fair held annually in Buzău, Romania. It takes place every year between 10 and 24 June. History The Drăgaica fair was initially a wool trading fair held in the mountain side of the Buzău River valley, eve ...

( Buzău, Romania) *** Festa de São João do Porto (Portugal) ** United Nations Public Service Day ( International) ** Victory Day (Estonia) * June 24 ** Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela) **

Bannockburn Day The Battle of Bannockburn ( gd, Blàr Allt nam Bànag or ) fought on June 23–24, 1314, was a victory of the army of King of Scots Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II of England in the First War of Scottish Independence. It wa ...

(Scotland) ** Day of the Caboclo ( Amazonas, Brazil) **

Saint John's Day In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...

, second day of celebrations. ***

Enyovden Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer usually held at a date around the summer solstice. It has pagan pre-Christian roots in Europe. The undivided Christian Church designated June 24 as the feast day of the early Christian mar ...

(Bulgaria) ***

Jaanipäev or ('Jaan's Day') is the longest celebrated public holiday and one of the most important summer holidays in the Estonian folk calendar. It corresponds to the English Midsummer Day. On (the night of , which is the night before ) Estonians wil ...

(Estonia) *** Jāņi (Latvia) ***

Jónsmessa Jónsmessa (), also known as Midsummer Night, is an Icelandic holiday celebrated on June 24. It is named after John the Baptist. According to Icelandic folklore, cows gain the powers of speech, seals become human, and it is healthy to roll naked in ...

(Iceland) *** Midsummer Day (England) *** Saint Jonas' Festival or ''Joninės'' (Lithuania) *** Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ( Quebec, Canada) *** Sânziene (western

Carpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...

of Romania) ** Youth Day (Ukraine) * June 25 ** Arbor Day (Philippines) **

Independence Day (Mozambique) :This is a list of holidays in Mozambique :This is a list of City-specific holidays in Mozambique

National Catfish Day National Catfish Day is a national observance of the United States celebrating "the value of farm-raised catfish." The day was designated as June 25, 1987, by President Ronald Reagan, who issued the Presidential Proclamation after the U.S. Congre ...

(United States) **

Statehood Day (Croatia) Statehood Day ( hr, Dan državnosti, ) is an annual public holiday and national day celebrated on 30 May in Croatia to celebrate the constitution of the first modern multi-party Croatian Parliament in 1990. As a national day and public holiday, ...

** Statehood Day (Slovenia) **

Statehood Day (Virginia) A state of the United States is one of the 50 constituent entities that shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside, due to the shared sovereign ...

** Teacher's Day (Guatemala) **

World Vitiligo Day The World Vitiligo Day, observed on June 25, is an initiative aimed to build global awareness about vitiligo. Vitiligo occurs in 1-2% of the population worldwide; a loss of color in the skin creating a variety of patterns on the skin from loss of ...

* June 26 **

Army and Navy Day (Azerbaijan) There are several public holidays in Azerbaijan. Public holidays were regulated in the constitution of the Azerbaijan SSR for the first time on 19 May 1921. They are now regulated by the Constitution of Azerbaijan. Holidays Main holidays Othe ...

Flag Day (Romania) The following is a list of public holidays in Romania. According to Romanian law, Romania had 51 public holidays as of 2011, which cover 14% of the days of the year in the country. Official non-working holidays Other working holidays and ob ...

Independence Day (Madagascar) The public holidays in Madagascar are: References Malagasy culture Society of Madagascar Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: Ré ...

** International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking ( International) ** International Day in Support of Victims of Torture ( International) ** National Chocolate Pudding Day ( United States) **

Ratcatcher's Day Ratcatcher's Day, Rat-catcher's Day or Rat Catcher's Day is celebrated on 26 June or 22 July, commemorating the myth of the The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Pied Piper of Hamelin. Overview The town of Hamelin in Germany uses the June date and the te ...

(

Hamelin Hamelin ( ; german: Hameln ) is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont and has a population of roughly 57,000. Hamelin is best known for the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. H ...

, Germany) **

Sunthorn Phu Day Public holidays in Thailand are regulated by the government, and most are observed by both the public and private sectors. There are usually nineteen public holidays in a year, but more may be declared by the cabinet. Other observances, both offic ...

(Thailand) **

World Refrigeration Day World Refrigeration Day is an international day established by the ''World Refrigeration Day Secretariat'' in Derbyshire, England. Held annually on 26 June, it was created to raise awareness about the importance of refrigeration technologies in e ...

( International) * June 27 **

Canadian Multiculturalism Day Multiculturalism in Canada was officially adopted by the government during the 1970s and 1980s. The Canadian federal government has been described as the instigator of multiculturalism as an ideology because of its public emphasis on the social im ...

