Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
June 19: Juneteenth: Emancipation Day: United States: Commemorates the end of slavery in Texas as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation. [7] July 4: Fourth of July: Independence Day: United States: Commemorates the United States' adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. [8] ט׳ באב The Ninth of Av: Tisha B'Av ...
1904 – Irish author James Joyce (pictured) began a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday. 1936 – A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a mountainside near Hyllestad , Norway, killing all seven people on board.
This reform fixed the calendar to 365 days with a leap year every fourth year, and made June 30 days long; however, this reform resulted in the average year of the Julian calendar being 365.25 days long, slightly more than the actual solar year of 365.2422 days (the current value, which varies). [22]
June in the Eastern Orthodox calendar (30 P) P. Pentecost (2 C, 21 P) S. Sivan observances (1 C, 3 P) Solstices (2 C, 8 P) T. ... June solstice; Southern Cross Novel ...
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
June 5 World Oceans Day: June 8 Coral Triangle Day: June 9 International Lynx Day [76] [77] June 11 National Cougar Day [78] June 12 Global Wind Day: June 15 World Sea Turtle Day [79] June 16 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: June 17 World Croc Day [80] June 17 World Horseshoe Crab Day [81] [82] June 20 World Giraffe Day: June 21
Events occurring in June. Subcategories. This category has the following 200 subcategories, out of 226 total. (previous page) 0–9. June 1775 events (1 P) June ...
The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Jan 1