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June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 213 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 1252 – ...
Children's Day. Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Since 1950, it is celebrated on 1 June in many countries, which follow the suggestion ...
On June 1, 2020, amid the George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C., law enforcement officers used tear gas and other riot control tactics to forcefully clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square, creating a path for President Donald Trump and senior administration officials to walk from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church.
June 30: International Asteroid Day, National Food Truck Day, Social Media Day June Weekly Holidays and Observances National CPR and AED Awareness Week, Stepparents’ Week (June 1 — 7)
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States. For decades, activists and congress members (led by many African Americans) proposed legislation, advocated for, and built support for state and national observances. During his campaign for president in June 2020, Joe Biden publicly celebrated the holiday. [ 125]
29. 30. 2024. June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars —the latter the most widely used calendar in the world. Its length is 30 days. June marks the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and contains the summer solstice, the day with the most daylight hours. In the Southern Hemisphere, June is the start ...
30. Events. 1660 – Mary Dyer hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1779 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold court-martialed for malfeasance. 1792 – Kentucky admitted as the 15th state of the United States. 1796 – Tennessee admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
June 1, 1971 (Tuesday) [ edit ] Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, an organization claiming to represent the majority of U.S. Vietnam War veterans who served in Southeast Asia , sponsored an event to speak against war protests.