You can celebrate anything. It's fun to pick something
special, make family assignments, learn as much as you can about the topic, and have fun. When your celebration
is a success, then you can celebrate celebrating.
►►June 1:
Today is Don't Give Up the Ship Day.
Today is National Leave the Office Earlier Day.
June is
Let's Get Married Month. Or,
at least, it used to be back in teh 1400s and 1500s when May was the month
everybody took an annual bath, and everybody smelled better in June.
Today is Pen Pal Day.
Today is CNN Day. TV's first all news service
debuted on this date in 1980, the Cable News Network..
Today is National Tailors Day.
Today is National Hazelnut Cake Day.
Today is Women and Children Day in Mongolia and Children's Day in
China.
Black Single
Parents Week begins today.
June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month,
Accordion Awareness Month, Candy Month, Children's
Awareness Month, Dairy Month, No-Dairy Month, Fireworks Safety Month,
International Men's Month, Turkey Lovers' Month, National Candy Month,
National Iced Tea Month, Soul Food Month, Potty
Training Awareness Month, National Rose Month, National Soul Food Month, and
National Turkey Lovers Month..
►►June 2:
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Today is Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras In North America Day. Tom and Ruth Roy of
Lebanon, Pennsylvania (wellcat.com) believe cobras can be kept out of North America if
everyone north of Panama goes outside today at noon and yells "Fudge!" Fudge,
they say, makes cobras gag and skeedaddle.
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Today is National Leave the Office the Office Earlier Day, a day for pros to
work harder, finish quicker, and get home early to spend more time with
their families.
• Today is I Love My Dentist Day.
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Today is National Bubba Day, sponsored by comedian T. Bubba Bechtol, whose favorite food
is bubbacue (tbubba.com).
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Today is National Rocky Road Day.
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Today is National Dinosaur Day.
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Today is Republic Day in Italy and Coronation Day in
Bhutan.
►►June 3:
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Today is Children Awareness Memorial Day, a day
to remember all of America's children who died from violence.
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Pet Appreciation Week begins today.
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Today is Chimborazo Day, the day each year when
Robert L. Birch of Falls Church, Virginia, explains why the
Mississippi River flows uphill.
He's right,
of course.
• Today is Love Conquers
All Day.
• Today is Tattoo Day.
• Today is National Chocolate Macaroon Day.
• Today is Pull Your Pants Up Day, a day for
hip hop fans to see if they can keep their pants up for 24 continuous hours and enjoy
having two free hands for a change.
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Today is Dr. Charles Drew Day, marking the birth of the physician who
developed a system for storing blood plasma and organized the first blood bank in New York
during World War II. He could not donate blood because he was black.
• Today is Jimmy Nichol Day, marking this date
in 1964 when Jimmy became a substitute Beatle on tour for ten days while Ringo Starr was
hospitalized.
►►June 4:
Today is International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression,
sponsored by the United Nations, and Children's Awareness Memorial Day, a
day to remember America's children who have died from violence.
Today is National Tailors Day.
Today is Frost Your Hair Day, a day for people who have never
frosted their hair either to do it or to proclaim yourself a hair chicken.
Today is International Day of Innocent Children Victims of
Aggression, sponsored by the United Nations, and Children's Awareness
Memorial Day, a day to remember America's children who have died from
violence.
Today is Flag Day in
Finland, Revolution Day in
Ghana, and Independence
Day in
Tonga.
Today is Frost Your Hair Day, a day for people who have never
frosted their hair either to do it or to proclaim yourself a hair chicken.
Today is National Frozen Yogurt Day.
Today is
National Cheese Day.
►►June 5:
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Today is National Gingerbread Day.
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Today is World Environment Day, sponsored by the UN.
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Today is National Shut Up Day, a day to give quiet people a chance to talk.
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Today is Constitution Day in Denmark.
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Today is Family Yahtzee Day. Play at least one
game.
►►June 6:
Today is National Applesauce Cake Day.
