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Jun 22
Holidays 6.22
Holidays
Anti-Fascist Resistance Day (Croatia)
American Radio Relay League Field Day
Auto Race Day
Balloon Duel Day
B Kinder Day
Captain America Conversion Day
Corrective Move Day (Yemen)
Day of Mourning and Commemoration of War Victims (Ukraine)
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
Day of the Farmer (Día del Campesino; Colombia)
Department of Justice Day (US)
Discovery Day (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
Father’s Day (Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey)
Festival of Manifest Destiny
Festival of 1 Lithe (in The Hobbit)
Fixture Release Day (UK)
Flag Day (Finland)
Flaming of the Rose (Armenia)
Hal Day (Angry Birds)
Heroes’ Commemoration Day (Latvia)
Invisible Kegs Day (Scotland)
International Being You Day
International Day of Radiant Peace
International Fangirl Day
International Ragweed Day
Jimi Hendrix Day (Seattle, Washington)
Listen To A Child Day
Midsummer’s Day (Finland, Sweden)
Morat Commemoration Day (a.k.a. Solennität; Switzerland)
National HVAC Tech Day
National Counsellors’ Day (UK)
National Guild Day (Iran)
National Kissing Day
National Kitchen Porter Day (UK)
National Prevent Pet Choking Day
National Thanksgiving Day (Haiti)
No Panty Day
Organic Act Day (Virgin Islands) [original date]
Oscar Peterson Day (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Positive Media Day
Rare Chromo Day
Remembrance Day of Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
Soap Microphone Day
Solmanudor (Iceland)
Speedwell Day (French Republic)
Stupid Guy Thing Day
Summersgiving
Summerween (Gravity Falls)
Teacher’s Day (El Salvador)
Windrush Day (UK)
World Bathing Day
World Camel Day
World Osteopathy Day
World Rainforest Day
World’s Largest Swim Lesson Day
Worldwide VW Beetle Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chocolate Eclair Day
Dairy Queen Day
Hard Core Pub Crawl Day
National Limoncello Day
National Onion Rings Day
National Radler Day
Independence & Related Days
Arkansas (Readmitted to Union; 1868)
Dayane (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]
Salanda (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]
4th Saturday in June
ARRL Field Day [4th Saturday]
Get Into Your Sanctuary Day [4th Saturday]
Global Smurfs Day [Saturday closest to 6.25]
Great American Backyard Campout [4th Saturday]
International Ragweed Day [1st Saturday of Summer]
National Aerobatics Day [4th Saturday]
National Pride Prom Day [4th Saturday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 22 (3rd Full Week)
ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day (thru 6.23) [4th Full Weekend)
Festivals Beginning June 22, 2024
Atascadero Lakeside Wine Festival (Atascadero, California)
BBQ and Brew (Rutland, Vermont) [thru 6.23]
Blue Ribbon Cheese Tasting & Sale (Mukuwonago, Wisconsin) [thru 6.23]
Blues, Wine & BBQ (Mullica Hill, New Jersey) [thru 6.23]
Burlington Wine & Food Festival (Burlington, Vermont)
California Watermelon Festival (Lake View Terrace, California) [thru 6.23]
Cedarburg Strawberry Festival (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) [thru 6.23]
Flagstaff Beer Festival (Flagstaff, Arizona)
Food Truck Festival (Hopkins, Minnesota)
Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (Washington D.C.) [thru 6.23]
Great Tastes of Pennsylvania Wine & Food Festival -(Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania) [thru 6.23]
Haines Community Fishermens Free Salmon Barbecue (Dalton City, Alaska)
Indian Market and Festival (Indianapolis, Indiana) [thru 6.23]
The Jersey Eats: NJ Pizza Festival (Monmouth Park, Oceanport, New Jersey)
Keystone Bacon & Bourbon Festival (Keystone, Colorado) [thru 6.23]
Lansdale Beer Tasting Festival (Lansdale, Pennsylvania)
Lazy River Beer & Wine Fest (Marquette, Iowa)
Los Angeles Culture Festival and Hollywood Carnival Parade (Los Angeles, California)
Maine Whoopie Pie Festival (Dover-Foxcroft, Maine)
New York Craft Brewers Festival (Buffalo, New York)
OB Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off (San Diego, California)
Pinconning CheeseTown Festival & Races (Pinconning, Michigan)
Reds Whites & Brews in the Boat (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)
Savor the Summit (Park City, Utah)
Supanova Pop Culture Expo (Sydney, Australia) [thru 6.23]
Taste of Highlands (Highlands, New Jersey)
Taste of Sonoma (Sonoma, California)
Terrace Lakes Resort Wine & Art Festival (Garden Valley, Idaho)
Watermelon Days Festival (Cordele, Georgia)
Whitesbog Blueberry Summer Fest (Browns Mills, New Jersey) thru 6.23]
Feast Days
Aaron of Aleth (Christian; Saint)
Alban (Anglican; Martyr)
Bouphoria (Ox Sacrifice symbolizing dissolving/restoring social order; Ancient Greece)
Eberhard of Salzburg (Christian; Saint)
Ed Paschke (Artology)
Elfin Music Festival (Shamanism)
Erich Maria Remarque (Writerism)
Eusebius of Samosata (Eastern Orthodox Church)
H. Rider Haggard (Writerism)
Humphrey Ocean (Artology)
Innocent V, Pope (Christian; Blessed)
John Fisher (Catholic Church)
Kali Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Marinara Sauce Day (Pastafarian)
Nicetas of Remesiana (Christian; Saint)
Octavia E. Butler (Writerism)
Oskar Fischinger (Artology)
Paulinus of Nola (Christian; Saint)
Skirophoria (Fertility Festival Ancient Greece; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Thomas More (Catholic Church)
Villers (Positivist; Saint)
Whiner Tutter (Muppetism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [24 of 53]
Prime Number Day: 173 [40 of 72]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [32 of 60]
Premieres
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Film; 2012)
Ace in the Hole (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1942)
American Gothic (TV Series; 2016)
Animal Liberation, by Peter Singer (Philosophy Book; 1975)
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (WB Animated Film; 2021)
Battle Royal (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1936)
Blue, by Joni Mitchell (Album; 1971)
Boston Quackie (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)
Brave (Animated Disney Film; 2012)
Buddy’s Bug Hunt (WB LT Cartoon; 1935)
The Busy Beavers (Disney Cartoon; 1931)
Calypso Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1962)
Classical Gas, by Mason Williams (Song; 1968)
Dippermouth Blues, recorded by King Oliver, with Louis Armstrong (Song; 1923)
Evan Almighty (Film; 2007)
Exile In Guyville, by Liz Phair (Album; 1993)
The Fast and the Furious (Film; 2001) [F&F #1]
Fingertips, by Little Stevie Wonder (Song; 1963)
Franks Wild Years, by Tom Waits (Stage Play; 1986)
Good For You, by Selena Gomez (Song; 2015)
The Guns of Navarone (Film; 1961)
Herbie: Fully Loaded (Film; 2005)
The Howdy Doody Show (TV Series; 1947)
I, The King, by Frances Parkinson Keyes (Historical Novel; 1966)
I Walk the Line, by Johnny Cash (Album; 1964)
John Wesley Harding, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1967)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Film; 2018)
The Karate Kid (Film; 1984)
Lady and the Tramp (Animated Disney Film; 1955)
Life on Mars, by David Bowie (Song; 1973)
The Lone Ranger (Film; 2013)
A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Film; 2015)
The Milky Way (MGM Cartoon; 1940)
The Muppet Movie (US Film; 1979)
New York, New York (Film; 1977)
The Night in Lisbon, by Erich Maria Remarque (Novel; 1962)
On the Waterfront (Film; 1954)
Portsmouth Point, by William Walton (Overture; 1924)
Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book (Religious Text; 1559)
The Queen of Hearts (ComiColor Cartoon; 1934)
The Rescuers (Animated Disney Film; 1977)
Rhinestone (Film; 1984)
Rust Never Sleeps, by Neil Young (Live Album; 1979)
Scooby-Doo! And the Loch Ness Monster (WB Animated Film; 2004)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Film; 2012)
Show Boat (Broadway Musical; 1927)
Significant Other, by Limp Bizkit (Album; 1999)
Simply Irresistible, by Robert Palmer (Song; 1988)
Skull Island (Animated TV Series; 2023)
Songs of Leonard Cohen, by Leonard Cohen (Album; 1967)
Top Secret! (Film; 1984)
Traffic (UK TV Mini-Series; 1989)
What’s New puss*cat (Film; 1965)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Animated Film; 1988)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Film; 1966)
Wild in the Country (Film; 1961)
Wild Strawberries (Film; 1959)
Wipe Out, by the Sufaris (Song; 1963)
Ye Olde Swap Shoppe (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1940)
Today’s Name Days
Paulinus, Thomas (Austria)
Goryan, Goryana (Bulgaria)
Ivan, Paulin, Toma (Croatia)
Pavla (Czech Republic)
Liina, Liine, Paula, Pauliine (Estonia)
Liina, Paula, Pauliina (Finland)
Alban (France)
Eberhard, Rotraud, Thomas (Germany)
Efsevios, Zinas (Greece)
Paulina (Hungary)
Flavio, Paolino (Italy)
Laimdots, Ludmila, Paija (Latvia)
Inocentas, Kaributas, Laima (Lithuania)
Håkon, Maud (Norway)
Achacjusz, Achacy, Agenor, Alban, Broniwoj, Flawiusz, Innocenta, Innocenty, Kirył, Paulina (Poland)
Eusebie, Grigorie (România)
Maria (Russia)
Paulína (Slovakia)
Albano, Paulino, Tomás (Spain)
Paula, Paulina (Sweden)
Alban, Albin, Albion, Nereida, Nerida, Nerissa (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 174 of 2024; 192 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 25 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 14 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 17 (Ding-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 16 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 15 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 24 Blue; Threesday [24 of 30]
Julian: 9 June 2024
Moon: 99%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 5 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Villers]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 14 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 3 of 94)
Week: 3rd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Cancer (Day 2 of 31)
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Jun 21
Holidays 6.21
Holidays
Alzheimer’s Awareness Day
Atheist Solidarity Day
Baby Boomer Recognition Day
Banjo Lesson Day
Bank Employee Day (Guatemala)
Bill Murray Day
Child Tax Credit Awareness Day
Create a New National Day Day
Day of Private Reflection
Day of the Martyrs (Togo)
e621 Day
Father’s Day (Egypt, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Syria, UAE)
Ferris Wheel Day
Flag Day (Greenland)
Flag Burning Day
Global MND / ALS Awareness Day
Go Skateboarding Day
Het Meetjesland Day (Belgium)
International Aniridia Day
International Climate Change Day
International Flower Day
International Anirida Day
International Music Day (f.k.a. World Music Day)
International Stereoscopy Day
International T-Shirt Day
International Yoga Day (UN)
LP Day
Martyrs' Day (Togo)
Migraine Solidarity Day
Naked Hiking Day
National Aboriginal Day (a.k.a. First Nations Day or Indigenous Peoples Day; Canada)
National Arizona Day
National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day
National Create a New National Holiday Day
National Day of the Gong
National Dog Party Day
National eGiving Day
National Heroes’ Day (Bermuda)
National Indigenous Peoples Day (Northwest Territories, Yukon; Canada)
National Jimmy Day
National Professional Medical Coder Day
National River Tubing Day
National Seashell Day
National Selfie Day
National Wedding Day
National Yard Games Day
Obscenity Day
Onion Day (French Republic)
Optimism Day
Reaping Machine Day
Reserves Day (UK)
Seafarers’ Day (South Korea)
Shades for Migraine Day
Shetland Flag Day (Scotland)
Short Story Day (Africa)
Show Your Stripes Day
Stock Up On Antiperspirant Day
Suffolk Day (UK)
Suve Algus / Suvine Pööripäev (Estonia)
SYNGAP1 International Awareness Day
Take Your Dog to Work Day
33-1/3 Day
T-Shirt Day
Turner Syndrome Awareness Day (UK)
Ulloortuneq (Greenland)
World Day Against ELA (Spain)
World Giraffe Day
World Handshake Day
World Hydrography Day
World Kamasutra Day (India)
World Motorcycle Day
World Music Day (Paris, France)
Food & Drink Celebrations
French Gastronomy Day
Fried Shrimp Day (Japan)
Gin & Tonic Season begins
International Lambrusco Day
Johnnie Walker Day
National Cookie Dough Day
National Smoothie Day
National Wagyu Day
Peaches and Cream Day
Red Apple Day (Australia)
World Lambrusco Day
Independence & Related Days
Greenland (Assumed Self-Rule; 2009)
New Hampshire Statehood Day (#9; 1788)
Pagadian City Day (Philippines)
Principality of Aigues-Mortes (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]
Zululand (Annexed by UK; 1887)
New Year’s Days
Andean New Year (Bolivia)
3rd Friday in June
Casual Day [Friday before Summer Solstice]
Dollars Against Diabetes Days begin [3rd Friday]
Duct Tape Festival begins (Avon, Ohio) [3rd Friday]
Flashback Friday [Every Friday]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers [3rd Friday]
National Flip Flop Day [3rd Friday]
National Take Back the Lunch Break Day [3rd Friday]
QuadWitch Day [3rd Friday]
Stop Cyberbullying Day [3rd Friday]
Take a Road Trip Day [3rd Friday]
Ugliest Dog Day [3rd Friday]
Vikingespil Frederikssund (Viking Festival; Denmark) [Begins 2nd-to-Last Friday]
Work at Home Father's Day [Friday before Father's Day]
Festivals Beginning June 21, 2024
Alpine Mountain Days (Alpine, Wyoming) [thru 6.23]
Art Film Fest (Košice, Slovakia) [thru 6.28]
Big BBQ Bash (Maryville, Tennessee) [thru 6.22]
Cheese Curd Festival (Ellsworth, Wisconsin) [thru 6.22]
Fire on the Lake Chili Cook-off (Lake Wales, Florida) [thru 6.23]
Frederikssund Viking Games (Frederikssund, Denmark) [thru 7.14]
Gorge Blues & Brews Festival (Stevenson, Washington) [thru 6.22]
The Great Lenexa Barbeque Battle (Lenexa, Kansas) [thru 6.22]
Hurricane Festival (Scheessel, Germany) [thru 6.23]
Irvine Greek Fest (Irvine, California) [thru 6.23]
Knysna Oyster Festival (Knysna, South Africa) [thru 6.30]
Long Grove Strawberry Festival (Long Grove, Illinois) [thru 6.23]
Lewis and Clark Festival (Great Falls, Montana) [thru 6.22]
Ottawa Jazz Festival (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) [thru 6.30]
Panhandle Watermelon Festival (Chipley, Florida) [thru 6.22]
Pinkpop Festival (Landgraaf, Netherlands) [thru 6.23]
Rochester International Jazz Festival (Rochester, New York) [thru 6.29]
Sibiu International Theatre Festival (Sibiu, Romania) [thru 6.30]
Stonewall Peach JAMboree and Rodeo (Stonewall, Texas) [thru 6.22]
Strawberry Days Festival (Glenwood Springs, Colorado) [thru 6.23]
Summer Fest (Stratford, Connecticut) [thru 6.22]
Taipei Film Festival (Taipei, Taiwan) [thru 7.6]
Taste of Joliet (Joliet, Illinois) [thru 6.23]
Watermelon Jubilee (Stockdale, Texas) [thru 6.23]
Feast Days
Aaron of Brittany (Christian; Saint)
Alban Heruin (a.k.a. Light of the Shore; Celtic Book of Days)
Alban of Mainz (Christian; Saint)
Al Hirschfeld (Artology)
Aloysius Gonzaga (Christian; Saint)
Berkeley Breathed (Artology)
Day of the Crab (Pagan)
Engelmund of Velsen (Christian; Saint)
Enrico Coleman (Artology)
Eusebius of Samosata (Christian; Saint)
Festival of the Oak King (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Giuseppe De Sanctis (Artology)
St. Henry (Positivist; Saint)
Henry Ossawa Tanner (Artology)
Ian McEwan (Writerism)
Jean-Paul Sartre (Writerism)
Julio Ruelas (Artology)
Leufredus (a.k.a. Leufroy or Keufroi; Christian; Saint)
Martin of Tongres (Christian; Saint)
Meen (a.k.a. Mevenus or Melanus; Christian; Saint)
Natalia Goncharova (Artology)
Onesimos Nesib (Lutheran)
Oscar Florianus Bluemner (Artology)
Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet (Artology)
Ralph (Christian; Saint)
Rockwell Kent (Artology)
Sam Kinison Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Skateboarding Day (Pastafarian)
Sub-Human Cannonball (Muppetism)
Tiger-Get-By’s Third Birthday (Shamanism)
World Humanist Day (Pastafarian)
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Full Moon [6th of the Year] (a.k.a. ...
