Observances and Celebrations:

National Smile Month

National Accordion Awareness Month

LGBTQIA Pride Month

African-American Music Appreciation Month

National Adopt a Cat Month

ALS Awareness Month

Bike to Work Week

Children’s Day (June 1)

Decoration Day (June 2)

Doughnut Day (June 2)

Armed Forces Day (June 4)

National Cheese Day (June 4)

World Environment Day (June 5)

Global Running Day (June 7)

Bounty Day (June 8)

World Oceans Day (June 8)

Kamehameha Day (June 11)

Loving Day (June 12)

Global Wind Day (June 15)

National Flip Flop Day (Third Friday)

National Eat Your Vegetables Day (June 17)

Autistic Pride Day (June 18)

Juneteenth (June 19)

World Sauntering Day (June 19)

Father’s Day (Third Sunday)

World Refugee Day (June 20)

Summer Solstice (June 21)

International Yoga Day (June 21)

World Music Day (June 21)

Take Your Dog to Work Day (Friday after Father’s Day)

Canadian Multiculturalism Day (June 27)

National Tapioca Day (June 28)

Notable Events:

1926

Publication of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

1934

The First Appearance of Donald Duck

1936

Publication of Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

1938

The First Appearance of Superman

1940

First Appearance of Clayface

1944

Publication of 1984 by George Orwell

1946

World Villain Donald Trump Born

1947

Publication of The Diary of Anne Frank

1949

First SciFi Television Show, Captain Video and his Video Rangers

1950

First Appearance of Deadshot

1963

First Appearance of Wasp

1964

First Appearance of The Teen Titans

1966

The Vatican Abolishes the Index of Prohibited Books

1966

First Appearance of Poison Ivy

1967

Beatles Release Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

1972

First Appearance of Luke Cage

1973

The Death of Gwen Stacy

1975

Premiere of Jaws

1975

First Appearance of Gamora

1976

The Sex Pistols ‘Gig that Changed the World’

1977

Release of Apple II

1978

The First Rise of the Rainbow Gay Pride Flag

1982

Premiere of E.T.

1983

First Appearance of Lobo

1983

Premiere of Reading Rainbow

1984

Premiere of Ghostbusters

1990

Debut of Universal Studios Florida

1992

First Appearance of War Machine

1993

Premiere of Jurassic Park

1994

Premiere of The Lion King

1997

Publication of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J.K. Rowling

2007

Release of the iPhone

2009

The Passing of Michael Jackson

2015

Premiere of Inside Out

2017

Premiere of Wonder Woman