Today is National Yo-Yo Day, marking
the birthdate of businessman Donald F. Duncan Sr., who manufactured
the popular "Duncan Yo-Yo" in the early 1900s.
Today is the anniversary of D-Day. In 1944, before
dawn, 2,727 ships of every description converged on Normandy, carrying
2-million tons of war materials, including tanks, armored cars, trucks,
jeeps and half-tracks and 155,000 fighting men the first day.
Today is Helicopter Day. The first helicopter was tested in Berlin
on this day in 1936.
Today is National Gardening Exercise Day.
Today is Memorial Day in South Korea, National Cow Day in Norway,
and Flag Day in Sweden.
►►June 7:
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Today is Betamax Day, marking Sony’s introduction of the first videocassette recorder
on this date in 1975. It sold for $995 and eventually disappeared as consumers preferred
VHS-format VCRs, introduced later.
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Today is International Clothes Line Week, a time to save energy by drying
clothes outdoors.
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Today is Plymouth Day, the day the first Plymouth rolled off the assembly
line in 1928.
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Today is National Trails Day, a day to celebrate our national trails and the
volunteers who maintain them.
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Chief Seattle Day. The Lutheran Church commemorates Chief Seattle of the Duwamish, who was
famous for his environmental statement that said the land belongs to no one and everyone.
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It’s National Chocolate Ice Cream Day.
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Today is Accordion Lovers Day.
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Today is Boone Day in Kentucky. On this day in 1769, Daniel Boone began exploring what
would become the Bluegrass state.
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Today is Trial Technology Day.
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The annual Horseradish Festival begins today in Collinsville, Illinois.
Highlighted are the Horseradish Races, with race cars made from horseradish
roots.
►►June 8:
• Today is National Best
Friends Day.
• Take a Kid Fishing Weekend begins today
in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Today is Snidely Whiplash Imitation Day, a day to see who can do the best impression of
Dudley Do-Right’s arch enemy.
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Today is
Youth
World Day of Prayer,
as the world's youth pray for the July 15-20
World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia,
and other needs.
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Today is National Jelly Doughnut Day.
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Today is the Queen of England's official birthday with the traditional
celebration at London's Horse Guards.
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Today is National Taco Day.
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Today is Abused Women and Children's Awareness Day.
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Today is Upsy Daisy Day, a day to remind people to get up gratefully and
gleefully each morning (sponsored by Stephanie West Allen of Denver).
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Today is Name Your Poison Day.
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Today is National Shoo Fly Day.
►►June 9:
Today is Donald Duck Day, marking the cartoon ducks debut on this
day in 1934 as a bit player in the Walt Disney cartoon "The Little Wise
Hen."
Today is National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day.
Today is
National Cuddle Up Day.
Today is Profess Your Love Day.
Today is
Purple People Eater Day. Sheb Wooley's novelty song reached #1 in the
U.S. on this day in 1958.
►►June 10:
Today is AA Day, marking the founding of Alcoholics
Anonymous on this date in 1935 when Dr. Robert Smith stayed sober for 24
hours.
Today is Americus Callahan Day, marking this date in 1902 when the
Chicago inventor patented the window envelope.
Today is National Iced Tea Day.
Today is Race Unity Day.
Today is Write Your Father Day.
Today is National Black Cow Day.
Today is Army Day in Jordan.
►►June 11:
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Today is National Feed the Ducks Day. (Pigeons don't count).
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Today is National German Chocolate Cake Day.
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Ice Cream Days begin today in Le Mars, Iowa, the "Ice Cream Capital of the
World," and home of Wells's Blue Bunny.
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Today is American Idol Day. The TV show debuted on Fox on this date in 2002.
First American Idol was Kelly Clarkson.
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Today is King Kamehameha 1 Day in Hawaii.
►►June 12:
Today is National Peanut Butter Cookie Day.
Today is National Nursing Assistants Day.
Today is Independence Day in Russia, celebrating the election of
1991, the first popular election in Russia's 1,000-year history.