Blooming Moon (Traditional)
Cold Moon (South Africa)
Dyad Moon (England, Wicca)
Festival of Goodwill, Festival of Christ & Humanity [Full Moon between 5.20-6.20]
Green Corn Moon (Cherokee)
Hatching Moon (Traditional)
Honey Moon (Traditional)
Horse Moon (Celtic)
Hot Moon (Alternate)
Johan Jongkind (Artology)
Lotus Moon (China)
Mead Moon (Traditional)
Planting Moon (Neo-Pagan)
Poson Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)
Rose Moon (Alternate, Colonial, North America)
Ryan Moran Day [1st FM in June]
Southern Hemisphere: Cold, Long Night’s, Oak
Strawberry Moon (Amer. Indian, Traditional)
Windy Moon (Choctaw)
World Invocation Day (a.k.a. Gemini Full Moon Festival)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 29 of 60)
Premieres
Ain’t She Sweet (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)
Alpocalypse, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 2011)
Anna (Film; 2019)
The Bling Ring (Film; 2013)
The Blue Umbrella (Pixar Cartoon; 2013)
Bon Ives, by Bon Iver (Album; 2011)
Chinatown (Film; 1974)
Cocoon (Film; 1985)
Creepin on ah Come Up, by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (EP; 1994)
The Deep, by Peter Benchley (Novel; 1976
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1868)
Donald and the Wheel (Disney Cartoon; 1961)
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, by Elton John and Kiki Dee (Song; 1976)
Evita, by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (UK Musical; 1978)
Exodus, by Leon Uris (Novel; 1958)
Frolicking Fish (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1930)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Animated Disney Film; 1996)
Impact is Imminent, by Exodus (Album; 1990)
Lifeforce (Film; 1985)
Lilo & Stitch (Animated Disney Film; 2002)
The Litterbug (Disney Cartoon; 1961)
Mastersingers of Nuremberg, by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1868)
Minority Report (Film; 2002)
Mr. Tambourine Man, by The Byrds (Album; 1965)
Monsters University (Animated Pixar Film; 2013)
Moral Man and Immoral Society, by Reinhold Niebuhr (Book; 1932)
Moves Like Jagger, by Maroon 5 (Song; 2011)
Nell’s Yells (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1939)
The Parent Trap (Film; 1961)
The Promise of Joy, by Allen Drury (Novel; 1975)
Return to Oz (Film; 1985)
The Rocketeer (Film; 1991)
Smoking: The Choice is Yours (Disney Educational Cartoon; 1981)
Spree Lunch (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1957)
Sweet Child o’ Mine, by Guns n’ Roses (Song; 1988)
The Te of Piglet, by Benjamin Hoff (Spiritual Book; 1993)
Toy Story 4 (Animated Pixar Film; 2019)
Tree for Two (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1943)
A Walk on the Wild Side, by Nelson Algren (Novel; 1956)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Film; 1966)
World War Z (Film; 2013)
Today’s Name Days
Adalbert, Florentina (Austria)
Margareta, Naum (Croatia)
Květa (Czech Republic)
Sylverius (Denmark)
Kaari, Karlotte, Karola, Karoliine, Karolin, Lota (Estonia)
Into (Finland)
Silvère (France)
Adalbert, Florentina, Margot (Germany)
Methodios (Greece)
Rafael (Hungary)
Ettore, Silverio (Italy)
Imula, Maira, Rasa, Rasma (Latvia)
Silverijus, Žadvainas, Žintautė (Lithuania)
Salve, Sølve, Sølvi (Norway)
Bogna, Bogumiła, Bożena, Florentyna, Franciszek, Michał, Rafaela, Rafał, Sylwery (Poland)
Metodie (România)
Maria, Valeria (Russia)
Valéria (Slovakia)
Florentina, Silverio (Spain)
Flora, Linda (Sweden)
Earl, Earline, Errol, Fatima, Ofelia, Omar, Omarion, Ophelia (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 173 of 2024; 193 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 25 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 13 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 16 (Bing-Chen)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 15 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 14 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 23 Blue; Twosday [23 of 30]
Julian: 8 June 2024
Moon: 100%: Full Moon
Positivist: 4 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Henry]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 13 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 2 of 94)
Week: 3rd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Cancer (Day 1 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Cancer (The Crab) begins [Zodiac Sign 4; thru 7.21]
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Jun 20
Holidays 6.20
Holidays
Bald Eagle Day (a.k.a. American Eagle Day)
Brownie 620 Day
Clean Air Day (EU)
Datsun 620 Day
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Ossentian Genocide (South Ossetia)
Flag Day (Argentina)
Gas Sector Day (Azerbaijan)
Guru Rinpoche Day (Bhutan)
Hike with a Geek Day
International Asteroid Day
International Day of Nikkei
International Horseshoe Crab Day
International Nystagmus Awareness Day
International Tennis Day
Loch Ness Day
Martyrs’ Day (Eritrea)
Naked Hiking Day
National Celluma Light Therapy Day
National eGiving Day
National Goat Day
National Heroes’ Day (Bermuda)
National Hike with a Geek Day
National Jimmy Day
National Kissing Day (UK)
National Neuroscience Nurses Day (Canada)
National Public Display of Affection Day
National Seashell Day
National Surveillance Camera Day (UK)
National Yard Games Day
New Identity Day
Nystagmus Awareness Day (a.k.a. Wobbly Wednesday)
Oat Day (French Republic)
Oxford Charter Day
Ratha Yathra (a.k.a. Kang; Manipur, Odisha; India)
Sack of Baltimore (Ireland)
Sea Serpent Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
620 Day
Tall Girl Appreciation Day
Toad Hollow Day of Thank You
Vitamin Discovery Day
World Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Day
World Peace & Prayer Day
World Productivity Day
World Psychedelics Day
World Refugee Day (UN)
World Wi-Fi Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Drink Chenin Blanc Day
Dunkin Iced Coffee Day
Flitch of Bacon Day (UK)
Ice Cream Soda Day
National Kouign Amann Day
Plain Yogurt Day
Vanilla Milkshake Day
Vinegar Day
Independence & Related Days
Aedeland (a.k.a. Republic of Aedeland, Declared, 943) [unrecognized]
Nixland (Declared, 2014) [unrecognized]
West Virginia Statehood Day (#35; 1863)
3rd Thursday in June
Dump the Pump Day [3rd Thursday]
International Knock Knock Day [3rd Thursday]
Recess At Work Day [3rd Thursday]
Social Mobility Awareness Day (UK) [3rd Thursday]
Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]
World Kidney Cancer Day [3rd Thursday]
World Tapas Day [3rd Thursday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 20 (3rd Full Week)
World Refugee Week (Australia) [week including 6.20]
Festivals Beginning June 20, 2024
Barefoot Country Music Festival (Wildwood, New Jersey) [thru 6.23]
Bartender Spirits Awards (San Francisco, California)
Belgrade Beer Fest (Belgrade, Serbia) [thru 6.23]
CiderFeast East Coast Tour (Haverhill, Massachusetts)
Cottage Grove Strawberry Fest (Cottage Grove, Minnesota) [thru 6.23]
Cranberry Blossom Festival (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) [thru 6.23]
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival (Cape Town, South Africa) [thru 6.30]
Farmington Dew Days (Farmington, Minnesota) [thru 6.23]
Haubstadt Sommerfest (Haubstadt, Indiana) [thru 6.22]
Herb Society of America Educational Conference (Malvern, Pennsylvania) [thru 6.21]
International Diaghilev Festival (Perm, Russia) [thru 6.29]
Isle of Wight Festival (Newport, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom) [thru 6.23]
JazzAscona [Ascona Jazz Festival] (Ascona, Switzerland) [thru 6.29]
London Strawberry Festival (London, Ohio) [thru 6.22]
National Arts Festival (Grahamstown, South Africa) [thru 6.30]
Pittston Fair (Pittston, Maine) [thru 6.23]
Placer County Fair (Roseville, California) [thru 6.23]
Quahog Day (Cataumet, Massachusetts)
Sommeliers Choice Awards (Chicago, Illinois)
Stilldream Festival (Wilseyville, California) [thru 6.24]
Summerfest (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) [thru 7.6]
Taste of Tippecanoe (Lafayette, Indiana)
Telluride Bluegrass Festival (Telluride, Colorado) [thru 6.23]
Feast Days
Adalbert of Magdeburg (Christian; Saint)
Bain, Bishop of Terouanne (a.k.a. Bagnus; Christian; Saint)
Carista (Day of Peace in the Family; Pagan)
Day of Cerridwen (Welsh Goddess of Barley)
Day of the Purification of All Things (Ancient Egypt)
Feast of the Irish Martyrs
Festival of Saint Joan begins (Spain)
Festival of Summanus (Ancient Roman god of the night sky & nocturnal thunder)
Festival of the New Knee (Shamanism)
Florentina (Christian; Saint)
Georges Dufrénoy (Artology)
Gobain (Christian; Martyr)
Idaberga (a.k.a. Edburge) of Merica (Christian; Saint)
Iron Skegge’s Day (Vikings)
Jacques Saly (Artology)
John of Matera (Christian; Saint)
Josephine Winslow Johnson (Writerism)
Joseph Smith Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Kubik (Muppetism)
Kurt Schwitters (Artology)
Magdalena Abakanowicz (Artology)
Margareta Ebner (Christian; Blessed)
Methodius of Olympus (Christian; Saint)
Michelina of Pesaro (Christian; Saint)
Omer (Christian; Saint)
Otho the Great (Positivist; Saint)
Paul Muldoon (Writerism)
Scira (a.k.a. Skirophoria; Festival for Demeter; Ancient Greece)
Silverius, Pope (Christian; Martyr)
Solstice [1st Day of Summer in Northern Hemisphere] (a.k.a. ...
Acophony (G’BroagFran of Anti-Music; Church of the SubGenius)
Alban Hefin (a.k.a. Litha or Midsummer; Celtic, Pagan) [4 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]
Aimless Wandering Day
Anne and Samantha Day
Aymara New Year (Año Nuevo Aymara; Bolivia)
Cuckoo Warning Day (it will be a wet summer if the cuckoo is heard today)
Daylight Appreciation Day
Day of Private Reflection
Day of the Martyrs (Togo)
Feast of the Great Spirit (Native American)
Fête de la Musique
Finally Summer Day/Finally Winter Day
Hump Day (Tasmania)
Indigenous New Year (We Tripantu; Año Nuevo Indígena; Chile)
International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice
Into Raymi (Incan Sun God Festival; Sacsayhuamán Andes Mountain Natives)
Jaanipäev (Estonia)
Jāņi (Latvia)
Juhannus Day (Finland)
Kupala (fertility rite)
Kupala Night (Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Russia)
Litha (Wiccan/Pagan; northern hemisphere)
Midnight Sun Festival (Nome, Alaska)
Midsomarsblog (Norse celebration of fishing, trading & raiding)
Midsummer
Midsummer Baal (Celtic)
National Celluma Light Therapy Day
National Daylight Appreciation Day
National Day of Greenland
National Energy Shopping Day
Polar Bear Swim (Nome, Alaska)
Saint Jonas' Festival (Lithuania)
Solsticio de Invierno (Bolivia)
Sommar Börjar (Sweden)
Summer Saucestice (Pastafarian)
Tall Girl Appreciation Day
Tiregān (Iran)
Wadjet (Ancient Egypt)
We Tripantu (winter solstice festival in the southern hemisphere; Chile)
Wianki (Poland)
Willkakuti (Andean-Amazonic New Year; Aymara)
World Humanist Day
World Peace and Prayer Day
Yule (Wiccan/Pagan; southern hemisphere)
Takekiri Eshiki Matsuri (Bamboo Cutting Festival; Japan)
Watching the Ferns Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
World Juggling Day (Pastafarian)
Islamic Lunar Holidays
Eid al-Adha, Day 5 [Muslim Feast of Sacrifice] (a.k.a. ...
Al Adha (Egypt)
Eid al Adha (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Yemen)
Eid ul-Ad’haa (Maldives)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Yellow Day [Happiest day of the year.]
Premieres
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Film; 2012)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard, by Amos Tutuola (Novel; 1952)
Batman & Robin (Film; 1997)
Blonde on Blonde, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1966)
The Blue Lagoon (Film; 1980)
The Blues Brothers (Film & Soundtrack Album; 1980)
The Blue Train (Le Train Bleu), by Darius Milhaud (Ballet; 1924)
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London (Novel; 1902)
Carry On Camping (Film; 1969)
Chinatown (Film; 1974)
Clown of the Jungle (Disney Cartoon; 1947)
Count on the Saint, by Graham Weaver (Short Stories; 1980) [Saint #49]
Dangerously in Love, by Beyoncé (Album; 2003)
Don’t Be Cruel, by Bobby Brown (Album; 1988)
Double Vision, by Foreigner (Album; 1978)
Extinct Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1969)
Fastest Tongue in the West (Tijuana Toads Cartoon; 1971)
Father’s Week-End (Disney Cartoon; 1953)
Friend or Phony (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1952)
Get Smart (Film; 2008)
Happy Scouts (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1938)
Hare Trimmed (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)
Heart Break, by New Edition (Album; 1988)
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, by Michael Jackson (Album; 1995)
Hulk (Film; 2003)
Independence Day: Resurgence (Film; 2016)
Jaws (Film; 1975)
The Last of the Just, by Andre Schwarz-Bart (Novel; 1961)
A Leap in the Deep (Tijuana Toads Cartoon; 1971)
The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1605)
Mickey’s Rival (Disney Cartoon; 1936)
Moving Day (Disney Cartoon; 1936)
My Best Friend’s Wedding (Film; 1997)
The Nifty Nineties (Disney Cartoon; 1941)
Nurse-Mates (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1940)
One, by George Jones and Tammy Wynette (Album; 1995)
Picnic Panic (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1946)
The Reluctant Dragon (Disney Animated Film; 1941)
Rippling Romance (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1945)
Rommel, The Desert Fox, by Desmond Young (Biography; 1951)
Shanghaied Shipmates (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
Superman: Brainiac Attacks (WB Animated Film; 2006)
Teenage Idol, recorded by Rick Nelson (Song; 1962)
Them, by Joyce Carol Oates (Novel; 1969)
To Hell and Back, by Audie Murphy (Memoir; 1949)
Tonight’s the Night, by Neil Young (Album; 1975)
A Touch of Class (Film; 1973)
The Trooper, by Iron Maiden (Song; 1983)
Unsafe at Any Speed, by Ralph Nader (Book; 1966)
Very Good, Jeeves! P.G. Wodehouse (Short Stories; 1930) [Jeeves #4]
Wee-Willie Wildcat, featuring Barney bear (MGM Cartoon; 1953)
A Wet Knight (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)
Yellowstone (TV Series; 2018)
Yesterday and Today (a.k.a. The Butcher Cover), by The Beatles (Album; 1966)
Today’s Name Days
Adalbert, Florentina (Austria)
Margareta, Naum (Croatia)
Květa (Czech Republic)
Sylverius (Denmark)
Kaari, Karlotte, Karola, Karoliine, Karolin, Lota (Estonia)
Into (Finland)
Silvère (France)
Adalbert, Florentina, Margot (Germany)
Methodios (Greece)
Rafael (Hungary)
Ettore, Silverio (Italy)
Imula, Maira, Rasa, Rasma (Latvia)
Silverijus, Žadvainas, Žintautė (Lithuania)
Salve, Sølve, Sølvi (Norway)
Bogna, Bogumiła, Bożena, Florentyna, Franciszek, Michał, Rafaela, Rafał, Sylwery (Poland)
Metodie (România)
Maria, Valeria (Russia)
Valéria (Slovakia)
Florentina, Silverio (Spain)
Flora, Linda (Sweden)
Earl, Earline, Errol, Fatima, Ofelia, Omar, Omarion, Ophelia (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 172 of 2024; 194 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of week 25 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 12 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 15 (Yi-Mao)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 14 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 13 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 22 Blue; Oneday [22 of 30]
Julian: 7 June 2024
Moon: 97%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 3 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Otho the Great]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 12 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 1 of 94)
Week: 3rd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 31 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Summer [Season 3 of 4; thru 9.22]
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Jun 19
Holidays 6.19
Holidays
Arbor Day (Paraguay)
Artigas Day (Uruguay)
Baseball Day
Beggar's Banquets (Brazil)
Butterfly Day
Constitution Day (Seychelles)
Día del Nunca Más (a.k.a. Never Again Day; Argentina)
Emancipation Day (Texas)
Farmer’s Day (Ukraine)
Feast of Forest (Palawan)
Festival of the Coming Ice Age
Garfield the Cat Day
International Box Day
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN)
International Fathers Mental Health Day
Jose Rizal Day (Luna, Philippines)
Juneteenth (US)
Labour Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
Laguna Day (Philippines)
Mass Market Paperback Book Day
Midsummer’s Eve (a.k.a. Midsommarafton; Aland, Finland, Sweden)
Midsummer’s Eve [Day before Summer Solstice]
National Ding Free Day (Canada)
National FreeBSD Day
National Heroes’ Day (Bermuda)
National Parks Free Entrance Day
National Pets in Film Day
National Reading Day (India)
National Thank a Teacher Day (UK)
National Tuccelli Day (ASL)
National Watch Day
Never Again Day (Uruguay)
New Church Day (Swedenborgian)
Pediatric Headache Awareness Day
Red Soda Celebration
Rye Day (French Republic)
619 Day
Spooky Stories Appreciation Night
Surigao del Norte Day (Philippines)
Surigao del Sur Day (Philippines)
Svalbard Global Seed Vault Day
"War Is Hell" Day
World Albatross Day
World Sauntering Day
World Sickle Cell Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Eat An Oreo Day
National Dine Out Day
National Martini Day (a.k.a. Dry Martini Day)
Real Food Day
Independence & Related Days
Day of the Independent Hungary (Hungary)
Mondero (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]
Surigao del Norte Province Day (Philippines)
Surigao del Sur Province Day (Philippines)
Thebes (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
3rd Wednesday in June
Ageless Motion Day (Alberta, Canada) [3rd Wednesday]
National Healthcare Estates & Facilities Day (UK) [3rd Wednesday]
Festivals Beginning June 19, 2024
Beijing International Book Fair (Beijing, China) [thru 6.23]
Copenhell Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark) [thru 6.22]
Homestead Days (Beatrice, Nebraska) [thru 6.23]
Raindance Film Festival (London, United Kingdom) [thru 6.28]
Rock Imperium (Cartagena, Spain) [thru 6.22]
Feast Days
Asatru Alliance Founding Day (Asatru)
Boniface of Querfurt (Christian; Saint)
Cornelius Krieghoff (Artology)
Day of All Heras (Ancient Rome)
Deodatus (a.k.a. Didier or Die) of Nevers (or of Jointures) (Christian; Saint)
East of the Holy Ghost begins (Brazil)
Feralia: Day of Purification (Pagan)
Festival for Minerva (Ancient Rome)
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (Artology)
Gervasius and Protasius (Catholic Church; Martyrs)
Hildegrim of Châlons (Christian; Saint)
José Sanchis Grau (Artology)
Jude (Christian; Saint)
Juliana Falconieri (Christian; Saint)
Maginel Wright Enright (Artology)
Martini Day (Pastafarian)
Ollamh (Celtic Book of Days)
Pelayo (Positivist; Saint)
Princess Gwendolynda (Muppetism)
Robert Heinlein Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Romuald (Christian; Saint)
Salmon Rushdie (Writerism)
Tiger-Get-By’s Second Birthday (Shamanism)
Ursicinus of Ravenna (Christian; Saint)
Zosimus (Christian; Saint)
Islamic Lunar Holidays
Eid al-Adha, Day 4 [Muslim Feast of Sacrifice] (a.k.a. ...
Al Adha (Egypt)
Eid al Adha (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia)
Eid ul-Ad’haa (Maldives)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 28 of 60)
Premieres
American Gods, by Neil Gaiman (Novel; 2001)
Batman Returns (Film; 1992)
The Brave Little Toaster (Animated Film; 1987)
Bukowski (Film; 2013)
Canned Dog Feud (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1965)
The Cannonball Run (Film; 1981)
Dancing in the Street, recorded by Martha and the Vandellas (Song; 1964)
Devil May Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)
Down to Earth, by Patricia Wrightson (Novel; 1965)
Dream for an Insomniac (Film; 1998)
The Enigma Variations, by Edward Elgar (Orchestral Piece; 1899)
Fish Fry (Andy Panda Cartoon; 1944)
For Your Eyes Only, by Sheena Easton (Song; 1981)
Garfield (Comic Strip; 1978)
The Gospel According to the Son, by Norman Mailer (Novel; 1997)
Ham and Eggs (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)
Hatari! (Film; 1962)
Here Comes the Surfs (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1981)
Horton Hatches the Egg, by Dr. Seuss (Children’s Book; 1940)
How to Save Your Own Life, by Erica Jong (Novel; 1977)
The Idler Wheel…, by Fiona Apple (Album; 2012)
I’m a Honky Tonk Girl, recorded by Loretta Lynn (Song; 1960)
Inside Out (Animated Pixar Film; 2015)
Jason and the Argonauts (Film; 1963)
The Last of Us Part II (Video Game; 2020)
Mulan (Animated Disney Film; 1998)
Mumbo Jumbo, by Ishmael Reed (Novel; 1972)
The Music Man (Film; 1962)
No Longer Human, by Osamu Dazai (Novel; 1948)
Porky’s Building (WB LT Cartoon; 1937)
The Proposal (Film; 2009)
Purple Haze, by Jimi Hendrix (US Song; 1967)
Ramblin’ Rose, recorded by Nat King Cole (Song; 1962)
Robin Hoodwinked (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1967)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (UK Musical Play; 1973)
Rough and Rowdy Ways, by Bob Dylan (Album; 2020)
Roxanne (Film; 1987)
Sleepy-Time Squirrel, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1954)
Streamlined Greta Green (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)
Superman II (Film; 1981)
Time Enough for Love, by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel; 1973)
Tim McGraw, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2006)
A Waif’s Welcome (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1936)
Who Killed Who? (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1943)
X-Files: Fight the Future (Film; 1998)
Today’s Name Days
Juliana, Romuald (Austria)
Božidar, Julijana, Romuald (Croatia)
Leoš (Czech Republic)
Gervasius (Denmark)
Sigrid, Siiri, Siivi (Estonia)
Siiri (Finland)
Gervais, Romuald (France)
Juliana, Romuald (Germany)
Paisios, Zosimos (Greece)
Gyárfás (Hungary)
Gervasio, Protasio, Romualdo (Italy)
Nils, Vaironis, Viktors (Latvia)
Dovilas, Dovilė, Ramunė (Lithuania)
Elling, Erling (Norway)
Borzysław, Gerwazy, Julianna, Odo, Protazy, Sylweriusz (Poland)
Iuda (România)
Alfréd (Slovakia)
Aurora, Gervasio, Romualdo (Spain)
Germund, Görel (Sweden)
Carisa, Carissa, Jarvis, Jervis, Karissa, Ralna (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 171 of 2024; 195 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 3 of week 25 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 11 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 14 (Jia-Yin)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 13 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 12 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 21 Blue; Sevenday [21 of 30]
Julian: 6 June 2024
Moon: 94%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 2 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Pelayo]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 11 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 93 of 93)
Week: 3rd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 30 of 31)
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Jun 18
Holidays 6.18
Holidays
Academy Day (Scientology)
Autistic Pride Day
Clark Kent Day
Clean Your Aquarium Day
Count Your $$ Day
Drone Safety Day
Festival of Invisible p*rnography
Finest Hour Speech Day
Foundation Day (Benguet, Philippines)
Go Fishing Day
Hand Cart Day (French Republic)
Horned Poppy Day
Human Rights Day (Azerbaijan)
International Day for Countering Hate Speech
International Declaration of Human Rights Day
International Panic Day
Jack Herer Day
Justice Institution Employees Day (Turkmenistan)
Mela Khir Bhawani (Kashmir, India)
National Black America’s Day of Repentance
National Internet Cat Day
National Jesse Day
National Relationship Day
National Splurge Day
National Wanna Get Away Day
National Wear Blue Day
Neurodiversity Pride Day (Netherlands)
No Headline Day
Police Inspector’s Day (Ukraine)
Queen Mother’s Day (Cambodia)
618 Day
Sustainable Gastronomy Day
Tabasco Day (Mali)
Trouser Day
Veterinary Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Veterinarian Appreciation Day)
Waterloo Day (UK)
Wild Den Dancing Day
World Day Against Incarceration
World Wide Knit in Public Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Insalata Day (Italy)
International Picnic Day
International Sushi Day
National Cheesemaker’s Day
National Cherry Tart Day
Independence & Related Days
Aldrodnia (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]
Bacolod City Charter Day (Philippines)
Constitution Day (Seychelles)
Egypt (a.k.a. Eid el-Galaa, evacuation of foreign troops, 1954)
Flinders (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Jailavera (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]
Leprechia (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Naga City Charter Day (Philippines)
Onontakeka (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]
Snagov (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
3rd Tuesday in June
National Accounts Payable Appreciation Day [3rd Tuesday]
National Cherry Tart Day [3rd Tuesday]
Royal Ascot begins (UK) [3rd Tuesday]
Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 18 (3rd Full Week)
National Water Safety Week (Ireland) [thru 6.25]
Royal Ascot (thru 6.22)
Festivals Beginning June 18, 2024
Marysville Strawberry Festival (Marysville, Washington) [thru 6.23]
RMA Convention (Maui, Hawaii) [thru 6.21]
Taste of Little Italy (San Diego, California) [thru 6.19]
Feast Days
Amandus, Bishop of Bordeaux (Christian; Saint)
Andim Day (Pastafarian)
Bernard Mizeki (Anglican and Episcopal Church)
Chris Van Allsburg (Artology)
Elisabeth of Schönau (Christian; Saint)
Elvis Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Ephraem (Christian; Saint)
Erik Ortvad (Artology)
Festival of Anna (Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)
Going Forth of Neith Along the River (Ancient Egypt’ Goddess of War and Hunting)
Gregorio Barbarigo (Christian; Saint)
Gregory of Fragalata (Christian; Saint)
Into Raymi Festival begins (Inca Sun Worship Festival; until 24th)
James Montgomery Flagg (Artology)
John Bellany (Artology)
Joseph-Marie Vien (Artology)
Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus (Christian; Saints)
Leroy (Muppetism)
Marina the Monk (Maronite Church, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)
Mark and Marcellian (Christian; Martyrs)
Media Ver XI (Pagan)
National Splurge Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Now Panic Day (Pastafarian)
Osanna Andreasi (Christian; Saint)
Theodoric the Great (Positivist; Saint)
Three Lasting Things of Cormac Mac Art: Grass, Copper and Yew (Celtic Book of Days)
Tiger-Get-By’s Birthday (Shamanism)
Islamic Lunar Holidays
Eid al-Adha, Day 3 [Muslim Feast of Sacrifice] (a.k.a. ...
