Celebrations
June 1st
First Day of Winter Western Samoa National Day June 2nd Italy National Day June 3rd World Bicycle Day Mabo Native Title June 4th Tonga Independence Day June 5th Denmark Constitution Day World Environment Day June 6th Sweden National Day June 7th June 8th World Oceans Day Bounty Day June 9th June 10th Portugal National Day June 11th June 12th Russian Federation National Day Philippines Independence Day King's Birthday June 13th June 14th June 15th June 16th Bloomsday World Sea Turtle Day June 17th Iceland National Day World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought June 18th Refugee Week 18-24/6/23 June 19th June 20th World Refugee Day June 21st Winter Solstice June 22nd World Rainforest Day Tuen Ng - Dragon Boat Festival (Chinese) June 23rd Luxembourg National Day June 24th June 25th Slovenia National Day Mozambique National Day June 26th Madagascar National Day National Fossil Day June 27th Hajj (Muslim) June 28th June 29th St Paul's Day (Christian) International Tropics Day Eid al-Adha (Muslim) June 30th |
Famous People's Birthdays
June 1st
John Masefield (Poet)
June 5th
Allan Ahlberg (Author) John Maynard Keynes (Economist) John Couch Adams (Scientist & Mathematician) Richard Scarry (Author)
June 6th
Randa Abdel-Fattah (Author) Diego Velazquez (Artist) Peter Spier (Illustrator) Cynthia Rylant (Author) Verna Aardema (Author) Geraldine McCaughrean (Author) Robert Scott (Explorer)
June 7th
Paul Gauguin (Artist)
June 8th
Robert Schumann (Composer) Francis Crick (Scientist) Giovanni Cassini (Scientist) Frank Lloyd Wright (Architect) Alicia Boole Stott (Mathematician)
June 9th
Julian Burnside (Human Rights Lawyer) June 10th
Maurice Sendak (Author)
June 11th
Jacques Cousteau (Scientist) John Constable (Artist) Robert Munsch (Author) Anote Tong (Climate activist)
June 15th
Edvard Grieg (Composer) June 17th
Henry Lawson (Author) Igor Stravinsky (Composer) Maurits Escher (Mathematical Artist) Futa Helu (Tongan Philosopher)
June 18th
Pat Hutchins (Author) Chris Van Allsburg (Author & Illustrator) Lisa Randall (Scientist) Mollie Holman (Scientist)
June 20th
David Cox (Author & Illustrator)
June 22nd
June 25th
Eric Carle (Author) Ursula Dubosarsky (Author) Noel Pearson (Social Activist) Antoni Gaudi (Architect)
June 26th
William Thomson (Scientist) June 27th
Helen Keller (Social Activist)
June 28th
Peter Paul Rubens (Artist) Bette Greene(Author) Esther Forbes (Author) Cicely Mary Barker (Author and Illustrator) June 30th
Mollie Hunter (Author) |