Today is Crowded Nest Awareness Day, to focus attention on adult
children returning home for either financial or emotional reasons (crowdednestsyndrome.com).
Today is Independence Day in the Philippines.
Today is National Buy Yourself a Toy Day.
The annual Superman Celebration begins today in
Metropolis, Illinois.
►►June 13:
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Today is National Open a Window Day, to let in the sounds and smells of spring before it's
too late.
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Today is Blame Someone Else Day, always on the first Friday the 13th of the
year.
Friday the
13th Fun
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Today is Work @ Home Father's Day, always the Friday before Father's Day..
Father's
Day Fun -
Father's Day Fun-Liners
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Today is Creating with Your Heart Day, a way to honor the values in your
heart with action.
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Today is National Lobster Day.
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Today is Kitchen Klutzes of America Day, honoring those who are dangerous in the kitchen.
Today is Roller Coaster Day, marking the operation of history's
first roller coaster on this date in 1884 at Brooklyn's Coney Island in New
York. Builder LaMarcus Thompson called his coaster the "Gravity Pleasure
Switchback Railway." The 5-cent, 6-mile-an-hour ride was a sensation.
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Today is Leisurely Stroll Appreciation Day.
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Today is Google Old Friends and See Who You Can Find Day.
►►June 14:
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Today is Flag Day in the U.S., marking adoption of the Stars & Stripes on June 14,
1777. At 7:00 p.m., all Americans are invited to "Pause for the Pledge" as
those who attend national ceremonies at Fort McHenry National Monument
pledge allegiance to the flag.
Flag
Day Foolishness
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Today is Army Day, marking creation of the U.S. Army, the first military
service, by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775.
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Today is Family History Day, time to share recollections with other family
members.
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Today is World
Juggling Day.
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Today is National Strawberry Shortcake Day.
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Today is National Pop Goes the Weasel Day.
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Today is Freedom Day in Malawi.
►►June 15:
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Today is Hee Haw Day, marking the debut of the TV show on June 15, 1969. Critics hated the
show, so it lasted 20 years.
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Today is
Father's Day in the U.S. and in Britain.
Father's
Day Fun
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Today is
Husband Caregiver Day.
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Today is National Go Fly A Kite Day.
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Today is Nature Photography Day.
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Today is Smile Power Day.
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Today is Native American Citizenship Day. Congress passed legislation recognizing the
citizenship of Native Americans on June 15, 1924.
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Today is National Sneak a Kiss Day.
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Today is A Friend In Need Is a Friend Indeed Day.
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Today is Arkansas Day. Arkansas became the 25th U.S. state on this date in 1836.
►►June 16:
Today is Psycho Day, marking the premier of the classic movie "Psycho" on this date
in 1960 (See
the original Alfred Hitchcock trailer).
Today is National Fudge Day.
Meet a Mate Week begins today. Travel, sports
events, volunteer activities, all great ways to meet new people in summer..
Today is Ladies Day, marking the first time ladies were admitted free to a major-league
baseball game on this date in 1883. Their hosts were the New York Giants.
Today is Vinegar Day.
Today is Horsey Parents Day, a time to honor parents who play horsey - again and again and
again.
Today is Youth Day in South Africa.
►►June 17:
Today is National Apple Streudel Day.
Today is Bunker Hill Day.
Today is National Eat All Your Vegetables Day.
Today is Husband Caregiver Day.
Today is Watergate Day (see 1972 below)
Today is National Children's Day in Indonesia.
Today is Vice Presidents Remembrance Day, a day to see how many
Vice Presidents you can remember.
Today is Independence Day in
Iceland.
►►June 18:
Today is Wild Den Dancing Day, a day to play all your favorite old songs and dance wildly
in the family room while your children roll their eyes.
Today is National Splurge Day, a day to have fun.
Today is National Cherry Tart Day.
Today is Constitution Day in Seychelles, a nation of 79,000 people on 86 islands in the
Indian Ocean.