Al Adha (Bahrain)
Corban Bairam (Sudan)
Eid al Adha (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen)
Eid e-Ghorban
Eid ul-Ad’haa (Maldives)
Feast of Sacrifice (Uzbekistan)
Gurban Bayram (Azerbaijan)
Hari Arafat (Malaysia)
Hari Raya Qurban (Malaysia)
Id el Kabir (Nigeria)
Kurban Bayram (North Cyprus)
Kurban Bayramy (Turkey)
Qurbon Hayit (Uzbekistan)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [36 of 57]
Premieres
The Adventures of Ellery Queen (Radio Series; 1939)
The Bully (Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog Cartoon; 1932)
Casey Bats Again (Disney Cartoon; 1954)
Dangerous When Wet (Film; 1953)
Dare To Be Stupid, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1985)
Day & Night (Pixar Cartoon; 2010)
Der Freischütz (or The Marksman), by Carl Maria von Weber (Opera; 1821)
DodgeBall (Film: 2004)
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You, by Bryan Adams (Song; 1991)
Eyes in Outer Space (Disney Cartoon; 1959)
Goodbye Cruel World, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1984)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls, by John Bellairs (Novel; 1973)
Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Documentary Film; 2004)
Ice Station Zebra, by Alistair MacLean (Novel; 1963)
An Ideal Husband (Film; 1999)
Inside, Outside, by Herman Wouk (History Book; 1985)
Lady and the Lamp (Disney Cartoon; 1979)
Last Action Hero (Film; 1993)
Le Marteau sans Maître, by Pierre Boulez (Chamber Cantata; 1955)
Luca (Animated Film; 2021)
Morning, Noon and Nightclub (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1937)
My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier (Novel; 1952)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman (Novel; 2013)
Odelay, by Beck (Album; 1996)
Once Upon a Forest (Hanna-Barbera Animated Film; 1993)
Origin of Symmetry, by Muse (Album; 2001)
Polar Fright (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1966)
Popeye Meets Hercules (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)
The Sparks Brothers (Documentary Film; 2021)
Suppressed Duck (WB LT Cartoon; 1965)
Tarzan (Animated Disney Film; 1999)
Toy Story 3 (Animated Pixar Film; 2010)
The Underground World (Fleischer Cartoon; 1943) [#16]
The Wild Bunch (Film; 1969)
Wouldn’t It Be Nice, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)
Today’s Name Days
Elisabeth, Ilsa, Marina (Austria)
Asen, Chavdar (Bulgaria)
Elizabeta, Marcel, Ozana, Paul (Croatia)
Milan (Czech Republic)
Leontius (Denmark)
Auli, Aurelia, Auri, Reeli, Reelika, Reili (Estonia)
Tapio (Finland)
Léonce (France)
Elisabeth, Ilsa, Isabella, Marina (Germany)
Erasmos, Leontios (Greece)
Arnold, Levente (Hungary)
Gregorio, Marina, Marinella, Marinetta (Italy)
Alberts, Madis (Latvia)
Arnulfas, Ginbutas, Marina, Vaiva (Lithuania)
Bjarne, Bjørn (Norway)
Efrem, Elżbieta, Gerwazy, Leonia, Marek, Marina, Paula (Poland)
Ipatie, Leontie, Teodul (România)
Vratislav (Slovakia)
Marcelino, Marcos (Spain)
Bjarne, Björn (Sweden)
Leo, Leon (Ukraine)
Effie, Efrain, Eph, Ephraim, Marina, Marnie, Nevaeh (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 170 of 2024; 196 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of week 25 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 10 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 13 (Gui-Chou)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 12 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 11 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 20 Blue; Sixday [20 of 30]
Julian: 5 June 2024
Moon: 88%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 1 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Theodoric the Great]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 10 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 92 of 92)
Week: 3rd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 29 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Charlemagne (Feudal Civilization) [Month 7 of 13; Positivist]
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Jun 17
Holidays 6.17
Holidays
Bunker Hill Day (Massachusetts)
CDKL5 Awareness Day
Commemoration of General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes (Argentina)
Essential Worker Appreciation Day (Michigan)
Father’s Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)
Gender-Fluid Pride Day
Global Garbage Man Day
Good Roads Day
International Black Veil Brides Day
International Violin Day
Lily Festival (Japan)
Medical Worker’s Day (Azerbaijan)
National Aviation Day (Romania)
National Day (Iceland)
National of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires (Portugal)
National Gerald Day
National Harrison Day
National Heroes Day (Bermuda)
National Jan Day
National Mascot Day
National Mason Day
National Ralph Day
National Teeth Whitening Day
National Wear Blue Day
Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)
OJ Car Chase Anniversary Day
Okinawa Day (Japan, US)
Peony Day (French Republic)
Pirate Radio Day
Procession of the Golden Chariot (Belgium)
Remembrance of East German Uprising Day (West Germany)
Ripley Under Ground, by Patricia Highsmith (Novel; 1970)
617 Day
Soviet Occupation Day (Latvia)
Sweden-America Day
Vice-President’s Remembrance Day
Watergate Day
Whites of Their Eyes Day
World Croc Day
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (UN)
World Juggling Day
World Karate Day
World Tessellation Day
Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bake Your Own Bread Day
Eat All of Your Vegetables Day
National Apple Strudel Day
Stewart’s Root Beer Day
Toll House Cookie Day
Independence & Related Days
Agusan del Sur Province (Philippines)
Cantonese Empire (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]
Iceland (from Denmark, 1944)
3rd Monday in June
Hetero Male Monday (Boise, Idaho) [Every Monday in June]
International Fathers’ Mental Health Day [3rd Monday]
Motivation Monday [Every Monday]
National Tour Guides Day [3rd Monday]
Organic Act Day (US Virgin Islands) [3rd Monday]
Ride to Work Day (Motorcycles) [3rd Monday]
Rusalka’s Week begins (Honoring Divinity of Rivers; Asatru/Slavic Pagan) [3rd Monday]
Take Your Cat to Work Day [Monday of 3rd Full Week]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 17 (3rd Full Week)
Amateur Radio Week (thru 6.23)
Animal Rights Awareness Week (thru 6.23) [3rd Full Week]
Greencare for Troops Week (thru 6.23)
Learning Disabilities Week (thru 6.23)
National Healthcare Resource & Materials Management Week (thru 6.21)
National Pollinator Week (thru 6.23) [begins Monday after Father’s Day]
National Week of Making (thru 6.23)
Old Time Fiddlers Week (thru 6.22)
Take Your Dog to Work Week (thru 6.21, 2024 [Mon-Fri Week following Father's Day]
Waste and Recycling Workers Week (thru 6.23) [3rd Week]
Festivals Beginning June 17, 2024
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (Cannes, France) [thru 6.21]
Future Food-Tech (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 6.18]
Great Falls Craft Beer Week (Great Falls, Montana) [thru 6.22]
RCI Convention & Industry Expo (Buffalo, New York) [thru 6.21]
Feast Days
Albert Chmielowski (Christian; Saint)
Avitus (a.k.a. Avy; Christian; Saint)
Bessarion (Christian; Saint)
Bossuet (Positivist; Saint)
Botolph of Ikanhoe (Christian; Saint) [Agricultural Workers, England, Scandinavia]
Contact an Old Friend Day (Pastafarian)
Emily de Vialar (Christian; Saint & Virgin)
Feast of Eurydice (Ancient Egypt)
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Christian)
Fergus Fuzz (Muppetism)
Giovanni Paolo Panini (Artology)
Gondulphus of Berry (a.k.a. Gondola; Christian; Saint)
Hervé (Christian; Saint) [The Blind]
Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)
John Baldessari (Artology)
John Hersey (Writerism)
Joyful Cauldrons for Family, Friends, or the Whole Coven Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Ludi Piscatari (Festival of Fishermen; Ancient Rome)
M.C. Escher (Artology)
Molingus (a.k.a. Dairchilla) of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Nectan (Christian; Saint)
Nicander and Marcian (Christian; Martyrs)
Prior, Hermit in Egypt (Christian; Saint)
Orpheus’s Day (Pagan)
Purification Ritual to Drive Away Evil Spirits of the Rainy Season (Nara, Japan; Everyday Wicca)
Rainerius of Pisa (Christian; Saint)
Roadside Picnic, by Arkady Strugatsky (Novel; 1972)
Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Church of England)
Teresa and Sanchia of Portugal (Christian; Saint)
Toadstool-Squatting Begins (Leprechauns; Shamanism)
Zontar of Venus Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Islamic Lunar Holidays
Eid al-Adha, Day 2 [Muslim Feast of Sacrifice] (a.k.a. ...
Aïd el Adha (Morocco)
Bakri Id (India)
Corban Bairam (Sudan)
Eid al Adha (Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, UAE, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen)
Eid-Ul-Adha (Sierra Leone)
Eid-ul-Azha (Bangladesh, India)
Eid-Ul-Zuha (India)
Feast of Sacrifice (Singapore)
Fiesta del Sacrificio (Spain)
Greater Bajram (Albania)
Greater Bayram (Azerbaijan)
Hari Raya Aidil Adha (Brunei)
Hari Raya Haji (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
Hari Raya Qurban (Malaysia)
Idd-ul-Azha (Kenya)
Id el Kabir (Nigeria)
Idi Qurbon (Tajikistan)
Kurban Ait (Kyrgyzstan)
Kurban-Bairam (Kosovo)
Kurban Bayram (North Cyprus)
Kurban Bayramy (Turkey)
Lendemain de l'Aïd el-Kebir (Mauritania)
Tabaski (Guinea, Senegal)
Tobaski (Gambia)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [18 of 30]
Premieres
Big Daddy (Film; 1999)
Bull Durham (Film; 1988)
Carrie Anne, by The Hollies (Song; 1967)
Central Intelligence (Film; 2016)
Come a Little Bit Closer, by Jay & the Americans (Song; 1964)
Die Mutter, by Alois Haba (Quarter-Tone Opera; 1931)
Dude Ranch, by Blink-182 (Album; 1997)
Fanny and Alexander (Film; 1983)
Feudin Fighting-N-Fussin’ (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1968)
Finding Dory (Animated Film; 2016)
God's Trombones, by James Weldon Johnson (Poetry; 1927)
The Graduate, by Charles Webb (Novella; 1963)
The Great Outdoors (Film; 1988)
Green Lantern (Film; 2011)
Hobo Gadget Band (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)
Hop and Chop (Tijuana Toad Cartoon; 1970)
I Will Always Love You, recorded by Dolly Parton (Song; 1973)
Lightyear (Animated Film; 2022)
Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Film; 2011)
One of the Boys, by Katy Perry (Album; 2008)
Piper (Pixar Cartoon; 2016)
Plumbing in a “Pipe” (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)
A Short of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson (Science History Book; 2003)
Steve Winwood, by Steve Winwood (Album; 1977)
Superman III (Film; 1988)
Synchronicity, by the Police (Album; 1983)
Texasville, by Larry McMurtry (Novel; 1987)
Things Fall Apart (Novel; 1958)
Towne Hall Follies (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1935)
Under the Sea-Wind, by Rachel Carson (Science Book; 1952)
Viva Las Vegas (Film; 1964)
What’s Up, Doc? (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)
Today’s Name Days
Adolf, Alena, Volker (Austria)
Bratoljub, Diogen, Inocent, Laura, Nevenka (Croatia)
Adolf (Czech Republic)
Botolphus (Denmark)
Eugen, Kenno (Estonia)
Urho (Finland)
Hervé (France)
Adolf, Alena, Volker (Germany)
Felix, Ismail (Greece)
Alida, Laura (Hungary)
Adolfo, Gregorio, Manuele, Ranieri, Sofia (Italy)
Artis, Artūrs, Enta (Latvia)
Adolfas, Daugantas, Laura, Vilmantė (Lithuania)
Bodil, Botolv (Norway)
Adolf, Adolfa, Adolfina, Agnieszka, Alf, Drogomysł, Franciszek, Laura, Marcjan, Radomił, Rainer, Wolmar (Poland)
Ismail, Manuil, Savel (România)
Adolf (Slovakia)
Ismael, Teresa (Spain)
Torborg, Torvald (Sweden)
Alcine, Botolf, Harvey, Hervey, Lamar, Lemar (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 169 of 2024; 197 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of week 25 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 9 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 12 (Ren-Zi)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 11 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 10 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 19 Blue; Fryday [19 of 30]
Julian: 4 June 2024
Moon: 81%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 28 St. Paul (6th Month) [Bossuet]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 9 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 91 of 92)
Week: 3rd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 28 of 31)
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Jun 16
Holidays 6.16
Holidays
Academy of Experience Day
Achalasia Awareness Day
Arborist Appreciation Day
Aviation Day (Armenia)
Battle of Stoke Anniversary Day
Bloomsday (James Joyce's Ulysses)
Blues Brothers Day
Captain Picard Day
Day of Third-Hand Reports and Shaky Evidence
Engineer's Day (Argentina)
Escalator Day
Father’s Day (Seychelles)
Global Health Coach Day
Hemiplegic Migraine Awareness Day
House Divided Speech Day
International Day of Biotechnology
International Day of Family Remittances (UN)
International Day of the African Child (OAU)
International Domestic Workers Day
International Waterfall Day
Jewish Trans Poetry Day
Ladies’ Day (MLB)
Marvel 616 Day
Mature Moggies Day (UK)
Mid Year Celebration (Elder Scrolls)
Mission From God Day (Blues Brothers)
Mr. Sack Day
National ASK Day
National Casey Day
National Garden Day (Canada)
National hATTR Day (Brazil)
National Jade Day
National Mohammad Day
National Morticians Day
National Richard Day
National Wear BLUE Day (for Men’s Health)
No Orange Clothes Day
Peace of Chaco Day (Bolivia/Paraguay)
Psycho Day
Scrubwomen Tea Party Day
616 Day
Sussex Day (UK)
Thyme Day (French Republic)
Transpoon Day
Tupac Shakur Day (California)
Two Million March Anniversary Day (Hong Kong)
Water Industry Workers Day (Kyrgyzstan)
Wish Fulfillment Day
Women in Space Day
World Electrosensitivity Day
World Neurodiversity Pride Day
World Refill Day
World Sea Turtle Day
World Smell Day
Youth Day (South Africa)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Cracker Jack Day
Fresh Veggies Day
National Cannoli Day
National Fudge Day
National Tortilla Day
National Turkey Lovers Day
National Vegemite Day (Australia)
National Vinegar Day
Pepsi-Cola Day
Wagashi (Japanese Sweets Day; Japan)
Independence & Related Days
Baybay City Charter Day (Philippines)
Efransa (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]
Congress of Soviets 1st held (USSR; 1917)
3rd Sunday in June
Burghfield BoxKart Bash Day [3rd Sunday]
Dollars Against Diabetes Days end [3rd Sunday]
Family Awareness Day [3rd Sunday]
Father's Day (US) [3rd Sunday]
Health Worker’s Day (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia) [3rd Sunday]
Husband Caregiver Day [3rd Sunday]
Medical Worker Day (Russia) [3rd Sunday]
National Turkey Lovers’ Day [3rd Sunday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 16 (3rd Full Week)
Carpenter Ant Awareness Week (thru 6.22) [3rd Full Week]
National Craft Spirits Week (thru 6.22) [3rd Full Week]
National Forgiveness Week (thru 6.22) [3rd Full Week]
National Grasslands Week (thru 6.22) [3rd Full Week]
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week (thru 6.22) [3rd Full Week]
National Play Catch Week (thru 6.22) [3rd Full Week]
National Roller Coaster Week (thru 6.22) [3rd Full Week]
Universal Father's Week (thru 6.22) [3rd Full Week]
Wobbly Week (thru 6.22) [Week with 6.20]]
Festivals Beginning June 16, 2024
Real Men Cook (Chicago, Illinois)
Silverton Hills Strawberry Festival (Silverton Hills, Oregon)
Strawberry Festival (Assonet, Massachusetts)
Summertime Ball (Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom)
Sykesville Ag & Youth Fair (Sykesville, Pennsylvania) [thru 6.22]
Tony Awards (New York, New York)
Wellfleet Strawberry Festival (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)
Feast Days
Albert Chartier (Artology)
Andy Weir (Writerism)
Aurelianus of Arles (Christian; Saint)
Aureus of Mainz (and his sister Justina; Christian; Saint)
Benno (Christian; Saint) [Dresden, Munich; Germany] *
Cettin of Oran (Christian; Saint)
Curig of Llanbadarn (Christian; Saint)
Circus and Julitta (Christian; Martyrs)
The Day of Third-Hand Reports and Shaky Evidence (Shamanism)
Erich Segal (Writerism)
Equos (Celtic Book of Days)
Ferreolus and Ferrutio (Christian; Martyrs)
Frank Thorne (Artology)
George Berkeley and Joseph Butler (Episcopal Church)
Henri Richelet (Artology)
Jim Dine (Artology)
John Francis Regis (Christian; Saint)
John Linnell (Artology)
Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham (Anglican Church)
Joyce Carol Oates (Writerism)
Lutgardis of Tongeren (a.k.a. Lutgart; Christian; Saint)
Madonna of Carmine (Christian; Saint)
Media Ver X (Pagan)
Night of a Teardrop (Ancient Egypt)
Otto Muehl (Artology)
Prayer to Frigga for Bridges and Wives Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Quriaqos and Julietta (Christian; Martyrs)
René Seyssaud (Artology)
Rotary Doozer (Muppetism)
Silver Chalice Day (Everyday Wicca)
Tychon of Amathus (Christian; Saint)
Steppenwolf Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
William Penn (Positivist; Saint)
World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests
World Meat-Free Day (Pastafarian)
Islamic Lunar Holidays
Eid al-Adha [Muslim Feast of Sacrifice] (a.k.a. ...
