Educators' Calendar: United States

June 2024

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1st June

Radio Patented (1896)

American Indians Granted U.S. Citizenship (1924)

USDA Introduces MyPlate Nutrition Guidelines (2011)

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2nd June

First U.S. Space Walk (1965)

Tiananmen Square Demonstrations (1989)

3rd June

Shavuot (Jewish Festival) Begins at Sundown

First Supermarket Cart Introduced (1937)

4th June

U.N. World Environment Day

Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated (1968)

First AIDS Report Published (1981)

5th June

First Drive-In Movie Theater Opened (1933)

D-Day (1944)

6th June

Homer Plessy Broke Segregation Laws, Leading to Plessy v. Ferguson ("Seperate but Equal") (1892)

7th June

World Oceans Day

8th June

Hong Kong Leased to UK for 99 Years (1898)

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9th June

Alcoholics Anonymous Founded (1935)

Ballpoint Pen Patented (1943)

10th June

Great Barrier Reef Discovered (1770)

Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau's Birthday (1910)

11th June

Pres. George H. W. Bush's Birthday (1924)

Anne Frank's Birthday (1929)

12th June

Poet William Butler Yeats's Birthday (1865)

Presidents of North & South Korea Met (2000)

13th June

Official U.S. Flag Adopted (1777)

First Commercial Computer Introduced (1951)

14th June

Arkansas Admission Day (1836)

Oregon Boundary Treaty Signed (1846)

15th June

Valentina Tereshkova First Woman in Space (1963)

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16th June

Artist M.C. Escher's Birthday (1898)

Republic of Iceland Established (1944)

17th June

War of 1812 Began (1812)

Napoleon Defeated at Battle of Waterloo (1815)

Sally Ride First American Woman in Space (1983)

18th June

First Official Game of Baseball (1846)

Juneteenth (Liberation of Slaves) (1865)

19th June

Summer Begins

World Refugee Day

West Virginia Admission Day (1863)

20th June

New Hampshire Admission Day (1788)

WNBA Debuted (1997)

21st June

Explorer George Vancouver's Birthday (1757)

Pledge of Allegiance Recognized by Congress (1942)

22nd June

First Typewriter Patented (1868)

Athlete Wilma Rudolph's Birthday (1940)

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's Birthday (1948)

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23rd June

Term "Flying Saucers" First Used (1947)

24th June

General Custer Died at Little Bighorn (1876)

Author George Orwell's Birthday (1903)

Author Eric Carle's Birthday (1929)

First Color TV Broadcast (1951)

25th June

Bicycle Patented (1819)

Inventor of the Thermometer Born (1824)

First Map of Human Genome Completed (2000)

Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Legal (2015)

26th June

Activist Helen Keller's Birthday (1880)

First Newbery Medal Awarded (1922)

27th June

Paul Bunyan Day

28th June

Shakespeare's Theater Destroyed by Fire (1613)

Remote Control Introduced (1964)

29th June

Meteor Day

26th Amendment Changed Voting Age to 18 (1971)

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Month-Long Holidays and Events

Fireworks Safety Month

National Rivers Month

Child Vision Awareness Month

GLBT Book Month

National Rose Month

Dairy Month

LGBT Pride Month

Smile Month