►►June 19:
Today
is Butterfly
Day.
Today is Recess at
Work Day. Employees should spend some time today outside playing (recessatworkday.com).
Tonight is Spooky
Stories Appreciation Night.
Today is
Emancipation Day in Texas, also called
Juneteenth.
Today is World
Sauntering Day, a day to discourage jogging,
lollygagging, sashaying, fast walking, and
trotting.
Today is National
Marshmallow Munching Day.
Today is Artigas
Day in Uruguay, marking the birth in 1764 of
General Jose Gervasio Artigas, the father of
Uruguayan independence.
►►June 20:
Today is Jaws Day,
marking release of the popular film on this date in 1975. Don't go in the
water!
• Today is Take Your
Dog to Work Day (petsit.com)..
Today is the first day of summer or winter, depending on which
hemisphere you're in. In the northern hemisphere summer begins
at 7:59 p.m. EDT. Winter begins in the southern hemisphere.
Its National
Vanilla Milkshake Day, sometimes called Ice
Cream Soda Day.
Today is Woman Runs
the House Day, marking this date in 1921 when
Alice Robertson of Oklahoma became the first
woman to preside over the U.S. House of
Representatives. She presided for 30 minutes.
Today is National
Write a Love Letter Day.
Today is Audie
Murphy Day, marking his birth in 1924. Audie
Leon Murphy, son of poor Texas sharecroppers,
rose to national fame as America's most
decorated hero of World War II. Among his 33
awards and decorations was the Medal of Honor.
He also starred in 49 films, including the
autobiographical "To Hell and Back" (See a clip) in 1955.
The Audie Murphy Museum is in Greenville, Texas,
down the road from his boyhood home near
Farmersville.
Today is West Virginia Day. It became
the 35th U.S. state on this date in 1863.
Today is Flag Day in
Argentina.
Today is World
Refugee Day, sponsored by the United Nations.
►►June 21:
• Today is Stock Up on Antiperspirant Day.
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Today is Baby Boomers Recognition Day.
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Today is National Aimless Wandering Day.
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It’s National Peaches and Cream Day.
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Today is Cuckoo Warning Day. It will be a wet summer if the cuckoo is heard today.
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The annual Midnight Sun Baseball Game starts tonight at 10:35 p.m. in Fairbanks, Alaska,
and will be played without artificial lights.
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[Note Nature: Today is Pee on
Earth Day, a day to reduce toilet-flushing water and divert nitrogen from
the waste stream. The observance started as Pee Outside Day in Stigomta,
Sweden, where thousands of gallons of water are saved each year.]
►►June 22:
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Today is Stupid Guy Thing Day, a day for women to make a list of stupid guy things and
pass it on (sponsored by Thomas & Ruth Roy of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, wellcat.com).
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Today is
America's Kids Day.
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Today is Soap Microphone Day, a day to shower while singing into the soap.
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Today is National
Chocolate Eclair Day.
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Today is Schoolteacher's Day in El Salvador.
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Today is National Listen to a Child Day.
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Today is Antifascist Struggle Day in Croatia. a anation of 4.5 million peple
onthe Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Just over 69,000 people live
in the capital city of Zagreb.
►►June 23:
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Today is Alice’s Ribs Day, marking this date in 1987 when singer Alice Cooper fell
off a stage in Vancouver and broke six ribs.
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Today is Public Service Day, sponsored by the
United Nations.
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Today is Poop Out Early Day, a day to fake complete exhaustion to leave early. (Warning:
Not all early pooper-outers succeed; your pooping may vary).
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Today is National Pecan Sandy Day.
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Today is National Pink Day.
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Today is Let It Go Day. Whatever is bugging you, let it go (wellcat.com).
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Today is National Pizzazz Day. Add a little pizzazz to your life today.
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Today is
Discovery Day in Newfoundland.
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Today is Victory Day in Estonia, marking the nation's 1919 victory against
Germany.