Aïd el Adha (Morocco)
Aïd el Addha (Djibouti)
Aïd el Kébir (Tunisia)
Arefa (Ethiopia)
Bakarid (Nepal)
Bakri Id (India)
Corban Bairam (Sudan)
Djouldé Laihadji (Camaroon)
Eid al Adha (Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, UAE, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen)
Eid-Al-Adha (South Sudan)
Eid-e-Qorban (Iran)
Eid ul Adha (Myanmar)
Eidul Azha (Pakistan)
Eid ul-Ad'haa (Maldives)
Eid-ul-Azha (Bangladesh)
Feast of Sacrifice (Indonesia)
Gurban Bayram (Azerbaijan)
Hari Raya Aidil Adha (Brunei)
Hari Raya Haji (Singapore)
Hari Raya Qurban (Malaysia)
Id Al Adaha (Ethiopia)
Ide el Kabir (Comoros)
Id-ul Ajad (Nepal)
Id-Ul-Alha (Sri Lanka)
Id-ul-Zuha (India)
Kurban Bayram (North Cyprus)
Kurban Bayramy (Turkey, Turkmenistan)
Tabaski (Cameroon, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal)
Orthodox Christian Liturgical Calendar Holidays
Blind Man Sunday [6 Weeks after Easter]
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 12 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [12 of 24]
Prime Number Day: 167 [39 of 72]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [35 of 57]
Premieres
Ancient Evenings, by Norman Mailer (Historical Novel; 1983)
Asteroid City (Film; 2023)
At San Quentin, by Johnny Cash (Live Album; 1969)
Batman Forever (Film; 1995)
Batman Returns (Film; 1992)
Bitter Sweet Symphony, by The Verve (Album; 1997)
The Blues Brothers (Film; 1980)
A Bully Romance (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)
Carl’s Date (Pixar Cartoon; 2023)
Cars 3 (Animated Pixar Film; 2017)
A Chilly Reception (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1958)
Chow Hound (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)
Death in Venice, by Benjamin Britten (Opera; 1973)
Elemental (Pixar Animated Film; 2023)
Eliza on the Ice (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1944)
Euphoria (TV Series; 2019)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Film; 2006) [F&F #3]
First Family, by David Baldacci (Novel; 2009)
The Flash (Film; 2023)
From Bed to Worse (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1971)
Ghostbusters II (Film; 1989)
Grand Theft Auto (Film; 1977)
Grease (Film; 1978)
Half Empty Saddles (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1958)
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (Film; 2021)
Honky Tonk, recorded by Bill Dogged (Song; 1956)
Hot in Cleveland (TV Series; 2010)
I Forget Thee, Jerusalem (f.k.a. The Wild Palms), by William Faulkner (Novel; 1939)
Jacob’s Ladder, by Arnold Schoenberg (Oratorio; 1961)
Jubal Sackett, by Louis L’Amour (Novel; 1985)
Lilo & Stitch (Animated Disney Film; 2002)
Lou (Pixar Cartoon; 2017)
Many Tanks (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1942)
Mickey’s Steam-Roller (Disney Cartoon; 1934)
Musical Chairs (TV Game Show; 1975)
My Pal Paul (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)
Napoleon Bunny-Part (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)
Old Wave, by Ringo Starr (Album; 1983)
Pocahontas (Animated Disney Film; 1995)
The Postman (Film; 1995)
Psycho (Film; 1960)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, by David Bowie (Album; 1972)
Rough Night (Film; 2017)
Roxy Music, by Roxy Music (Album; 1972)
Shaft (Film; 2000)
Symphony in Slang (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1951)
Tarzan (Animated Disney Film; 1999)
Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson (Novel; 1961)
Titan A.E. (Animated Film; 2000)
Tom Thumb’s Brother (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1941)
Trout Mask Replica, by Captain Beefheart (Album; 1969)
Unicorn Wars (Animated Film; 2022)
The Wizard of Oz (Musical Play; 1902)
Woodpecker in the Rough (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1952)
Today’s Name Days
Benno, Luitgard, Quirin (Austria)
Aurelije, Zlata, Zlatko (Croatia)
Zbyněk (Czech Republic)
Tycho (Denmark)
Heelia, Päive, Päivi (Estonia)
Päivä, Päivi, Päivikki (Finland)
François-Régis, Jean-François, Régis (France)
Benno, Julietta, Luitgard, Quirin (Germany)
Tichon, Tychon (Greece)
Jusztin (Hungary)
Aureliano, Ferruccio, Giuditta (Italy)
Justīne, Juta (Latvia)
Benas, Julita, Jūra, Tolminas (Lithuania)
Tiril, Torhild, Toril (Norway)
Alina, Aneta, Benon, Budzimir, Jan, Justyna, Ludgarda (Poland)
Tihon (România)
Julia (Russia)
Blanka (Slovakia)
Aureliano, Francisco, Juan (Spain)
Axel, Axelina (Sweden)
Aurel, Aurelia, Aurelio, Aurelius, Aurora, Dawn, Oralia, Orelia (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 168 of 2024; 198 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 24 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 8 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 11 (Xin-Hai)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 10 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 9 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 18 Blue; Foursday [18 of 30]
Julian: 3 June 2024
Moon: 72%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 27 St. Paul (6th Month) [William Penn]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 90 of 92)
Week: 3rd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 27 of 31)
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Jun 15
Holidays 6.15
Holidays
Arbor Day (Costa Rica)
Cagayan de Oro Charter Day
Corban Bairam Day (Sudan)
DACA Anniversary Day
Day of Valdemar (Denmark)
Dia del Arbol (Costa Rica)
Engineer’s Day (Italy)
Festival of Neon Decadence
Fire Service Workers’ Day (Kyrgyzstan)
Flag Day (Armenia, Denmark)
Fly a Kite Day
A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed Day
Global Wind Day
Husband Caregiver Day
International Day of Latex
International FrontRunners Day
International Justice Day for Cleaners & Security Guards
International Level Crossing Awareness Day
International Women in Mining Day
International Working Animals Day
Irish AIDS Day (Ireland)
Justice for Janitors Day
King Valdemar’s Day (Denmark)
Kiss a Wookiee Day
LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Day 2022 ( website )
Lion King Day
Magna Carta Day (UK)
Mangaia Gospel Day (Cook Islands)
National Book Day (Argentina)
National Bug Busting Day (UK)
National Electricity Day
National Foam Party Day
National License Plate Frame Day
National Man Day
National Marina Day
National Megalodon Day
National Salvation Day (Azerbaijan)
Native American Citizenship Day
Nature Photography Day
Raja Sankranti (Odisha, India)
Rice Seedlings Transplant Day (Korea)
Separation Day (Delaware)
615 Day
Smile Power Day
Sneak a Kiss Day
Spill the Salt Day
Thisbe Asteroid Day
Verbena Day (French Republic)
Vulcanized Rubber Day
World Dengue Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (UN)
World Meat Free Day
World Snail Day
Worldwide Day of Giving
YMA Day (Mizoram, India)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Key West Conch Fritter Day
National Beer Day (a.k.a. Beer Day Britain; UK)
National Big Boy Day
National Knish Day
National Lobster Day [unofficial, also 9.25]
National Papaya Day
National Prune Day
Pork Rind Day (Peru)
Potatoe Day
Independence & Related Days
Arkansas Statehood Day (#25; 1836)
Cagayan de Pro City Charter Day (Philippines)
National Salvation Day (Azerbaijan)
Opol Day (Philippines)
Pinang (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]
Reunion Day (Denmark)
Valdemar Day (Denmark)
3rd Saturday in June
Badger Day [3rd Saturday]
Bawming of the Thorn (Appleton Thorn, England) [3rd Saturday]
Dog Dad’s Day [3rd Saturday]
Father’s Eve [3rd Saturday]
International Day of the Swimming Pond [3rd Saturday]
International Surfing Day [3rd Saturday]
Madam Lou Bunch Day (Old Flop House Celebration & Bed Race; Colorado) [3rd Saturday]
Mermaid Parade (Brooklyn, New York) [3rd Saturday]
National Dog Dad Day [3rd Saturday]
National Hollerin' Contest (Spivey's Corner, NC) [3rd Saturday]
Polar Bear Swim (Nome, Alaska) [Saturday closest to 21st]
Saturday of Souls, Second (Eastern Orthodox)
Solennität (Switzerland) [Saturday closest to 22nd]
World Juggling Day [Saturday closest to 6.17]
World Martini Day [3rd Saturday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 16 (3rd Full Week)
Northern Arizona Monsoon Season (thru 9.30)
Festivals Beginning June 15, 2024
Alabama Blueberry Festival (Brewton, Alabama)
Arcata Bay Oyster Festival (Arcata, California)
Beer and BBQ Stroll (Westminster, Maryland)
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival (Jacksonville, Florida)
Brews on the Bricks (Hays, Kansas)
Cajun Fest (Purcellville, Virginia)
Clayton BBQ & Brews Festival (Clayton, California)
Colorado Renaissance Festival (Larkspur, Colorado) [thru 8.4]
The Freshtival (Rohnert Park, California)
Hampton County Watermelon Festival (Hampton, South Carolina) [thru 6.22]
Highland Realm Blueberry Farm Bash (Hampshire, Mississippi)
International Vinegar Festival (Roslyn, South Dakota)
Lake Dillon Beer Fest (Dillon, Colorado)
Monterey Wine Festival (Monterey, California) [thru 6.16]
Mumbai International Film Festival (Mumbai, India) [thru 6.21]
Nashoba Rock N Brewfest (Lancaster, Massachusetts)
North Beach Festival (San Francisco, California) [thru 6.16]
Oink & Ale (Leaksville, North Carolina)
Ojai Wine Festival (Ojai, California)
Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days (Pleasant Grove, Utah) [thru 6.23]
RC Cola and Moon Pie Festival (Bell Buckle, Tennessee)
Sip-N-Shop Wine Walk (Eagle River, Wisconsin)
Slocomb Tomato Festival (Slocomb, Alabama)
Squeal On The Eel (Logansport, Indiana)
St. Louis Bourbon & Brews Festival (St. Louis, Missouri)
StrawberryFest (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin)
Strawberry Festival (Middlefield, Connecticut)
Summer Brew Fest (Denver, Colorado)
Sun BBQFest (Uncasville, Connecticut) [thru 6.16]
Taste of Chicago Rogers Park (Chicago, Illinois)
Taste of Redwood Valley (Calpella, California)
Trooping the Colour (London, UK)
Venice International Theater Festival [Biennale Teatro] (Schwarzenberg, Austria) [thru 6.23]
Wine and Vine Fest (Nicholasville, Kentucky)
Wine Time at the Colony (Saxonburgh, Pennsylvania)
Feast Days
Abraham of Clermont (or of St Cyriacus; Christian; Saint)
Albertina Berkenbrock, Blessed (Christian; Saint)
Alice (a.k.a. Adelaide or Aleydia) of Schaerbeek (Christian; Saint & Virgin)
Augustine of Hippo (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Bad Joke Day (Pastafarian)
Bardo (Christian; Saint)
Bernard of Menthon (Christian; Saint)
Bourdaloue (Positivist; Saint)
Brian Jacques (Writerism)
Clement Vismara (Christian; Blessed)
Crescentia, Modestus, and Vitus (Christian; Martyrs)
Daisy Spell for Overcoming Indecision Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Edburga of Winchester (Christian; Saint & Virgin)
Evelyn Underhill (Church of England and The Episcopal Church)
Germaine Cousin of Pibrac (Christian; Saint)
Gregory Lewis Barbadigo, Cardinal Bishop of Padua (Christian; Saint)
Guan Sheng Di Jun Dan (Taoism)
Halum (Muppetism)
Hesychius (Christian; Martyr)
Howard Hughes Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Hugo Pratt (Artology)
Landelin (of Crespin or of Lobbes; Christian; Saint)
Media Ver IX (Pagan)
Modesto’s and Crescentia (Christian; Martyrs)
Neal Adams (Artology)
Nicolas Poussin (Artology)
Orsiesius (Christian; Saint)
Pearl the Pika (Muppetism)
Rising of the Nile Day (Ancient Egypt)
Saul Steinberg (Artology)
Tatian Dulas (Christian; Martyr)
Trillo (Christian; Saint)
Vance A. Larson (Artology)
Vaughe (a.k.a. Vorech), Hermit of Cornwall (Christian; Saint)
Vestalia ends (Ancient Rome)
Vitus (a.k.a. Guy; Christian; Martyr) [Czech Republic]
Vladimir (Christian; Saint)
Islamic Lunar Holidays
Day of Arafah [8-9 Dhu al-Hijjah] (Islamic) a.k.a. ...
Arafat Day (Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, UAE)
Wakfet Arafat (Egypt)
Youm Arafat (Djibouti)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Fatal Day (Pagan) [12 of 24]
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [23 of 53]
Perilous Day (13th Century England) [20 of 32]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Tycho Brahe Lucky Day (Scandinavia) [4 of 4]
Premieres
All the President’s Men, by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward (True Crime; 1974)
The Apartment (Film; 1960)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Animated Film; 2001)
Bao (Pixar Cartoon; 2018)
Batman Begins (Film; 2005)
Blackadder (UK TV Series; 1983)
Bleach, by Nirvana (Album; 1989)
A Bridge Too Far (Film; 1977)
Bull Durham (Film; 1988)
co*ck-A-Doddle Deux Deux (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)
Dick Tracy (Film; 1990)
The Dirty Dozen (Film; 1967)
Double-Cross-Country Race (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1951)
Duran Duran, by Duran Duran (Album; 1981)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Film; 2007)
The Gifts of the Jews, by Thomas Cahill (History Book; 1998)
Gravity Falls (Animated TV Series; 2012)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Film; 1990)
Heartburn, by Nora Ephron (Novel; 1983)
Hercules (Animated Film; 1997)
The Hick Chick (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1946)
Holiday (Film; 1938)
Home is Somewhere Else (Animated Film; 2022)
Hungarian Goulash (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1930)
The Incredibles 2 (Animated Pixar Film; 2018)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, by Jack Finney (Novel; 1955)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Film; 2001)
Let’s Get It On by Marvin Gaye (Song; 1973)
Like a Rolling Stone, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1965)
The Lion King (Animated Disney Film; 1994)
Little ’Tinker (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1948)
Medal of Honor, by Allen Mikaelian (History Book; 2002)
The Offspring, by The Offspring (Album; 1989)
Operation Sawdust (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1953)
Pink Pull (Pink Panther Theatrical Cartoon; 1979)
Pyramids, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1989) [Discworld #7]
Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke (Novel; 1973)
Rocky II (Film; 1979)
Russian Doll (Film; 2001)
Slow But Sure (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1934)
Star Wars: Conviction, by Aaron Allston (Novel; 2011)
Summertime (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)
Supernatural, by Santana (Album; 1999)
Tag (Film; 20189)
Unknown Pleasures, by Joy Division (Album; 1979)
Wax Works (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)
Woodpecker in the Moon (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1959)
Yesterday and Today, boy The Beatles (Album; 1966)
Today’s Name Days
Gebhard, Lothar, Veit (Austria)
Čedomil, Toma, Vid, Vito (Croatia)
Vít (Czech Republic)
Vitus (Denmark)
Guido, Kuido, Viido, Viit (Estonia)
Moona, Viena, Vieno (Finland)
Germaine (France)
Bernhard, Gebhard, Lothar, Veit (Germany)
Afgoustinos, Avgousta, Ieronymos, Livyi, Monica, Ortansia (Greece)
Ariana, Jolán, Vid (Hungary)
Enrica, Everardo, Germana, Modesto, Vito (Italy)
Banuta, Benno, Vilija, Zermena (Latvia)
Bargailė, Krescencija, Tanvilas, Vitas (Lithuania)
Vigdis, Viggo (Norway)
Abraham, Angelina, Bernard, Jolanta, Leona, Leonida, Nikifor, Wit, Witold, Witołd, Witolda, Witosław, Wodzisław (Poland)
Amos (România)
Vít (Slovakia)
Benilde, María, Micaela (Spain)
Margit, Margot (Sweden)
Krystentia (Ukraine)
Alice, Alicia, Alisa, Alisha, Alison, Alissa Allie, Allison, Allyson, Alyce, Alyse, Alysha, Alysia, Alyson, Alyssa, German, Germain, Germaine, Jermaine, Vidal, Vito (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 167 of 2024; 199 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 24 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 7 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 10 (Geng-Xu)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 9 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 8 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 17 Blue; Threesday [17 of 30]
Julian: 2 June 2024
Moon: 65%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 26 St. Paul (6th Month) [Bourdaloue]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 89 of 92)
Week: 3rd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 26 of 31)
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Jun 14
Holidays 6.14
Holidays
Baltic Freedom Day
Ban Live Exports International Awareness Day
Blood Type Awareness Day
Caldecott Day (Literature)
Casual Day
Congressional Baseball Massacre Day
Day of Memory for Repressed People (Armenia)
Day of Mourning and Commemoration (Estonia)
Diving Suit Day
Family History Day
Flag Day (US)
Freedom Day (Malawi)
Green for Grenfell Day (UK)
Hydranencephaly Awareness Day
International Bath Day
International Steampunk Day
International Weblogger’s Day
Jasmine Day (French Republic)
John McCain Day
Kiss Day (South Korea)
Last of Us Anniversary Day
Leinapev (Day of Mourning and Commemoration; Estonia)
Liberation Day (Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands)
Lunes Siguiente a la Festividad de San Antonio (Ceuta, Spain)
Magic Circles Day
Monkey Around Day
Mourning and Hope Day (Lithuania)
National Garden Day (Canada)
National Hoe Day
National New Mexico Day
National Skunk Day
National Wear Blue Day
National YWCA Greater Los Angeles Unsung Heroes Day
No Mailing Children Day
Obama Day (a.k.a. Obama Appreciation Day)
Own Your Share of America Day [Weekday closest to 6.14]
Pahaliraja (a.k.a. Pahili Day; India)
Pause for the Pledge Day [7 PM EDT]
Pig Callers’ Day
Pop Goes the Weasel Day
Queen’s Birthday (Anguilla, Australia, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands)
Raja (India)
Sandpaper Day
614 Day
U.S. Army Birthday
Women's Day (Iraq)
World Blood Donor Day (UN)
Yesterday and Today Recall Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chicken Marengo Day
National Bourbon Day
National Strawberry Shortcake Day
World Cucumber Day
Independence & Related Days
Kopernik (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Parliament Day (1st Session; Canada; 1841)
Roman Republic (Organized & 1st Consuls elected; 510 BCE)
2nd Friday in June
Banana Split Day (Ohio) [2nd Friday]
Flashback Friday [Every Friday]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
International Drink Chenin Blanc Days, Day 1 [2nd Friday]
Kamehameha Day (Hawaii) [June 11, Unless a Weekend, then Friday before]
National School Business Leaders Day (UK) [2nd Friday]
National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers [2nd Friday]
National Lemonade Days begin [2nd Friday]
National Marriage Day [2nd Friday]
