Long List of June Holidays and Special Days
Long list of holidays and special days celebrated in June 2010.
By popular request, here is a long list of all of the special days celebrated in June 2010. If you prefer, you can explore June's special days by date. If you are interested in free, printable calendars, you can find them on this page. If you want to be one of the first to know when new holidays and other craft projects are posted, take a few moments to sign up for the Family Crafts Newsletter.
Month Long Observances
* Dairy Month
* Great Outdoors Month
* National Adopt-A-Cat Month
* National Drive Safe Month
* National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
* National Iced Tea Month
* National Rose Month
* National Safety Month
* National Tennis Month
* Potty Training Awareness Month
* Turkey Lovers Month
* Zoo and Aquarium Month
Week Long Observances
* 1st Week - National Fishing Week
* 2nd Week - National Clay Week
* 4th Week - National Camping Week
June 1st
* Donut Day
* Oscar the Grouch's Birthday
Sesame Street Character
* Stand For Children Day
Celebrated on this day in most places.
June 2nd
* Radio Was Patented
In 1896.
June 3rd
* Egg Day
* First U.S. Spacewalk
By Ed White in 1965.
June 4th
* Aesop's Birthday
* Cheese Day
* First Ford Made
Henry Ford made his first operational car in 1896.
June 5th
* First Hot Air Balloon Flight
By the Montgolfier brothers in 1783.
* National Gingerbread Day
* Richard Scarry's Birthday
Author of children's books, born in 1919.
* World Environment Day
June 6th
* D-Day
* First Drive-in Movie Theater Opens
In New Jersey in 1933.
* National Applesauce Cake Day
* National Yo-Yo Day
June 7th
* The Amazing Mumford's Birthday
Sesame Street Character.
June 8th
* Frank Lloyd Wright's Birthday
In 1867.
June 9th
* Donald Duck's Birthday
In 1934. Check out my page for this special day!
June 10th
* Ball Point Pen Day
* Iced Tea Day
* Judy Garland's Birthday
Singer and acctress born in 1922. Started in the Wizard of Oz.
June 11th
* E.T. Movie Premiered
In 1982.
June 12th
* Anne Frank's Birthday
Born in 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
* The Baseball was Invented
In 1839. Check out my page for this special day!
* Magic Day
* Race Unity Day
Second Sunday in June.
June 13th
* Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's Birthday
* Weed Your Garden Day
June 14th
* Caldecott Medal First Awarded
In 1937.
* Flag Day
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* "Pop Goes the Weasel" Day
* Sand Paper Invented
Invented by I. Fischer Jr. in 1834.
* World Juggling Day
June 15th
* Fly A Kite Day
Ben Franklin's Kite Experiment in 1752. Check out my page for this special day!
* Power of a Smile Day
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June 16th
* National Fudge Day
June 17th
* Eat Your Vegetables Day
June 18th
* International Picnic Day
June 19th
* Father's Day
Third Sunday of June. Check out my page for this special day!
* Garfield's Birthday
Debuted in 1978.
* Juneteenth
* Tasmanian Devil's Birthday
Debuted in 1954.
June 20th
* Bald Eagle Day
* Ice Cream Soda Day
June 21st
* First Day of Summer
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June 22nd
* US Department of Justice Established
June 23rd
* Edward VIII - King of England's Birthday
Born in 1894.
* Johannes Gutenberg's Birthday
Born in 1400.
* June Carter-Cash's Birthday
Born in 1929.
* National Pecan Sandies Day
* National Pink Day
* Soap Opera Day
* Typewriter Patented
In 1868.
* United Nations Public Service Day
June 24th
* U.F.O. Day
First documented UFO sighting on this day.
June 25th
* Eric Carle's Birthday
Author of several children's books.
* LEON Day
Shared by Cindy - LEON is NOEL spelled backwards. It means six months until Christmas.
June 26th
* Bicycle Patented
In 1819.
* National Chocolate Pudding Day
* Toothbrush Invented
In 1498. Check out my page for this special day!
June 27th
* Captain Kangaroo's Birthday
Bob Keeshan.
* Helen Keller's Birthday
Born in 1880.
* Melody for Happy Birthday Song
Written in 1859.
June 28th
* Paul Bunyan Day
June 29th
* Camera Day
June 30th
* Meteor Day
* Superman's Birthday