►►June 24:
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Today is
National Columnists Day, a day to celebrate newspaper columnists.
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Today is Descendants Day and Log Cabin Day.
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Today is National Creamy Pralines Day.
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Today is National Swing a Kid Day.
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Today is St. Jean-Baptiste Day, a public holiday in Quebec,
celebrating the birth of St. John the Baptist.
►►June 25:
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Today is National Fried Okra Day.
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Today is Sense of Humor in Bed Appreciation Day.
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Today is Little Bighorn Day. The Sioux army, led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull,
wiped out Lt. Col. George Custer’s U.S. forces on this date in 1876 at the Little
Bighorn River in Montana. (See
Little Bighorn
Stuff)
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Today is Log Cabin Day.
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Today is Independence Day in Mozambique, Slovenia,
Croatia, and Bhutan.
►►June 26:
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Today is Guiding Light Day, marking the show's move from radio to television
on this date in 1952, making it the longest lasting daytime show and the
longest lasting series on TV.
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Today is Abner Doubleday Day, marking the birth of the American soldier on this date in
1819. Though one study credits Doubleday as the inventor of baseball, some historians
believe the game evolved from a similar one played by native Americans.
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Today is National Columnist's Day.
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Today is National Chocolate Pudding Day.
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Today is National Orange Blossom Day.
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Today is Bar Code Day. The first supermarket bar code was swiped on a pack of Wrigley's
Doublemint Gum on June 26, 1974, in Troy, Ohio.
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Today is Independence Day in Madagascar.
►►June 27:
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Today is National Lemonade Day. Also a great day for lemonade cake and lemonade pie, not
to mention lemonade sherbet.
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Today is National Sunglasses Day.
• Today is
National HIV Testing Day (napwa.org/hivtestinfo/).
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Today is Captain Video Day, marking the TV debut in 1949 of "Captain Video
and His Video Rangers." Richard Coogan starred. Guest villains included Jack
Klugman and Tony Randall.
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Today is Decide to Be Married Day, sponsored by Barbara Gaughen-Muller of Santa Barbara,
California.
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Today is PG-13 Day. The PG-13 movie rating as introduced on this date in 1984.
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Today is Independence Day in Djibouti, a nation of a half million people on the east coast
of Africa.
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The 19h annual
World Championship Rotary Tiller Race and Purple Hull Pea Festival begins
today in Emerson, Arkansas.
►►June 28:
The Great American Backyard
Campout is today, sponsored by the National
Wildlife Federation.
Today is Long Letter Day, a time to stop and write that long letter
to an old friend.
Today is National Try to Find A Pear Sherbet Recipe Day.
Today is National Handshake Day, a day to get a grip and perfect your
handshake.
Tonight is Go See Some Live Theater Night.
Today is National Tapioca Day.
Today is National Go Barefoot Around the House Day.
National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness Week begins today.
►►June 29:
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Today is Peter and Paul Day, commemorating martyrdom of the Apostles. Church tradition
holds that Nero had Peter crucified and Paul beheaded because they refused to stop
preaching the Gospel. Today’s observance began in the 3rd century.
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Today is Remote Control Day, a favorite observance of couch potatoes
everywhere.
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Today is National Almond Butter Crunch Day.
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Today is Elvis Presley Boulevard Day. The City of Memphis voted to name a 12-mile portion
of the street that passes Graceland in honor of Elvis. Street signs
disappeared immediately.
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Today is Waffle Iron Day.
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Today is Independence Day in Seychelles.
►►June 30:
• Today is Please
Take My Children to Work Day, sponsored by
MommaSaid.net.
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Today is NOW Day, marking the founding of the National Organization for Women on this date
in 1966.
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Today is National Ice Cream Soda Day.
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Today is Go For a Stroll Downtown Day.
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Today is Independence Day in The Congo.
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Today is Armed Forces Day in Guatemala.
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Today is Revolution Day in Sudan.
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Happy celebrations! May you find God in each one.