National Movie Night [2nd Friday]
National Work @ Home Father's Day [Friday before 3rd Sunday]
Pirate Day Friday (Australia) [2nd Friday]
Poultry Days begin (Versailles, Ohio) [2nd Friday]
Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival begins (Oklahoma) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]
World Verdejo Day [2nd Friday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 14 (2nd Full Week)
Dollars Against Diabetes (thru 6.16] [Father’s Day Weekend]
Honor America Days (thru 7.4) [21 Days]
Poultry Days (thru 6.16)
Festivals Beginning June 14, 2024
Alameda County Fair (Alameda County Fairgrounds, California) [thru 7.7]
Armageddon Expo (Auckland, New Zealand) [thru 6.16]
Berry Dairy Days Festival (Burlington, Washington) [thru 6.16]
Boulevardia (Kansas City, Missouri) [thru 6.15]
Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival (Warren, Arkansas) [thru 6.15]
Bushels and Barrels at Reynolds Homestead (Critz, Virginia) [thru 6.15]
Coffee Fest New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 6.15]
Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival (Crawfordsville, Indiana) [thru 6.16]
Download Festival (Castle Donington, United Kingdom) [thru 6.16]
FAN EXPO Boston (Boston, Massachusetts) [thru 6.16]
Festival of the Fish (Vermillion, Ohio) [thru 6.16]
Food & Wine Classic in Aspen (Aspen, Colorado) [thru 6.16]
Great Texas Balloon Race (Longview, Texas) [thru 6.16]
Holland Corn Festival (Holland, Texas) [thru 6.15]
Hong Kong Arts Festival (thru 7.4]
International Craft Beer Festival (Fairfield, Ohio) [thru 6.15]
King of the County BBQ Challenge & Music Festival (Martinez, California) [thru 6.16]
LA Beer Week (Los Angeles, California) [thru 6.22]
Les Francos de MontréalLes Francos de Montréal (Montreal, Canada) [thru 6.22]
NC Blueberry Festival (Burgaw, North Carolina) [thru 6.15]
Red River Art & Wine Festival (Red River, New Mexico) [thru 6.16]
RibFest Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 6.16]
Shanghai International Film Festival (Shanghai, China) [thru 6.23]
Slam'n Salm'n Derby (Anchorage, Alaska) [thru 6.22]
St. Nicholas Greek Festival (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) [thru 6.15]
Taste of Scotland & Celtic Festival (Franklin, North Carolina) [thru 6.16]
The Transilvania International Film Festival (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) [thru 6.24]
Versailles Poultry Days [Versailles, Ohio) [thru 6.16]
Watermelon Festival (Monticello, Florida) [thru 6.15]
The WhiskyX (Denver, Colorado)
World Margarita Championship (Tucson, Arizona)
Wurst Festival (Amana Colonies, Iowa) [thru 6.15]
Wyoming Brewers Festival (Cheyenne, Wyoming) [thru 6.15]
Feast Days
Aes Dana (Celtic Book of Days)
Arthur Davis (Artology)
Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea (Christian; Saint)
Bourbon Day (Pastafarian)
Burchard of Meissen (Christian; Saint)
Castora Gabrielli (Christian; Saint)
Caomhán of Inisheer (Christian; Saint)
Day of the Muses (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Dogmael (a.k.a. Toel; Christian; Saint)
Elisha the Prophet (Roman Catholic and Lutheran)
fa*g Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Fortunatus of Naples (Roman Catholic)
Francisca de Paula de Jesus (Nhá Chica; Christian; Blessed)
Harriet Beecher Stowe (Writerism)
Harry Nilsson (Humanism; Saint)
James Gurney (Artology)
Jerzy Kosiński (Writerism)
Joseph the Hymnographer (Roman Catholic: Orthodox April 3)
Louisey (Muppetism)
Media Ver VIII (Pagan)
Methodios I of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
Muse’s Nativity Day (Celebrating their mother, Mnemosyne; Ancient Greece)
Nennus (a.k.a. Nehemias; Christian; Saint)
Nicolas Bentley (Artology)
Psalmodius (Christian; Saint)
Quintian of Rodez (a.k.a. Rodez; Christian; Saint)
René Char (Writerism)
Richard Baxter (Church of England)
Rufinus and Valerius (Christian; Martyrs)
Rumor Sunday (Usually a Weekday; Shamanism)
Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald (Artology)
Valerius and Rufinus (Christian; Martyrs)
Vidar (Norse festival to the Son of Odin)
St. Vincent de Paul (Positivist; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 27 of 60)
Premieres
Bosky the Sheep-Herder (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)
The Bourne Identity (Film; 2002)
Daydream Believer, recorded by The Monkees (Song; 1967)
The Dragons of Eden, by Carl Saran (Science Book; 1977)
Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1947)
1st entry in “The Diary of a Young Girl,” by Anne Frank (Diary; 1942)
Flags of Our Fathers, by James Bradley with Ron Powers (History Book; 2000)
Fort Apache (Film; 1948)
The Full Monty (Sequel Film; 2023)
Ghosts in the Bunk (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1939)
The Gong Show (TV Game Show; 1976)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Film; 1950)
Inside Out 2 (Pixar Animated Film; 2024)
In Watermelon Sugar, by Richard Brautigan (Novel; 1968)
King Looney XIV (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)
King Tweety (WB Animated Film; 2022)
The Last of Us (Video Game; 2013)
Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane recorded (1923) [1st country music hit]
Little Runaway (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1952)
Ludwig (Fragments from a Mystery), by Douglas Young (Ballet; 1986)
The Massacre at Fall Creek, by Jessamyn West (Novel; 1975)
Man of Steel (Film; 2013)
Men in Black: International (Film; 2019)
Murder Mystery (Film; 2019)
The Parallax View (Film; 1974)
Professor Offkeyski (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Film; 1991)
Scooby-Doo (Film; 2002)
Shaft (Film; 2019)
She, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1999)
Snow Country, by Yasunari Kawabata (Novel; 1948)
Space Cat, by Ruthven Todd (Storybook; 1952)
Stealing Beauty (Film; 1996)
The Store, by T.S. Stribling (Novel; 1932)
Sylvia, by Léo Delibes (Ballet; 1876)
Tarkus, by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Album; 1971)
A Thousand and One Nights (Japanese Animated Film; 1969)
Tibetan Peach Pie, by Tom Robbins (Novel; 2014)
That Touch of Mink (Film; 1962)
Two Lazy Crows (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1936)
2000 B.C. (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)
Wallace and Grommit Festival (Animated Film; 1996)
Wild in the Country (Film; 1961)
Workingman’s Dead, by The Grateful Dead (Album; 1970)
Today’s Name Days
Hartwig, Meinrad (Austria)
Elizej, Rufin, Valerije, Zlatko (Croatia)
Roland (Czech Republic)
Rufinus (Denmark)
Leina, Leine, Leini (Estonia)
Kielo, Pihla (Finland)
Élisée, Valère (France)
Hartwig, Meinrad (Germany)
Elissaios, Nefon (Greece)
Vazul (Hungary)
Eliseo, Valerio (Italy)
Kitija, Klitija, Saiva, Sentis, Tija (Latvia)
Almina, Bazilijus, Digna, Labvardas (Lithuania)
Erland, Erlend (Norway)
Bazylid, Bazylis, Eliza, Justyn, Justyna, Ninogniew, Walerian, Waleriana (Poland)
Elisei (România)
Vasil (Slovakia)
Anastasio, Digna, Eliseo, Félix, Metodio (Spain)
Håkan, Hakon (Sweden)
Vladyslav (Ukraine)
Basil, Basilia, Jaren, Jaron, Jarron, Vasily (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 166 of 2024; 200 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 24 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 6 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 9 (Ji-You)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 8 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 7 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 16 Blue; Twosday [16 of 30]
Julian: 1 June 2024
Moon: 54%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 25 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Vincent de Paul]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 6 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 88 of 92)
Week: 2nd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 25 of 31)
Calendar Changes
June (a.k.a. Iunius; Julian Calendar) [Month 6 of 12]
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Jun 13
Holidays 6.13
Holidays
Aethra Asteroid Day
Beyond the Solar System Day
City Day (Lisbon, Portugal)
Dia de Exu (Brazil)
Flag Day (Palau)
International Albinism Awareness Day (UN)
International Axe Throwing Day
International Community Association Managers Day
Inventors’ Day (Hungary)
Jason Voorhees Day
Kitchen Klutzes of America Day
LGBTQIA Equal Pay Awareness Day
Loeys-Dietz Day of Giving
Michael Jackson Vindication Day
Military Gendarmerie Day (Poland)
Miranda Day
National Albinism Awareness Day
National Chamoy Day
National Dance/Movement Therapy Advocacy Day
National Day of Abortion Storytelling Day
National Day of Productive Business Civility
National Doe B Day
National Elderflower Day
National Frances Day
National Golf Cart Day
National Jane Day
National Pigeon Day
National Productive Business Civility Day
National Random Acts of Light Day
National Weed Your Garden Day
Outdoor Marketing Day
Random Acts of Light Day
Roller Coaster Day
San Antonio Day (Ceuta, Spain)
Sewing Machine Day
613 Day (Ottawa)
613 Mitzvot Day
Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Swiftie Day
Tench Day (French Republic)
Weed Your Garden Day
The Wicket World of Croquet Day
World Softball Day
Yawn-a-thon
Yeats Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Cupcake Day (UK)
Cupcake Lover’s Day
National Cucumber Day
Rosé Day [also 2nd Saturday]
Independence & Related Days
Princian Commonwealth (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]
Reform Movement Anniversary Day (Yemen)
2nd Thursday in June
National Career Nursing Assistants Day [2nd Thursday]
National Farm Workers Day [2nd Thursday]
Superman Celebration begins (Metropolis, Illinois) [2nd Thursday thru Sunday]
Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]
World Judicial Officer Day [2nd Thursday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 13 (2nd Full Week)
National Hermit Week (thru 6.20)
National Nursing Assistants Week (thru 6.19)
Festivals Beginning June 13, 2024
BBQ RibFest (Fort Wayne, Indiana) [thru 6.16]
Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival (Manchester, Tennessee) [thru 6.16]
Chisholm Trail Roundup BBQ & Chili Cook-Offs (Lockhart, Texas) [thru 6.15
Chorus Inside International (Lloret de Mar, Spain) [thru 6.18]
Claw Down (Boothbay Harbor, Maine)
Gladbrook Corn Carnival (Gladbrook, Iowa) [thru 6.16]
Greenfield Festival (Interlaken, Switzerland) [thru 6.15]
Hollywood Fringe Festival (Los Angeles, California) [thru 6.30]
Indy Strawberry Festival (Indianapolis, Indiana) [thru 6.15]
Kirtland Kiwanis Strawberry Festival (Kirtland, Ohio) thru 6.15]
Lavender Bloom and Wine Event (Concho, Arizona) [thru 7.13]
Louisiana Corn Festival (Bunkie, Louisiana) [thru 6.15]
Newport Italianfest (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 6.16]
New York State Blues Festival (Syracuse, New York) [thru 6.15]
Ottawa Fringe Festival (Ottawa, Canada) [thru 6.23]
Owego Strawberry Festival (Owego, New York) [thru 6.15]
Sónar (Barcelona, Spain) [thru 6.15]
Springfield Fair (Springfield, Maine) [thru 6.16]
Taste of the Vineyard (Edgartown, Massachusetts) [thru 6.15]
Telluride Food + Vine (Telluride, Colorado) [thru 6.16]
Tour of America's Dairyland (Muliple locations, Wisconsin) [thru 6.23]
US Open Golf Championship (thru 6.16)
Feast Days
Annie Sprinkle Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church (Christian; Saint) [Portugal]
Aquilina (Christian; Saint)
Audrey Niffenegger (Writerism)
Balor (Celtic Book of Days)
Bricket Wood Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Buddha's Parinirvana (Bhutan)
Cetteus (Peregrinus; Christian; Saint)
Damhnade of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Day of the Living Children of Nut (Ancient Egypt)
Dorothy L. Sayers(Writerism)
Feast of Epona (Celtic; Pagan)
Felicula (Christian; Saint)
Festival of Jupiter Invictus (Jupiter the Unconquered)
First-in-Line and Queue-Jumping Tournament (Shamanism)
G. K. Chesterton (Episcopal Church (USA))
Gerard of Clairvaux (Christian; Saint)
Gin Day (Pastafarian)
Gotthard Graubner (Artology)
Green Day (Pastafarian)
Ides of June (Ancient Rome)
Leon Chwistek (Artology)
Psalmodius (Christian; Saint)
Quinquatrus Minusculae (Old Roman Festival to Minerva)
Ragnebert (a.k.a. Rambert; Christian; Saint)
Ralph McQuarrie (Artology)
The Spaniel (Muppetism)
St. Theresa (Positivist; Saint)
Thomas Woodhouse (Christian; Blessed)
Triphyllius (Christian; Saint)
William Butler Yeats (Writerism)
Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]
Shavuot ends (Judaism) [7 Sivan] (a.k.a. …
Feast of the Harvest
Feast of Weeks
Festival of Weeks
First-Fruit festival
Wheat Harvest
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Water Husband Name Day (Young Women fill their mouth with water and didn’t let it out until they heard a man’s name. That name would be the name of their future husband; Portugal)
Premieres
The Apocalypse Watch, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1995)
Back to School (Film; 1986)
Backwoods Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)
BrainDead (TV Series; 2016)
Cherche Le Phantom (The Inspector Cartoon; 1968)
Day of Infamy, by Walter Lord (History Book; 1957)
The Disillusioned Bluebird (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1944)
Faith and Courage, by Sinead O’Connor (Album; 2000)
Forever Your Girl, by Paula Abdul (Album; 1988)
The Game of Kings, by Dorothy Dunnett (Novel; 1961)
Hercules (Animated Disney Film; 1997)
Horsefly Opera (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Animated Film; 2014)
I’ll Be Skiing Ya (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1947)
The Incredible Hulk (Film; 2008)
Jagged Little Pill, by Alan’s Morrisette (Album; 1995)
Jet Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1967)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Film; 1949)
Les Noces, by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1923)
Lolita (Film; 1962)
Make It With You, by Bread (Song; 1970)
Mona Lisa (Film; 1986)
Nine Princes in Amber, by Roger Zelazny (Novel; 1970)
Olive’s Boithday Presink (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1941)
The Omen, by David Seltzer (Novel; 1976)
Pat and Mike (Film; 1952)
Petrushka, by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1911)
Post, by Björk (Album; 1995)
The Price of Salt, by Claire Morgan (Novel; 1952)
The Prince and the Showgirl (Film; 1957)
Prozac Nation (Film; 2003)
Roadie (Film; 1980)
Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin (Serialized Novel; 1978)
Texas Flood, by Stevie Ray Vaughan (Album; 1983)
22 Jump Street (Film; 2014)
…Very ‘Eavy …Very ‘Umble, by Uriah Heel (Album; 1970)
Vida La Vida, by Coldplay (Song; 2008)
The Washout Chronicle, by John Cheever (Novel; 1957)
Wholly Moses (Film; 1980)
The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman (Economics Book; 2005)
Yodeling Yokels (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)
You Only Live Twice (US Film; 1967) [James Bond #5]
Today’s Name Days
Antonius, Bernhard (Austria)
Antonija, Antun, Toni (Croatia)
Antonín (Czech Republic)
Cyrillus (Denmark)
Monika, Mooni, Moonika (Estonia)
Raila, Raili (Finland)
Antoine (France)
Anton, Antonius, Bernhard (Germany)
Trifilios (Greece)
Anett, Antal (Hungary)
Alice, Antonio (Italy)
Ainārs, Tautvaldis, Tobijs, Uva, Zigfrīds, Zigrids (Latvia)
Akvilina, Antanas, Kunotas, Skalvė (Lithuania)
Tanja, Tone, Tonje (Norway)
Antoni, Chociemir, Herman, Lucjan, Maria Magdalena, Tobiasz (Poland)
Achilina (România)
Anton (Slovakia)
Antonio (Spain)
Aina, Aino (Sweden)
Kalyna (Ukraine)
Ivey, Ivy, Lara, Larissa (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 165 of 2024; 201 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of week 24 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 5 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 8 (Wu-Shen)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 7 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 6 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 15 Blue; Oneday [15 of 30]
Julian: 31 May 2024
Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter
Positivist: 24 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Theresa]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 5 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 87 of 92)
Week: 2nd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 24 of 31)
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Jun 12
Holidays 6.12
Holidays
Anne Frank Day
Bedstraw Day (French Republic)
Blue Galaxy Day
Children’s Day (Haiti)
Crowded Nest Syndrome Day
Dia dos Namorados (Brazil)
Flag Day (Brazil; New Zealand)
Ghost in the Machine Day
Grimace Day
Helsinki Day (Finland)
Idol Day
Indiana Jones Day
International Adobo Day
International DDX3X Day
International Dubbing Day
International Shia Day
Interracial Marriage Day
June 12 Commemoration (Lagos State, Nigeria)
Lancaster Day (UK)
Little League Girls Baseball Day
Lover’s Day (Japan)
Loving Day
Magic Day
Man of Steel Day
Mother’s Day (Luxembourg)
National Automotive Service Professionals Day
National Black Men Don’t Cheat Day
National Button Battery Awareness Day
National Cancer Thriver Day
National Chiropractic Health Assistant Day (Canada)
National Control Room Worker’s Day
National Cougar Day
National Dairy Goat Awareness Day
National Dame Day
National Esther Day
National Great Dane Day
National Harm Reduction Day (Canada)
National Hospital at Home Patients Day
National Magic Day
National X Day
Orlando United Day (Florida)
Peace Day (Kosovo)
Perfect Game Day
Portland Trail Blazers Day (Oregon)
Pulse Remembrance Day
Queen’s Birthday (Pitcairn Islands, Tuvalu)
Railway Day (Japan)
Red Rose Day
Rock Around the Clock Day
Russia Day (Russia)
Science Day (Turkmenistan)
Senior Race Day (Isle of Man)
Sharon Needles Day (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
612 Day (Minnesota)
Spoonful of Sugar Day
Spousal Abuse Day
State Protection Service Day (Poland)
Stock Market Employees Day (Ukraine)
Superman Day
Swiss Army Knife Day
Tear Down This Wall Day
Valentine’s Day (Brazil)
Welsh Bands T-Shirt Day (UK)
We Remember 612 Day (Hong Kong)
Women’s Veterans Day
World Day Against Child Labour (UN)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chuy’s National Taco Day
International Cachaca Day
International Falafel Day
National Apple Cinnamon Muffin Day
National Jerky Day
Peanut Butter Cookie Day
Pink Spaghetti Day
Poultry Day
Independence & Related Days
Act of Settlement Day (UK; 1701)
Bill of Rights Day (Virginia; 1776)
Chaco Armistice Day (Paraguay)
