June 1, Roman festival of Carna, goddess of doors and locks
June 2, US Congress granted citizenship and voter’s rights to all Native Americans, 1927
June 3, Festival of Bellona, a Roman goddess of battle
June 4, First recorded Chinese solar eclipse (780 BCE)
June 5, Feast of St. Boniface
June 6, St. Fermin’s Day in Spain, Running of the Bulls
June 7, Weaver’s Festival in Japan
June 8, Founding of Islam circa 622 CE
June 9, Vestalia, Festival honoring the Roman goddess Vesta
June 10, Day of Anahita (Persian)
June 11, Feast of Saint Barnabus
June 12, Dia dos Namorados, Lovers’ Day (Brazil)
June 13, Birth of the Muses
June 14, Otaue Shinji, Rice-Planting Festival in Japan
June 15, St. Vitus’s Day
June 16, Bloomsday festival in honor of Irish author James Joyce with readings, breakfast, and a pilgrimage retracing the steps of Leopold Bloom
June 17, Iceland’s Independence Day, 1944
June 18, High holy day for women’s rights—Susan B. Anthony defies the law in 1872 by voting
June 19, Juneteenth
June 20, Day of Ix Chel (Mayan)
June 21, Midsummer
June 22, Rose Festival in England, Feast of Saint Alban
June 23, Jani, the major festival in Latvia
June 24, Feast of the Sun (Aztec)
June 25, Croatian Independence Day
June 26, Pied Piper Day, circa 1284
June 27, Stonewall, 1969, the day gays fought back
June 28, Constitution Day in Ukraine
June 29, Saint Peter’s Day
June 30, Burial of Yarilo in Russia, a traditional rite of song, games, and dance
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