(Canada) **

Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art Public Holidays in Turkmenistan are laid out in the Constitution of Turkmenistan, It acts as a list of nationally recognized public holidays in the country. Main public holidays * New Year's Day (January 1) * International Women's Day (March 8) ...

(Turkmenistan) ** Helen Keller Day (United States) **

(Djibouti) ** Mixed Race Day (Brazil) ** National HIV Testing Day (United States) ** PTSD Awareness Day (United States) **

Seven Sleepers Day Seven Sleepers' Day (german: Siebenschläfertag) on June 27 is a feast day commemorating the legend of the Seven Sleepers as well as one of the best-known bits of traditional weather lore (expressed as a proverb) remaining in German-speaking Europ ...

or ''Siebenschläfertag'' (Germany) ** Unity Day (Tajikistan) *

June 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. * 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. * 1461 – ...

Carolina Day The following are minor or locally celebrated holidays related to the American Revolution. A Great Jubilee Day A Great Jubilee Day, first organized May 26, 1783 in North Stratford, now Trumbull, Connecticut, celebrated end of major fighting in th ...

( South Carolina, United States) **

Constitution Day (Ukraine) Constitution Day ( uk, День Конституції) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian public holiday celebrated on 28 June since 1996.Family Day (Vietnam) Family Day is a public holiday in the countries of Angola, Israel, South Africa, Uruguay, Vanuatu, and Vietnam; in the Australian Capital Territory; in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and soon New Brunswic ...

** National Ceviche Day ( United States) ** National Tapioca Day ( United States) ** Poznań Remembrance Day (Poland) ** Soviet Occupation Day, Moldova ** Stonewall Riots Anniversary (United States) ** Tau Day ** Vidovdan ( Eastern Orthodox Church) * June 29 ** Feast of Saints Peter and Paul ***

Haro Wine Festival The Haro Wine Festival is a summer festival in the town of Haro, La Rioja, Haro, La Rioja, Spain. It features a Batalla de Vino (Battle of Wine) and youth bullfights. It is considered a “Festival of International Tourist Interest” and, the ...

( Haro, La Rioja, Spain) ** Engineer's Day (Ecuador) **

Fallen Soldiers' and Missing in Action Memorial Day Fallen may refer to: People * Carl Fredrik Fallén (1764–1830), Swedish botanist and entomologist * Gabriel Toledo (born 1991), known as FalleN, Brazilian ''Counter-Strike'' player Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Fallen ( ...

() **

Independence Day (Seychelles) This is a list of public holidays in Seychelles. *January 1: New Year's Day *January 2: New Year Holiday *Variable (March or April): Good Friday *Variable (March or April): Holy Saturday *Variable (March or April): Easter Monday *May 1: Labour Da ...

* June 30 **

Armed Forces Day (Guatemala) This is a list of public holidays in Guatemala. Public holidays The Guatemalan Labor Code recognizes the following dates as public holidays with paid leave (unless marked as "Bank holiday"): Dates of variable holidays *2020 **April 9–11 – ...

General Prayer Day (Central African Republic) This is a list of public holidays in the Central African Republic Public holidays References Society of the Central African Republic Central African Republic culture Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; ...

Independence Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo) This is a list of holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Public holidays References {{Africa_in_topic, Public holidays in Congo (Dem) Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo culture H ...

Navy Day (Israel) In Israel, Navy Day (יום חיל הים) is celebrated on June 30. At this time in 1948 the Port of Haifa was captured by Israel during the 1947–1949 Palestine war. Traditionally, Navy Day is preceded by Memorial Evening. In 1993 Admiral Ami ...

Philippine–Spanish Friendship Day Philippine–Spanish Friendship Day ( es, Día de la Amistad Hispano-Filipina fil, Araw ng Pagkakaibigang Pilipino-Espanyol) celebrates the strong links between the Republic of the Philippines and the Kingdom of Spain every June 30. It commemorat ...

(Philippines) ** Revolution Day (Sudan)

June symbols

June's birthstones are pearl,

alexandrite The mineral or gemstone chrysoberyl is an aluminate of beryllium with the formula Be Al2 O4. The name chrysoberyl is derived from the Greek words χρυσός ''chrysos'' and βήρυλλος ''beryllos'', meaning "a gold-white spar". Despite ...

and moonstone. * Rose Gaujard in NHRG

The birth flowers are rose and honeysuckle. *The zodiac signs for the month of June are Gemini (until June 20) and Cancer (from June 21 onwards). Both of these dates are for United States Eastern Daylight Time. For the world UT/GMT the dates are 19–20.The Earth passed the junction of the signs at 21:43 UT/GMT June 20, 2020, and will pass it again at 03:32 UT/GMT June 21, 2021.. Signs in UT/GMT for 1950–2030.

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