Constitution Day (Turks & Caicos Island)
Democracy Day (Nigeria)
Philippines (from Spain, 1898)
2nd Wednesday in June
National Time Out Day [2nd Wednesday]
Worshipful Company of Vintners of the City of London Annual Procession [2nd Wednesday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 12 (2nd Full Week)
California State Parks Week (thru 6.16)
International Listening Association Week (thru 6.16)
Raggedy Ann and Andy Days (thru 6.13)
Festivals Beginning June 12, 2024
Emmett Cherry Festival (Emmett, Idaho) [thru 6.15]
Ice Cream Days (Le Mars, Iowa) [thru 6.15]
Mattituck Strawberry Festival (Mattituck, New York) [thru 6.16]
North by Northeast [NXNE] (Toronto, Canada) [thru 6.16]
San Diego County Fair (Del Mar, California) [thru 7.7]
Taste of London (London, UK) [thru 6.16]
Teapot Day (Tea, South Dakota) [thru 6.15]
W. C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival (Henderson, Kentucky) [thru 6.15]
Feast Days
Adriaen van Stalbemt (Artology)
St. Anthony’s Day Eve (Portugal)
Antonina (Christian; Martyr)
Bannocks Day (Celtic Book of Days)
Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius (Christian; Martyrs)
Be More Paranoid Day (Pastafarian)
Bob Katz (Muppetism)
St. Charles Borromeo (Positivist; Saint)
Dave Berg (Artology)
Egon Schiele (Artology)
Enmegahbowh (Episcopal Church)
Eskil of Sweden (Christian; Martyr)
Feast of the Blessed Polish Martyrs of World War II
Festival of Mut (Ancient Egypt)
First Ecumenical Council (Lutheran)
Gaspar Bertoni (Christian; Saint)
Gerard Hoffnung Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Gin Day (Pastafarian)
Guy of Cortona (Christian; Saint)
Henry Scott Tuke (Artology)
Hildegard Burjan (Christian; Blessed)
Johanna Spyri (Writerism)
John of Sahagún (Christian; Saint)
Korean Rice Farmers Stream Hair Washing Day (Everyday Wicca)
Len Wein (Artology)
Leo III, Pope (Christian; Saint)
Media Ver VII (Pagan)
Odulf (Christian; Saint)
Onuphrius (Christian; Saint)
Peter of Mount Athos (Christian; Saint)
Sparky Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Ternan, Bishop of the Picts (Christian; Saint)
Zeus’ Day (Ancient Greece)
108 Martyrs of World War II (Christian)
Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]
Shavuot, Day 2 (Judaism) [6-7 Sivan] (a.k.a. …
Feast of the Harvest
Feast of Weeks
Festival of Weeks
First-Fruit festival
Wheat Harvest
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 163 [38 of 72]
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [34 of 57]
Premieres
Admission Free (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)
All About Dogs (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)
Andy Warhol’s Blue Movie (a.k.a. f*ck; Adult Film; 1969)
Are You My Mother?, by P.D. Eastman (Children’s Book; 1960)
The Brighter Buccaneer, by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories; 1933) [Saint #12]
Bullet Park, by John Cheever (Novel; 1969)
Can’t Hardly Wait (Film; 1998)
Chesapeake, by James A. Michener (Historical Novel; 1978)
Chuck Berry Is On Top, by Chuck Berry (Album; 1959)
Clash of the Titans (Film; 1981)
Cleopatra (Film; 1963)
Clockwork Angels, by Rush (Album; 2012)
Coming Up for Air, by George Orwell (Novel; 1939)
Deep Throat (Adult Film; 1972)
Donald’s Garden (Disney Cartoon; 1942)
Donovan’s Reef (Film; 1963)
Farmer Al Falfa’s Bedtime Story (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)
Food, Inc. (Documentary Film; 2009)
Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1952) [Foundation #2]
Go Bo Diddly, by Bo Diddly (Album; 1959)
History of the World: Part 1 (Film; 1981)
The Horse Soldiers (Film; 1959)
I’ll Chase the Blues Away, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald (Song; 1935)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot (Science Book; 2010)
Jurassic World (Film; 2015)
Line of Duty (BBC TV Series; 2012)
Love and Kisses, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald (Song; 1935)
Mariah Carey, by Mariah Carey (Album; 1990)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Film; 2015)
Moon (Film; 2009)
Palestrina, by Hans Pfitzner (Opera; 1917)
Predator (Film; 1987)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film; 1981)
Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin (Orchestral Jazz; 1924)
The Sailor’s Home (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)
She’s Not There, recorded by The Zombies (Song; 1964)
Some Time in New York City, by John Lennon (Album; 1972)
Speedway (Film; 1968)
Superman vs. The Elite (Animated WB Film; 2012)
Surfer Girl, recorded by The Beach Boys (Song; 1963)
Swingers (Film; 1997)
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, by Blink-182 (Album; 2001)
Testimony of Two Men, by Taylor Caldwell (Novel; 1968)
Toreadorable (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1953)
2 Cool 4 Skool, by BTS (Album; 2013)
The Witches of Eastwick (Film; 1987)
Today’s Name Days
Florinda, Guido, Leo (Austria)
Bazilid, Gašpar, Leon (Croatia)
Antonie (Czech Republic)
Balisius (Denmark)
Eskel, Esko (Estonia)
Esko (Finland)
Guy (France)
Florinda, Guido, Leo (Germany)
Onoufrios (Greece)
Villő (Hungary)
Basilide, Guido, Onofrio (Italy)
Ija, Narda, Nora (Latvia)
Anupras, Dovė, Kristijonas, Kristis, Ramūnas (Lithuania)
Sigfrid, Sigrid, Siri (Norway)
Antonina, Bazyli, Jan, Leon, Onufry, Wyszemir (Poland)
Onufrie, Pavel, Petru (România)
Zlatko (Slovakia)
Juan, Onofre (Spain)
Eskil (Sweden)
Onopriy (Ukraine)
Ahmad, Ahmed, Aisha, Asia, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 164 of 2024; 202 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 3 of week 24 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 4 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 7 (Ding-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 6 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 5 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 14 Blue; Sevenday [14 of 30]
Julian: 30 May 2024
Moon: 36%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 23 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Charles Borromeo]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 4 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 86 of 92)
Week: 2nd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 23 of 31)
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Jun 11
Holidays 6.11
Holidays
American Evacuation Day (Libya)
Cousteau Day
Davis Day (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Diceaplaooza Day
Dirty Book Day
Escape from Alcatraz Day
Evacuation Day (Libya)
Fandens Fodselsdag (Devil’s Birthday; Denmark)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Day
Folding Chair Day
Honeysuckle Day (French Republic)
International Balloon Artist Day
International Day of Play
International Day of Solidarity with Long Term Anarchist Prisoners
International KBG Syndrome Awareness Day
International Lynx Day
Jurassic Park Day
Just One Day
Kamehameha Day (a.k.a. King Kamehameha Day; Hawaii) [Unless a Weekend, then Friday before]
Kodak Black Day
Mojo Nixon Day (Ohio)
multiple Sclerosis Day (Russia)
National Feed the Ducks Day
National Hot Rod Day
National Hug Holiday
National Impressionists Day
National Making Life Beautiful Day
National Olivia Day
Navy Day (Brazil)
Peace of Chaco Day (Bolivia, Paraguay)
Polyamory Pride Day
Queen Fabiola Day (Belgium)
Say Hi Day
611 Day
Student Day (Honduras)
Umbrella Day (Japan)
William Davis Miners' Memorial Day (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Women Generals Day
World Agriculture Day
World Jaguar Day
World Prostate Cancer Day
Yarn Bombing Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Corn on the Cob Day
Cotton Candy Day
German Chocolate Cake Day
Pizza Margherita Day
Royal Hot Dog Day
Independence & Related Days
Mad Parliament Assembly Day (UK; 1258)
Rizal Province Day (Philippines)
2nd Tuesday in June
Broadcast Good Day [2nd Tuesday]
Call Your Doctor Day [2nd Tuesday]
Forklift Safety Day (UK) [2nd Tuesday]
National Forklift Safety Day [2nd Tuesday]
National Time Out Day [2nd Tuesday]
Ride to Work Day [2nd Tuesday]
Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]
Waldchestag (Forest Day) [Tuesday after Whit Sunday]
World Pet Memorial Day [2nd Tuesday; also 2nd Sunday]
Festivals Beginning June 11, 2024
Bocuse d’Or USA (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 6.13]
EuroSTAR Conference (Stockholm, Sweden) [thru 6.14]
Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival (Ljutomer, Slovenia) [thru 6.15]
Feast Days
Antonio Cifrondi (Artology)
Arrephoria (Ancient Greece)
Barnabas the Apostle (Christian; Saint) [Harvests]
Bartholomew the Apostle (Eastern Christianity)
Ben Jonson (Writerism)
Day of the One Hit Wonders (Church of the SubGenius)
Eric Fraser (Artology)
Felix and Fortunatus (Christian; Martyrs)
Festival of Goibnui (Provider of the Ale of Immortality; Celtic)
Festival of Mater Matuta (Goddess of the Dawn; Ancient Rome)
Fish Day (Pastafarian)
Fortuna Virgo (Ancient Rome)
St. Francis Xavier (Positivist; Saint)
Gimley’s Boss (Muppetism)
Holiday of the Happy Gnomes (Pagan)
Ignatius Maloyan, Blessed (Armenian Catholic Church)
Joachim Martin Falbe (Artology)
John Constable (Artology)
Loki’s Day (Pagan)
Make a Wand Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Matralia (Old Roman festival to goddess Mater Matuta)
Parisio (Christian; Saint)
Paula Frassinetti (Christian; Saint)
Riagail of Bangor (Christian; Saint)
Rites of Matralia (Honoring Mater Matua, Goddess of Dawn & Childbirth; Ancient Rome)
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Christian) [Sunday after Trinity Sunday]
Spiros Xenos (Artology)
Tochumra of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
William Baziotes (Artology)
William Styron (Writerism)
Yasunari Kawabata (Writerism)
Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]
Shavuot, Day 1 (Judaism) [5-6 Sivan] (a.k.a. …
Erev Shabuot
Feast of the Harvest
Feast of Weeks
Festival of Weeks
First-Fruit festival
Wheat Harvest
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [22 of 53]
Premieres
American Idol (Reality TV Show; 2002)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Film; 1999)
Belles on Their Toes, by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. (Novel; 1950) [Cheaper by the Dozen #2]
The Caine Mutiny, by Herman Wouk (Novel; 1952)
Callahan's Crosstime, by Saloon Spider Robinson (Novel; 1977)
Candy Cabaret (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1954)
E.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film; 1982)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Film; 1986)
Garfield (Film; 2004)
Get a Horse! (Disney Mickey Mouse & Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 2013)
The Hood Maker, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1955)
The House of Tomorrow (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1949)
In the Heights (Film; 2021)
Jumpin’ Jive, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1981)
Jurassic Park (Film; 1993)
Kansas City Stomp, recorded by Jelly Roll Morton (Song; 1928)
Karate Kid (Film; 2010)
Katnip Kollege (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)
King Zilch (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)
Kontakte (Contacts), by Karlheinz Stockhausen (Electronic Music Piece; 1960)
Libuše, by Bedřich Smetana (Opera; 1881)
Moonlight for Two (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)
Napoleon Dynamite (Film; 2004)
Nashville (Film; 1975)
The Negotiator, by Frederick Forsyth (Novel; 1989)
Nova, by Samuel R. Delany (Novel; 1968)
Pandora’s Box, featuring Super Mouse (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1943)
Papa Don’t Preach, by Madonna (Song; 1986)
A Passion For Excellence, by Tom Peters and Nancy Austin (Book; 1985)
Play Ball (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)
Play That Funky Music, by Wild Cherry (Song; 1976)
Poor Papa (Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, by Erving Goffman (Science Book; 1956)
Primary Colors, by Anonymous (Novel; 1996)
Rabbit Rampage (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)
Sales Pitch, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1954)
The Secret of the Unicorn, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1943) [Tintin #11]
A Single Man, by Christopher Isherwood (Novel; 1963)
The Stork Takes a Holiday (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1937)
Teddy Bear, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1957)
True Grit (Film; 1969)
Winter’s Bone (Film; 2010)
Today’s Name Days
Alice, Barnabas, Paula (Austria)
Barnaba, Bogumil, Borna, Roza (Croatia)
Bruno (Czech Republic)
Barnabas (Denmark)
Imbi, Imme (Estonia)
Immi, Impi (Finland)
Barnabé (France)
Alice, Barnabas, Paula, Udo (Germany)
Varnavas, Vartholomaios (Greece)
Barnabás (Hungary)
Barnaba (Italy)
Ingus, Mairis, Sigrida, Svens, Vidvuds (Latvia)
Aluona, Barnarbas, Flora, Tvirmantas (Lithuania)
Bjørg, Bjørge, Borgar (Norway)
Anastazy, Barnaba, Feliks, Radomił, Teodozja (Poland)
Luca, Pavel, Petru, Vartolomeu (România)
Dobroslava (Slovakia)
Bernabé (Spain)
Berthold, Bertil (Sweden)
Bartholomew (Ukraine)
Barnabas, Barnaby, Barnett, Barney, Barret (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 163 of 2024; 203 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of week 24 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 3 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 6 (Bing-Wu)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 5 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 4 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 13 Blue; Sixday [13 of 30]
Julian: 29 May 2024
Moon: 27%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 22 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Francis Xavier]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 3 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 85 of 92)
Week: 2nd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 22 of 31)
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Jun 10
Holidays 6.10
Holidays
AA Day
Abolition Day (French Guiana)
Army Day (Jordan)
Asexual Pride Day
Ballpoint Pen Day
Beliebers Day
Border Police Day (Moldova)
Cameons’ Day (Portugal)
Camomile Day (French Republic)
Cow Appreciation Day
Datsun 610 Day
Day of Camões (Portugal)
Elrond Day
Empathy Day (UK)
Equal Research Day
Festival of the Forgotten
Founder’s Day (AA)
Go Fly A Kite Day
Groundwater Day (India)
International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking
International Garden Gnome Day
International Heraldry Day
Jesus Day (Declared in Texas by George W. Bush in 2000)
Lidice Memorial Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia, New Jersey)
Mourn For Your Money Day
Mylar Balloon Day
National Bae Day
National Bed Bug Prevention Day
National Colt Day
National Debra Day
National EHS (Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome) Awareness Day
National E-Sex Day
National Isabel Day
National Lazy Day
National Shawn Day
National Yo-Yo Day
Navy Day (Italy)
Pokemon 0610 Day
Positive Role Model Day
Sabitri Amabasya (Odisha, India)
610 Day
Stop the Violence Day (Nova Scotia)
Tornado Day
Where the Wild Things Are Day
White Rose Day
World Anxiety Day
World Art Nouveau Day
World Day of Andrade Disease
World Day of Hereditary Amyloidosis
World Eye Donation Day
World Ice Cream Day (Russia)
World Road Safety Day (Spain)
World Virginity Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Durif Day
Herbs and Spices Day
National Black Cow Day
National Drink Ohio Wines Day
National Egg Roll Day
National Flair Bartenders Day
National Frosted Cookie Day
National Iced Tea Day
World Ice Cream Day (Russia)
Independence & Related Days
Elmshornia (a.k.a. Elmshornien or the People’s Republic of Elmshorn; Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
National Day (Cape Verde, Madeira; 1580)
Portugal Day (Canada, UK, Portugal)
Reconciliation Day (Republic of the Congo)
Voltar (a.k.a. Grand Barony of Voltar; Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]
2nd Monday in June
Blue Monday [2nd Monday]
Eat Flexitarian Day [2nd Monday]
Hetero Male Monday (Boise, Idaho) [Every Monday in June]
Motivation Monday [Every Monday]
White Nights Festival begins (St. Petersburg, Russia) [thru7.2]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 10 (2nd Full Week)
Community Health Improvement Week (thru 6.14)
Meet a Mate Week (thru 6.14)
National Little League Baseball Week (thru 6.16) [Begins 2nd Monday]
National Men’s Health Week (thru 6.16) [Week ending on 3rd Sunday]
Festivals Beginning June 10, 2024
ANFP Annual Conference & Expo (Reno, Nevada) [thru 6.13]
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference [WWDC] (San Jose, California) [thru 6.14]
BrewFest at Mount Hope (Mount Hope, Pennsylvania) [Cancelled for 2024]
Gangneung Dano Festival (Gangneung, South Korea) [thru 6.17]
Odesa Classics (Tallinn, Estonia)
Summer Celebration (Fort Hanco*ck, Sandy Hook, New Jersey)
United Fresh Washington Conference (Washington D.C.) [thru 6.12]
Feast Days
Action Anxiety Day (Canada)
André Derain (Artology)
Anianus (Christian; Saint)
Bardo (Christian; Saint)
Bernard (Positivist; Saint)
Bogumilus (Christian; Saint)
Brigid of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Don Maitz (Artology)
Doreen the Camel (Muppetism)
Duir (Celtic Book of Days)
Eileen Cooper (Artology)
Fairfield Porter (Artology)
Flirting Day Day (Pastafarian)
Getulius, Amancius and Cerealus (Christian; Blessed Martyrs)
Guan Sheng Di Jun Dan (Taoism)
Guardian Angel of Portugal (Christian; Saint)
Gustave Courbet (Artology)
Henry (or Rigo) of Treviso (Christian; Saint)
Holiday of the Wan Thing (Shamanism)
Ithamarl (Christian; Saint)
John of Tobolsk (Russian Orthodox Church)
Landry of Paris (a.k.a. Landericus; Christian; Saint)
Leandro Bassano (Artology)
Margaret, Queen of Scotland (Christian; Saint)
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan (Sikh)
Maurice Sendak (Artology)
Maurinus of Cologne (Christian; Saint)
Maximus of Aveia (or of Aquila; Christian; Saint)
Maximus of Naples (Christian; Saint)
Nidavellir Day (Pagan)
Olivia (Christian; Saint)
Sagrado Corazon (Sacred Heart Holiday; Colombia)
Saul Bellow (Writerism)
Self-Dedication Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Terence Rattigan (Writerism)
Theodor Philipsen (Artology)
United Church of Canada Foundation Day (Canada; 1925)
Wacky Wall Walker Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Artology)
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Dragon Boat Festival [5th Day of 5th Lunar Month] (a.k.a. ...
Double Fifth Festival
Dragon Boast Festival (Taiwan)
Duan Wu Jie Festival (端午节; China)
Tuen Ng (Hong Kong, Macau)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 11 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [11 of 24]
Fatal Day (Pagan) [11 of 24]
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [21 of 53]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [31 of 60]
Premieres
Ants in the Pantry (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1970)
The Bear That Couldn’t Sleep, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1939)
Big Business (Film; 1988)
The Butter Battle Book, by Dr. Seuss (Children’s Book; 1984)
Central Intelligence (Film; 2016)
Could You Be Loved, by Bob Marley (Song; 1980)
The Cuckoo Clock (MGM Cartoon; 1950)
Fables of the Reconstruction, by R.E.M. (Album; 1985)
50, by Rick Astley (Album; 2016)
Flash in the Pain (WB LT Cartoon; 2014)
Glago’s Guest (Disney Cartoon; 2008)
Here’s to the Good Old Jail (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)
Howl’s Moving Castle (Anime Film; 2005)
I Like Mountain Music (WB MM Cartoon; 1933)
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays, by Bertrand Russell (Essays; 1935)
I Was Made To Love Her, by Stevie Wonder (Song; 1967)
Jurassic World: Dominion (Film; 2022)
Life’s Been Good, by Joe Walsh (Song; 1978)
Light Years, by James Salter (Novel; 1975)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (Film; 1928)
McLibel (Documentary Film; 2005)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith (Film; 2005)
News Hound (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1955)
Octopuss* (Film; 1983) [James Bond #13]
One of These Nights, by The Eagles (Album; 1975)
The Origins and History of Consciousness, by Erich Neumann (Science Book; 1949)
The Pearls, recorded by Jelly Roll Morton (Song; 1927)
Pink Ice (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1965)
Pleasant Valley Sunday, recorded by The Monkees (Song; 1967)
The Plot, by Irving Wallace (Novel; 1967)
Popeye the Sailor (Animated TV Series; 1960)
Pump It Up, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1978)
Redemption, by Bob Marley (Song; 1980)
Speed (Film; 1994)
Super 8 (Film; 2011)
Symphonies of Wind Instruments, by Igor Stravinsky (Concert Band Work; 1921)
Tha Carter III, by Lil Wayne (Album; 2008)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go, by Philip José Farmer (Novel; 1971) [Riverworld, #1]
Trading Places (Film; 1983)
Tristan und Isolde, by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1865) Versailles Palace (Public Museum; 1837)
Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak (Novel; 1963)
Welcome Interstate Managers, by Fountains of Wayne (Album; 2003)
The Wicked West (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)
Women in Love (Novel; 1921)
Today’s Name Days
Bardo, Diana, Heinrich, Heinz (Austria)
Biserka, Dijana, Ivan, Margareta (Croatia)
Gita (Czech Republic)
Onuphrius (Denmark)
Amalie, Maali, Maila, Maile, Maili, Mailis (Estonia)
Seppo (Finland)
Landry (France)
Diana, Heinrich, Heinz, Olivia (Germany)
Gréta, Margit (Hungary)
Asterio, Diana, Greta, Massimo (Italy)
Anatols, Bitite, Genoveva, Malva, Merida (Latvia)
Galindas, Margarita, Vingailė, Žybartas (Lithuania)
Ingolf, Ingunn (Norway)
Bogumił, Edgar, Małgorzata, Mauryn, Nikita, Onufry (Poland)
Timotei (România)
Margaréta (Slovakia)
Asterio, Olivia (Spain)
Boris, Svante (Sweden)
Antonia, Antonia (Ukraine)
Daisy, Greta, Gretchen, Madge, Maggie, Margaret, Margarita, Margot, Marguerite, Marjorie, Meagan, Megan, Meg, Meghan, Peggy, Rita (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 162 of 2024; 204 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of week 24 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 2 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 5 (Yi-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 4 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 3 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 12 Blue; Fryday [12 of 30]
Julian: 28 May 2024
Moon: 19%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 21 St. Paul (6th Month) [Bernard]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 2 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 84 of 92)
Week: 2nd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 21 of 31)
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Jun 9
Holidays 6.9
Holidays
Accession Day (Jordan)
Ananda Mahidol Day (Thailand)
Bill and Ted Day
Birsa Munda Shahidi Diwas (Madhya Pradesh; India)
Clothing Poverty Awareness Day (UK)
Community Day (La Rioja, Murcia; Spain)
Coral Triangle Day
Cornflower Day (French Republic)
Denture Day
Donald Duck Day
Feast of the Birth of the White-Breasted Giantess
Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day
Global Maintenance Day
Home Sweet Home Day
International Archives Day
International Batten Disease Awareness Day
International Day of Celtic Art
International Dough Disco Day
La Rioja Day (Spain)
Light Industry Workers’ Day (Former USSR Nations)
Meezer’s Colors Day
Monkey Spank Day
Murcia Day (Spain)
National Cancer Thriver Day
National Earl Day
National Earl Baltes Day
National Helen Day
National Heroes’ Day (Uganda)
National Krewe of Tucks Day
National Long COVID Awareness Day (Canada)
National Meal Prep Day
National Mitchell Day
National Sex Day
National Sex Educator Appreciation Day
National Stripper Appreciation Day
No Apologies Period Day
Profess Your Love Day
Purple People Eater Day
Rockman Day
609 Day
South American Football Day
Toy Industry Day
Traverse Myelitis Awareness Day (UK)
World Accreditation Day
World APS Day (a.k.a. World Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Day)
Writers’ Rights Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
International Dark ’n Stormy Day
Kraft Cheese Day
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
Independence & Related Days
Flevelt (a.k.a. the Confederation of Flevelt; Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Självstyrelsedagen (Åland Self-Governing Day; Åland)
2nd Sunday in June
Abused Women and Children’s Awareness Day [2nd Sunday]
Bunker Hill Day observed (Massachusetts) [Sunday before 17th]
Canadian Rivers Day (Canada) [2nd Sunday]
Father’s Day (Austria, Belgium) [2nd Sunday]
International Drink Chenin Blanc Days, Day 3 [2nd Sunday]
International Shiatsu Day [2nd Sunday]
LEAF Open Farm Sunday (UK) [2nd Sunday]
Mother’s Day (Luxembourg) [2nd Sunday]
Multicultural American Child Day [2nd Sunday]
National Career Nursing Assistants’ Day [2nd Sunday]
National Children's Day [2nd Sunday]
National Garden Day (Germany) [2nd Sunday]
National Puerto Rican Day [2nd Sunday]
Race Unity Day (a.k.a. Race Amity Day; Baha’i) [2nd Sunday]
Ride the Wind Day [2nd Sunday]
World Pet Memorial Day [2nd Sunday; also 2nd Tuesday]
World Swallowtail Day [2nd Sunday]
Write To Your Father Day [2nd Sunday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 9 (2nd Full Week)
National Automobile Service Professionals Week (thru 6.15) [Week with 6.12]
National Clay Week (thru 6.15) [2nd Full Week]
National Email Week (thru 6.15) [2nd Full Week]
National Flag Week (thru 6.15) [Week with 6.14]
National Little League Week [2nd Week]
National Pet Wedding Week (thru 6.15) [2nd Full Week]
National Right of Way Professionals Week (thru 6.15) [2nd Full Week]
Festivals Beginning June 9, 2024
Annecy International Animated Film Festival (Annecy, France) [thru 6.15]
Beacon Sloop Club Strawberry Festival (Beacon, New York)
Community-Wide FELStival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
International Dairy-Deli-Bake Seminar & Expo (Houston, Texas) [thru 6.11]
Jewish Cultural Festival (Dayton, Ohio)
New England VegFest (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Peabody Awards (Los Angeles, California)
Savor Idaho (Boise, Idaho)
Feast Days
Aidan of Lindisfarne (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
Architects of the Middles Ages (Positivist; Saints)
Bathe in Marinara Day (Pastafarian)
Bede (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
Cloverfield Dairy Cow (Muppetism)
Columba of Iona (a.k.a. Columbia or Columkille; Celtic Christian) [Poets]
Edmund (Christian; Saint)
Ephrem the Syrian (Roman Catholic Church and Church of England)
George Pérez (Artology)
James Collinson (Artology)
Jim Jones Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Joe Haldeman (Writerism)
José de Anchieta (Christian; Saint)
Jotunheim Day (Pagan)
Liborius (Christian; Saint)
Lord Buddha's Parinirvana (Bhutan)
Michael Ancher (Artology)
Paul Beatty (Writerism)
Pelagia of Antioch (Christian; Virgin and Martyr)
Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (Artology)
Primus and Felician (Christian; Martyrs)
Ralph Goings (Artology)
Remembrance for Sigurd the Dragonslayer (a.k.a. Siegfried; Asatru/Slavic Pagan)
Richard, Bishop of Andria (Christian; Saint)
Robert Indermaur (Artology)
Vesalia (Feast of Vesta; Roman Goddess of the Hearth)
Vincent of Aden (Christian; Martyr)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [33 of 57]
Premieres
Bill of Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1962)
Cars (Animated Pixar Film; 2006)
The Coo Coo Bird (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1947)
The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon (Novella; 1966)
Dire Straits, by Dire Straits (Album; 1978)
The Empty Chair, by Jeffrey Deaver (Novel; 2000)
Gone in 60 Seconds (Film; 2000)
How Do I Know It’s Sunday (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)
Invisible Touch, by Genesis (Album; 1986)
Jelly-Roll Blues, recorded by Jelly Roll Morton (Song; 1924)
Kids Say th Darnedest Things!, by Art Linkletter (Humor Book; 1958)
Labour of Lust, by Nick Lowe (Album; 1979)
Loki (TV Series; 2021)
Mr. Tambourine Man, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1964)
The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco (Novel; US Translation 1983)
The Nine Billion Names of God, by Arthur C. Clarke (Short Stories; 1967)
Ode to Discord: A Chimerical Combination in Four Bursts, by Charles Villiers Stanford (Song; 1909)
A Pirate Looks at Fifty, by Jimmy Buffett (Memoir; 1998)
Party Girl (Film; 1995)
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2009)
Some Girls, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1978)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Film; 1989)
Stroke It Rich (Radio Game Show; 1947)
Super 8 (Film; 2011)
Tangled (Phantasies Cartoon; 1944)
3, by Honeyhoney (Album; 2015)
Tumble Weed Greed (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1969)
Ups an’ Downs Derby (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1950)
The Wise Little Hen (Disney Cartoon; 1934) [1st Donald Duck]
The Year of the Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1965)
Today’s Name Days
Annamaria, Ephraim, Grazia (Austria)
Diomed, Efrem, Kolumban, Ranko (Croatia)
Stanislava (Czech Republic)
Primus (Denmark)
Elar, Haljand, Hallar, Helar, Helari, Hellar (Estonia)
Ensio (Finland)
Diane (France)
Annamaria, Diana, Ephram, Grazia (Germany)
Rodanthi (Greece)
Félix (Hungary)
Efrem, Primo (Italy)
Gita, Liega, Ligita, Naula, Valeska (Latvia)
Felicijus, Gintas, Gintė (Lithuania)
Kolbein, Kolbjørn (Norway)
Felicjan, Pelagia, Pelagiusz (Poland)
Chiril (România)
Stanislava (Slovakia)
Efrén, Feliciano, Julián (Spain)
Birger, Börje (Sweden)
Cole, Coleman, Colman, Dean, Deana, Deanna, Dee, Dena, Diana, Diane, Dianna, Dianne, Dyane, Prima, Primavera (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 161 of 2024; 205 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 23 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 1 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 4 (Jia-Chen)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 3 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 2 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 11 Blue; Foursday [11 of 30]
Julian: 27 May 2024
Moon: 12%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 20 St. Paul (6th Month) [Architects of the Middles Ages]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 1 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 83 of 92)
Week: 2nd Full Week of June)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 20 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Dag (Day) [Half-Month 12 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 6.26)
Duir (Oak) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 6 of 13]
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Jun 8
Holidays 6.8
Holidays
Best Friend's Day
Betty Picnic Day
Bill of Rights Day
Biomedical Science Day (UK)
Bounty Day (Norfolk Island)
Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Colorism Awareness Day
Empathy Day
Engineer's Day (Peru)
Ghostbusters Day
Mela Khir Bhawani (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos
International Day of the Housewife
Journée nationale d'hommage aux morts pour la France en Indochine (National Hommage Day for those who died for France in Indochina; France)
Lindisfarne Day
Lucina Asteroid Day
Moneywort Day
National Architect Day (Peru)
National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Engineers’ Day (Peru)
National Insect Appreciation Day
National Karen Day
National Leave a Review Day
National Soulmate Day
Pitchfork Day (French Republic)
Pranav Sivalumar Day (Illinois)
Primož Trubar Day (Slovenia)
608 Day
Social Workers’ Day (Russia)
Thomas Paine Day
TPS Day (Office Space)
Upsy Daisy Day
USS Liberty Remembrance Day
Vacuum Cleaner Day
VM Day (a.k.a. Victory Mustachian Day; Republic of Molossia)
Watch Day
World Anti-Counterfeiting Day
World Brain Tumor Day
World Day of Speech Therapists
World Oceans Day (UN)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chicken Tetrazzini Day
Ice Cream Day
Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day
Maple on Creme Fraiche Day
Name Your Poison Day
Strawberry Cheesecake Day
Independence & Related Days
Götterzene (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Temotu Province Day (Solomon Islands)
Tennessee (Secedes from U.S.; 1861)
2nd Saturday in June
Artichoke Festival begins (Monterey, California) [2nd Saturday]
Belmont Stakes [Saturday after 6.4]
Betty Picnic [2nd Saturday]
Family Health and Fitness Day [2nd Saturday]
Global Wellness Day [2nd Saturday]
International Drink Chenin Blanc Days, Day 2 [2nd Saturday]
International Yarmbombing Day [2nd Saturday]
International Young Eagles Day [2nd Saturday]
Missing Mutts Awareness Day [2nd Saturday]
National Dragonfly Day [2nd Saturday]
National Get Outdoors Day [2nd Saturday]
National Go RVing Day [2nd Saturday]
National Man Enough to be a Girl Scout Day [2nd Saturday]
National Marina Day [2nd Saturday]
National Outlet Shopping Day [2nd Saturday]
National Rosé Day [2nd Saturday; also 6.10]
National Sauna Day (Finland) [2nd Saturday]
The Queen’s Official Birthday (UK) [2nd Saturday]
Trooping the Colour (UK) [2nd Saturday]
World Bike Naked Day [2nd Saturday]
World Doll Day [2nd Saturday]
World Gin Day [2nd Saturday]
World Juggling Day [Saturday closest to 15th]
World Naked Bike Ride Day [2nd Saturday]
World Wide Knit in Public Day [2nd Saturday]
Festivals Beginning June 8, 2024
Artichoke Festival (Monterey, California) [thru 6.9]
Beer, Bacon & Cheese Festival (New Glarus, Wisconsin)
Blueberry Jubilee (Poplarville, Mississippi)
Cheshire Strawberry Festival (Cheshire, Connecticut)
Cotuit Strawberry Festival (Cotuit, Massachusetts)
Creole Tomato Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 6.9]
Ella Sharp Art Beer & Wine Festival (Jackson, Michigan)
Excelsior Springs Wine Festival (Excelsior Springs, Missouri)
The Great Chefs Event (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Hudson Valley Taco Fest (Newburgh, New York)
Ice Cream Festival (Chandler, Oklahoma)
King of the Wing Festival (St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Lansing Beer Fest (Lansing, Michigan)
Los Olivos Jazz and Olive Festival (Los Olivos, California)
MBCH Strawberry Festival (Springfield, Missouri)
Mullet Toss (St. George Island, Florida)
National Asparagus Festival (Oceana County, Michigan)
The National Cereal Festival (Battle Creek, Michigan)
Northampton Carnival (Northampton, United Kingdom)
Osceola Rhubarb Fest (Osceola, Wisconsin)
Oz Comic-Con (Melbourne, Australia) [thru 6.9]
Pour Into Summer Wine Festival (Lakewood, New Jersey)
Real, Wild & Woody Beer Festival (Flagstaff, Arizona)
Rhubarb Festival (Sherman, Connecticut)
Rochester Real Beer Expo (Rochester, Minnesota)
Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival (Snowmass Village, Colorado)
South Windsor Strawberry Fest & Craft Fair (South Windsor, Connecticut)
St. Louis Bourbon & Brews Festival (St. Louis, Missouri)
Strawberry Festival (Topsfield, Massachusetts)
Taste of Kutztown (Kutztown, Pennsylvania)
Texas Blueberry Festival (Nacogdoches, Texas)
Winchester Beer Cheese Festival (Winchester, Kentucky)
Wine & Food Festival (Timonium, Maryland)
Worcester Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Yellow Springs Street Fair (Yellow Springs, Ohio)
Feast Days
Be Annoyingly Cheerful Day (Pastafarian)
Chlodulf of Metz (a.k.a. Clou, Chlodulph or Clodulphus; Christian; Blessed)
The Dough (Muppetism)
Elphege (Christian; Martyr)
Feast of Bona Mens (Roman Goddess of Correct Thinking)
Fernand Fonssagrives (Artology)
George Charles Haité (Artology) Gilard (a.k.a. Godard), Bishop of Rouen (Christian; Saint)
Grain Ear Festival (Ancient China)
Harry Holtzman (Artology)
Heloise (Positivist; Saint)
Iggy Pop Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Jacques Berthieu, S.J. (Christian; Saint)
Jadwiga (Hedwig) of Poland (Christian; Saint)
Jan Frans De Boever (Artology)
John Everett Millais (Artology)
Judgment Day (The Good and Evil are Given Their Just Rewards; Shamanism)
LeRoy Neiman (Artology)
Lindisfarne Day (Asatru/Slavic Pagan)
Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan (Christian; Blessed)
Mary of the Divine Heart (Droste zu Vischering; Christian; Blessed)
Maximinus, Archbishop of Aix (Christian; Saint)
Medard of Noyon (Christian; Saint) [brewers]
Media Ver VI (Pagan)
Melania the Elder (Christian; Saint)
Rice Festival (Japan; Everyday Wicca)
Richard Pousette-Dart (Artology)
Roland Allen (Episcopal Church (USA))
Sara Paretsky (Writerism)
Syra, Virgin of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Thomas Ken (Church of England)
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (Artology)
William of York (Christian; Saint)
World Oceans Day (Oceans of the World Ritual; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [30 of 60]
Premieres
Agents of Fortune, by Blue Öyster Cult (Album; 1976)
The Anniversary Party (Film; 2001)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Animated Film; 2001)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Film; 1999)
Beat Street (Film; 1984)
Bonjour Tristesse, by Françoise Sagan (Novel; 1954)
Bosko’s Knight-Mare (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)
Californication, by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Album; 1999)
Carmina Burana, by Carl Orff (Cantata; 1937)
Chilly’s Ice Folly (Chilly Willy Cartoon;1970)
For Better of Nurse (Fleischer/Famous Cartoon; 1945)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, by R.A. Dick (Novel; 1945)
Ghostbusters (Film; 1984)
The Gifts of the Jews, by Thomas Cahill (History Book; 1998)
The Good Times, by Russell Baker (Novel; 1989)
Gremlins (Film; 1984)
Hare-Breadth Hurry (WB LT Cartoon; 1963)
Hereditary (Film; 2018)
Into Your Dance (WB MM Cartoon; 1935)
Julian, by Gore Vidal (Historical Novel; 1964)
Lassie (Radio Series; 1947)
Love Potion #9, recorded by The Clovers (Song; 1959)
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (Animated Film; 2012)
Manilla Galleon, by F. Van Wyck Mason (Maritime Book; 1961)
Misery, by Stephen King (Novel; 1987)
Ms. Marvel (TV Series; 2022)
Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell (Novel; 1949)
Nurse Jackie (TV Series; 2009)
Ocean’s Eight (Film; 2018)
Ocean’s Thirteen (Film; 2007)
Out to Punch (Fleischer/Famous Cartoon; 1955)
Pretty Little Liars (TV Series; 2010)
Prometheus (Film; 2012)
Sam & Cat (TV Series; 2013)
The Silver Streak (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1945)
Steal Wool (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)
Super Mouse Rides Again (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1943)
Surf’s Up (Animated Film; 2007)
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, by My Chemical Romance (Album; 2004)
Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers (MGM Cartoon; 1940)
Vendetta for the Saint, by Leslie Charteris and Harry Harrison (Novel; 1964) [Saint #38]
Wealth and Poverty, by George Gilder (Economics Book; 1981)
Wild in the Country (Film; 1961)
Window Shopping (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1938)
The Woman in the Dunes, by Kōbō Abe (Novel; 1962)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Documentary Film; 2018)
Today’s Name Days
Elga, Ilga, Maria, Medardus (Austria)
Fortuna, Medard, Vilim (Croatia)
Medard (Czech Republic)
Medardus (Denmark)
Enda, Endla, Enna, Enne (Estonia)
Salomo, Salomon (Finland)
Médard (France)
Chlodwig, Elga, Medardus (Germany)
Kalliope, Kalliopi, Nafkratis (Greece)
Medárd (Hungary)
Medardo (Italy)
Frida, Fridis, Fridolins, Mundra (Latvia)
Eigintė, Medardas, Merūnas (Lithuania)
Ren, Renate (Norway)
Karp, Maksym, Medard, Seweryn, Wilhelm, Wyszesław (Poland)
Teodor (România)
Medard (Slovakia)
Kilian, Maximino, Salustiano (Spain)
Eivor, Majvor (Sweden)
Cain, Caine, Calliope, Genesis, Jewel, Kane, Kanye, Kayne, Opal (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 160 of 2024; 206 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 23 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 3 (Gui-Mao)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 2 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 1 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445
J Cal: 10 Blue; Threesday [10 of 30]
Julian: 26 May 2024
Moon: 6%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 19 St. Paul (6th Month) [Heloise]
Runic Half Month: Odal (Home, Possession) [Day 15 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 82 of 92)
Week: 2nd Full Week of June
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 19 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Ḏū al-Ḥijjah [ذُو ٱلْحِجَّة] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 12 of 12] (The One of the Pilgrimage)
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Jun 7
Holidays 6.7
Holidays
Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
Battle of Arica Day (Chile)
Beatles Day
Betamax Day
Croatian Diplomacy Day (Croatia)
Daniel Boone Day (Kentucky)
Dunmow Flitch Day
Father’s Day (Lithuania; Switzerland)
Festival of All Possible Worlds
Financial and Economic Sector Workers Day (Kyrgyzt=stan)
Flag Day (Peru)
Fleur-de-Lis Day
International Supply Chain Specialists Day
International Tourettes Awareness Day
Journalist Day (Argentina)
June Bug Day
Kataklysmos (Flood Festival; Cypress)
Land O’Lakes Day
Liberation Day (Norway)
Lime Tree Day (French Republic)
Love Island Day (UK)
Mother’s Day (France; French Antilles)
National Alexandra Day
National Arc Flash Awareness Day (UK)
National Benjamin Day
National Blepharoplasty Day
National CAPHPACH Day (a.k.a. National Citizens Against Police Harassment Police Against Citizen Harassment Day)
National Elias Day
National Goonies Day
National Journalist Day (Argentina)
National Military Working Dog Day (Australia)
National Oklahoma Day
National RV Day
Prince Day
Prince Joachim Day (Denmark)
Sette Giugno (Malta)
Shirone Takogassen (Kite Fighting Festival; Japan)
Sir Randol Fawkes Day (a.k.a.Labour Day; Bahamas)
607 Day
Trial Technology Day
Union Dissolution Day (Norway)
VCR Day
Vivien Kellems Memorial Day
World Caring Day
World Day for the Sanctification of Priests
World Day of Birth Rights
World Hemochromatosis Day
World LPG Day
World Swift Day
Write to Your Father Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bartender Day
National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
World Food Safety Day
World Poha Day
Independence & Related Days
Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
Erephisian Technocracy (f.k.a. Orbis; Declared; 2005) [unrecognized]
Norway (from Sweden, 1905)
Parliament Day (Northern Ireland)
Temotu Province Day (Solomon Islands)
1st Friday in June
Action Mesothelioma Day (UK) [1st Friday]
Clean Air Day (Canada) [1st Friday]
European Dental Technicians Day [1st Friday]
Flashback Friday [Every Friday]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
Horseradish Weekend begins [1st Friday]
Hospitals Against Violence Day [1st Friday]
Hug an Atheist Day [1st Friday]
International Socks4Docs Day [1st Friday]
National Banana Split Weekend (Begins 1st Friday]
National Day Against Gun Violence (Canada) [1st Friday]
National Donut Day (a.k.a. National Doughnut Day) [1st Friday]
National Fish & Chip Day (UK) [1st Friday]
National Gun Violence Awareness Day [1st Friday]
National Lemonade Days begin [1st Friday]
National Wear a Jockstrap to Work Day [1st Friday]
Salvation Army Day [1st Friday]
Senior Race Day (Isle of Man) [1st Friday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 7 (1st Full Week)
Shampoo Week (thru 6.13)
Superman Week (thru 6.9)
Wear Orange Days [thru 6.8]
Festivals Beginning June 7, 2024
Action in Jackson (Jackson, Wisconsin) [thru 6.8]
Bloodroot Ramble (Healdsburg, California) [thru 6.8]
Cajun Heritage Festival (Larose, Louisiana) [thru 6.9]
Capital Jazz Fest (Columbia, Maryland) [thru 6.9]
Children KinoFest (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 6.16]
Fan Expo Dallas (Dallas, Texas) [thru 6.9]
Farmington Strawberry Festival (Farmington, Iowa) [thru 6.9]
Flemington Opa Festival (Flemington, New Jersey) [thru 6.9]
Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival (Fredericksburg, Texas) [thru 6.8]
A German Sommerfest (Lancaster, Texas) [thru 6.8]
Gheens Bon Mange' Festival (Gheens, Louisiana) [thru 6.9]
The Great New York State Food & Wine Festival (Clayton, New York) [thru 6.9]
Greek Festival (Randolph, New Jersey) [thru 6.9]
Grove City Strawberry Days (Grove City, Pennsylvania) [thru 6.9]
Guadalajara International Film Festival (Guadalajara, Mexico) [thru 6.15]
Hartford Taste (Hartford, Connecticut) [thru 6.8]
Huntington Trails Beer and Wine Festival (Huntington, Indiana)
International Documentary Film Festival Artdocfest (Tbilisi, Georgia) [thru 6.9]
International Horseradish Festival (Collinsville, Illinois) [thru 6.8]
Lander Brew Fest (Lander, Wyoming) [thru 6.8]
Lincoln Square Greek Fest (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 6.9]
Norfolk Harborfest (Norfolk, Virginia) [thru 6.9]
Orange Warsaw Festival (Warsaw, Poland) [thru 6.8]
Pork Rind Heritage Festival (Harrod, Ohio) [thru 6.8]
Rhubarb Fest (Aledo, Illinois) [thru 6.8]
Rock am Ring (Nürburg, Germany) [thru 6.9]
Rosedale Strawberry Festival (Rosedale, Indiana) [thru 6.9]
South Dakota BBQ Championships (Huron, South Dakota) [thru 6.8]
Strawberry Festival (Forestville, New York) [thru 6.9]
Strawberry Festival (Hartford, Michigan) [thru 6.8]
Strawberry Festival (Mystic, Connecticut) [thru 6.8]
Sundance Solstice Festival (Anchorage, Alaska) [thru 6.9]
Taste of Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) [thru 6.9]
Taste of Muskegon (Muskegon, Michigan) [thru 6.8]
Taste of Syracuse (Syracuse, New York) [thru 6.8]
Up North Beerfest (Eagle River, Wisconsin) [thru 6.8]
Walleye Weekend (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) [thru 6.9]
WHITE SQUARE International Advertising and Marketing Festival (Minsk, Belarus)
Wimborne Minster Folk Festival (Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom) [thru 6.9]
Feast Days
Amazing Mumford (Muppetism)
Antonio Maria Gianelli (Christian; Saint)
Antony of Gianelli (Christian; Saint)
Captain Jack Sparrow Impersonation Day (Pastafarian)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Artology)
Chief Seattle (Lutheran Church)
Colmán of Dromore (Christian; Saint)
Commemoration Day of St John the Forerunner (Armenian Apostolic Church)
Damien Hirst (Artology)
Edtors’ Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Flowers Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Gottschalk (a.k.a. Godeschalc, Prince of the Western Vandals; Christian; Martyr)
Gwendolyn Brooks (Writerism)
Judgment Day (Leaping Songs; Shamanism)
Landulf of Yariglia (Asti; Christian; Saint)
Lanfranc (Positivist; Saint)
Louise Erdrich (Writerism)
Ludi Piscatorii (Ancient Rome)
Meriadoc (Christian; Saint)
Meriasek (Christian; Saint)
Paul I of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
Paul Gauguin (Artology)
Robert of Newminster (Christian; Saint)
Marie-Thérèse de Soubiran La Louvière (Christian; Blessed)
Pioneers of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil (Episcopal Church (USA))
Smilin’ Ed (Muppetism)
Vestalia begins (until 15th; Old Roman festival to Vesta, goddess of the hearth, home & family)
Vulfa*gius (a.k.a. Wulphy; Christian; Saint)
Willibald (Christian; Saint)
Christian Liturgical Holidays
Sacred Heart Day [Friday after 2nd Sunday after Pentecost; 68 days after Easter] a.k.a. ...
Divine Compassion of Christ (Anglican Franciscans)
Feast of the Sacred Heart (Roman Catholic)
Sagrado Corazon (Colombia)
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (f.k.a.)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Perilous Day (13th Century England) [19 of 32]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 26 of 60)
Premieres
Alexander’s Ragtime Band, recorded by Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan (Song; 1911)
Captain Fantastic and the Brown First Cowboy, by Elton John (Album; 1975)
City Slickers (Film; 1991)
Cloak & Dagger (TV Series; 2018)
Dark Phoenix (Film; 2019)
The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth (Novel; 1971)
Dance of the Weed (MGM Cartoon; 1941)
Dinky Finds a Home (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1946)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Film; 2002)
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (Film; 1991)
El Dorado (Film; 1967)
Face/Off (Film; 1997)
Feedin’ the Kiddie (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1957)
Fields of Gold, by Sting (Song; 1993)
Ghostbustrs (Film; 1984)
The Goonies (Film; 1985)
Grease (Broadway Musical; 1972)
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (WB Animated Film; 2011)
The Hasty Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)
The Heat of the Day, by Elizabeth Bowen (Novel; 1948)
High School Confidential (Film; 1958)
The Honourable Schoolboy, by John le Carré (Novel; 1977)
Horse’s Mouth, by Joyce Cary (Novel; 1950)
I Am Mother (Film; 2019)
The Johnny Cash Show (TV Series; 1969)
Jungle Fever (Film; 1991)
Kim Possible (Animated TV Series; 2002)
Mr. Fore by Fore (Phantasies Cartoon; 1944)
Mr. Money Gags (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
The Mummy (Film; 1999)
Old McDonald Had a Farm (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1946)
The Old Rugged Cross, by George Bennard (Christian Hymn; 1913)
Peep in the Deep (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1946)
Perfect (Film; 1985)
Peter Grimes, by Benjamin Britten (Opera; 1945)
Post, by Björk (Album; 1995)
The Producers (Film; 2002)
Purple, by Stone Temple Pilots (Album; 1994)
Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! (WB LT Cartoon; 1969)
The Rock (Film; 1996)
Salmon Loafer (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1963)
A Satire of the Three Estates, by David Lyndsay (Play; 1552)
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Animated Film; 2019)
The Seven Deadly Sins of the Bourgeoisie, by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht (Ballet; 1933)
Simple Man, by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Song; 1970)
Squatter’s Rights (Disney Cartoon; 1946)
Vincent, recorded by Don McLean (Song; 1971)
What—No Spinach? (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1936)
The Wily Weasel (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1937)
Wimmin is a Myskery (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1940)
The Wise Little Hen (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1934)
X-Men: Dark Phoenix (Film; 2019)
Today’s Name Days
Anita, Eoban, Gottlieb, Robert (Austria)
Valeri, Valeria (Bulgaria)
Antun, Radoslav, Robert (Croatia)
Iveta (Czech Republic)
Jeremias (Denmark)
Robert, Robi (Estonia)
Robert, Robin, Roope, Suvi (Finland)
Gilbert (France)
Anita, Gottlieb, Raimund, Robert (Germany)
Panagis, Sebastian, Zinais (Greece)
Róbert (Hungary)
Geremia, Landolfo, Roberto, Sabiniano (Italy)
Arnis, Gaida, Gijs (Latvia)
Lukrecija, Radvydė, Ratautas, Robertas (Lithuania)
Robert, Robin (Norway)
Antoni, Ciechomir, Jarosław, Lukrecja, Paweł, Robert, Roberta, Wiesław, Wisław (Poland)
Teodot (România)
Róbert (Slovakia)
Isaac, Roberto (Spain)
Robert, Robin (Sweden)
Theodot (Ukraine)
Keenan, Melody, Nidia, Nydia, Nylene, Whitney (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 159 of 2024; 207 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 23 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 27 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 2 (Ren-Yin)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 1 Sivan 5784
Islamic: 30 Dhu al-Qada 1445
J Cal: 9 Blue; Twosday [9 of 30]
Julian: 25 May 2024
Moon: 2%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 18 St. Paul (6th Month) [Lanfranc]
Runic Half Month: Odal (Home, Possession) [Day 14 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 81 of 92)
Week: 1st Full Week of June
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 18 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Sīwān (a.k.a. Sivan, Siwan or Simanu) [סִיוָן / סיוון] (Hebrew Calendar) [Month 3 of 12]
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Jun 6
Holidays 6.6
Holidays
Atheist Pride Day [also 3.20]
BAUN Day (UK)
Biomedical Science Day (UK)
Blind Day (Israel)
Bonza Bottler Day
CDF Founder’s Day
Children’s Union Foundation Day (North Korea)
Dark of the Moon Day (According to C.W. McCall’s song “Convoy”)
D-Day
Detergent Day
Drive-In Movie Day
Empathy Day (UK)
Engineering Day (Argentina)
Engineer’s Day (Taiwan)
Flavor Massacre Day
Flavor Massacre Day
Gardening Exercise Day
Helicopter Day
Hyun Choong II Memorial Day (South Korea)
International Graphene Day
International Homebirth Day
International Slayer Day
Journalist Day (Ukraine)
Korean Children’s Union Foundation Day (North Korea)
Memorial Day (South Korea)
National Caves & Karst Day
National Cow Day (Norway)
National Cynthia Day
National Day of Sweden (a.k.a. Nationaldagen)
National Eyewear Day
National Gardening Exercise Day
National Higher Education Day
National Hunger Awareness Day
National Huntington’s Disease Awareness Day
National Naloxone Awareness Day
National Neuro-Disabilities Day (UK)
National Roommate Appreciation Day
National Stick Your Hand in a Blender Day
NBA Day
Philatelic Writers Day
Poppy Plant Day (French Republic)
Procession of the Golden Chariot (Mons, Belgium)
Public Museum Day
Red Herring Day (Sweden)
Robert Englund Day
Russian Language Day (UN)
Sacral Agenesis / Caudal Regression Syndrome Awareness Day
Satisfaction Day
Secure Your Load Day
Shriners International Awareness Day
Sibelius Festival (Finland)
Teachers’ Day (Bolivia)
Tetris Day
TR-606 Day
Visually Impaired People Day (Germany)
Woodmen of the World Founder's Day
World Caribou Day
World Day for Hidrandentis Suppurativa
World Green Roof Day
World IPv6 Day
World Pest Day
World Teacher Day (Bolivia)
World Tempe Day
World Tetris Day
World Transplant
YMCA Day
YgaSix Day
Yo-Yo Day
Zamboanga de Norte Day (Philippines)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Herring Day (Sweden)
National Applesauce Cake Day
National Churro Day
National Long Island Iced Tea Day
Roll Cake Day (Japan)
Independence & Related Days
Abeldane Empire; (a.k.a. Imperial Day; Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]
Ardesoda (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Berin (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]
Great Welland (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Sweden (Election of King Gustav Vasa & end of the Kalmar Union, 1523)
Pacem (f.k.a. Abies; Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]
Queensland Day (Australia)
Santos (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]
United Snakes of America (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
1st Thursday in June
International Consultants Day [1st Thursday]
Kid Lit Art Postcard Day [1st Thursday]
National Moonshine Day [1st Thursday]
Pea Soup Days begin (Wisconsin) [1st Thursday thru Sunday]
Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]
Festivals Beginning June 6, 2024
Appleby Horse Fair (Appleby-in-Westmorland, United Kingdom) [thru 6.12]
BBQ BASH (Wakefield, Virginia)
Bolivar Strawberry Festival (Bolivar, Ohio) [thru 6.8]
Droidcon San Francisco (San Francisco, California) [thru 6.7]
Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (Honolulu, Hawaii) [thru 6.16]
Food That Rocks (Sandy Springs, Georgia)
Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival (Frankenmuth, Michigan) [thru 6.9]
Gangneung Dano Festival (Gangneung, South Korea) [thru 6.13]
Jazzablanca (Casablanca, Morocco) [thru 6.8]
Kapalua Wine & Food Festival (Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii) [thru 6.9]
Lajkonik Festival (Krakow, Poland)
Nebula Awards [SFWA Nebula Conference] (Pasadena, California) [thru 6.9]
The NorthSide Festival (Aarhus, Denmark( [thru 6.8]
Primavera Sound (Barcelona, Spain & Porto, Portugal) [thru 6.8]
Southeastern Meat Association Convention (Franklin, Tennessee) [thru 6.9]
Sparta Butterfest (Sparta, Wisconsin) [thru 6.9]
The WhiskyX (Atlanta, Georgia)
Winnipeg International Children’s Festival [Kidsfest] (Winnipeg, Canada) [thru 6.9]
Feast Days
Adopt a New Phobia Day (Pastafarian)
Alexander Pushkin (Writerism)
Ancestral Spirits Festival (Nigeria; Everyday Wicca)
Ceratius (a.k.a. Cerase; Christian; Saint)
Claud of Besançon (Christian; Saint)
Claudius (Christian; Saint)
The Bendideia of Bendis (Festival to Moon Goddess of Thrace)
Day of the South Wind (Pagan)
Diancecht (Celtic Book of Days)
Diego Velázquez (Artology)
Donald B. Tucker (Muppetism)
Eustorgius II of Milan (Christian; Saint)
Festival of Chiu Hsien (Taoist Spirit of Alcohol)
Gudwall (Christian; Saint)
Ini Kopuria (Church of England, Episcopal Church, Anglican Church of Melanesia)
Interpretive Dance Day (Pastafarian)
St. Isidore of Seville (Positivist; Saint)
Jarlath (Christian; Saint)
John Tumbull (Artology)
Judgment Day (Petal Hats; Shamanism)
King of the Witches Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Marcellin Champagnat (Christian; Saint)
Maxime Kumin (Writerism)
Norbert of Gennep (a.k.a. of Xanten’; Christian; Saint) [Bohemia]
Pancho Contreas (Muppetism)
Philip the Deacon (Christian; Saint)
Santa Anna Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Thomas Mann (Writerism)
Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]
Rosh Chodesh Sivan [29 Iyar-1 Sivan]
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 157 [37 of 72]
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [25 of 37]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [32 of 57]
Premieres
Bourne Identity (Film; 2002)
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler (Humor Book; 2010)
Con Air (Film; 1997)
Edge of Tomorrow (Film; 2014)
The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi (Tijuana Toads Cartoon; 1971)
The Eyes of Heisenberg, by Frank Herbert (Novel; 1966)
The Fault in Our Stars (Film; 2014)
The Good Times, by Russell Baker (Novel; 1989)
Herbie Rides Again (Film; 1974)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1965)
Invisible Touch, by Genesis (Album; 1986)
I Will Always Love You, by Dolly Parton (Song; 1974)
Kung Fu Panda (Animated Film; 2008)
Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.), by Katy Perry (Song; 2011)
The Longest Day, by Cornelius Ryan (History Book; 1959)
Love Me Do, recorded by The Beatles (Song; 1962)
Men at Work, by George F. Will (Sports Book; 1990)
November Rain, by Guns N’ Roses (Music Video; 1992)
Only the Lonely, by Roy Orbison (Song; 1960)
Ping Pong Summer (Film; 2014)
Pygmy, by Chuck Palahniuk (Novel; 2009)
The River in Reverse, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2006)
Robin Hoodwinked (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1958)
Sex and the City (TV Series; 1998)
Snap Happy Traps (Phantasies Cartoon; 1946)
Storms of Life, by Randy Travis (Album; 1986)
Tax: Quest for Burger (WB Animated Film; 2023)
There Auto Be a Law (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)
20/20 (TV News Series; 1978)
2 Fast 2 Furious (Film; 2003) [F&F #2]
TV of Tomorrow (MGM Cartoon; 1953)
Up the Academy (Film; 1980)
Urban Cowboy (Film; 1980)
War and Pieces (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (Film; 2008)
Today’s Name Days
Bertrand, Kevin, Norbert (Austria)
Berta, Klaudije, Neda, Norbert (Croatia)
Norbert (Czech Republic)
Nobertus (Denmark)
Pärle, Piibe (Estonia)
Kustaa, Kustavi, Kyösti (Finland)
Norbert (France)
Alice, Bertrand, Kevin, Norbert (Germany)
Ilarion (Greece)
Cintia, Norbert (Hungary)
Norberto, Paola, Paula (Italy)
Adalberts, Ardis, Arnis, Ingrīda, Vairis (Latvia)
Mėta, Norbertas, Paulina, Tauras (Lithuania)
Gustav, Gyda (Norway)
Benignus, Dominika, Klaudiusz, Laurenty, Norbert, Norberta, Paulina, Symeon, Więcerad (Poland)
Ilarion (România)
Norbert (Slovakia)
Marcelino, Norberto (Spain)
Gösta, Gustav (Sweden)
Judith, Valerie (Ukraine)
Dante, Donte, Delaney, Norbert, Norberta, Norberto (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 158 of 2024; 208 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of week 23 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 26 of 28]
Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 1 (Xin-Chou)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 29 Iyar 5784
Islamic: 29 Dhu al-Qada 1445
J Cal: 8 Blue; Oneday [8 of 30]
Julian: 24 May 2024
Moon: 0%: New Moon
Positivist: 17 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Isidore of Seville]
Runic Half Month: Odal (Home, Possession) [Day 13 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 80 of 92)
Week: 1st Full Week of June
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 17 of 31)
Calendar Changes
榴月 [Liúyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 5 of 12] (Pomegranate Month) [Earthly Branch: Horse Month] (Wǔyuè; Fifth Month)
