June's Movable Holidays

See also:  holidays possibly in June,  June

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1st Sunday

•  Teacher's Day - in Mass.
•  International Mother's Peace Day
•  Day of the Rice God - in Japan
•  Gioco Del Ponte - in Italy; Battle of the Bridge
•  Saints > Rosalia
  •  Rosalia - her feast day is held the first Sunday of June each year

1st Thursday after the 6th

•  Lanimer Day - in Lanarkshire & Aberdeen, UK; f/k/a Landimere's Day

1st Friday

•  Labor Day - in the Bahamas
•  Donut Day - in Salvation Army

1st Saturday

•  Dairy Day - in Dallas, Texas
•  Dare Day - in North Carolina
•  International Horseradish Festival begins - in Collinsville, Illinois

2nd Sunday

•  Rose Day - in Manheim, Pennsylvania
•  Children's Sunday
•  Race Unity Day (Baha'i)
•  Cherry Festival begins - in Emmett, Idaho

2nd Saturday

•  Trooping the Colour - in the UK
•  Betty Picnic

3rd Sunday

•  Father's Day
  •  June 15, 2003

3rd Monday

•  Organic Act Day - in the Virgin Islands

3rd Saturday

•  National Hollerin' Contest - in Spivey's Corner, North Carolina

Friday before the 1st day of Summer (around the 21st)

•  United Cerebral Palsy Casual Day

2nd day of Summer (around the 22nd)

•  Derby Day - in the UK

Saturday before Whitsunday

•  Lazybones Day (Luilak)
  •  Luilak Night - in the Netherlands
  •  Luilakfeest (Sluggard's Feast) - day before Pentecost

4th Sunday

•  National Forgiveness Day
•  Gay Pride Day

4th Tuesday

•  National Columnists' Day

4th Saturday

•  Mnarja begins - in Malta

7th Sunday after Easter

•  Whitsunday
•  Pentecost

Pentecost Sunday & Monday

•  Fete des Marins in France

Monday after Whitsunday

•  Whitmonday
•  Dicing for Bibles - in the UK

40 days after Easter

•  Ascension
•  Festa del Giglio - in Italy

Sunday after Pentecost (or 8 weeks after Easter)

•  Trinity Sunday

Monday after Pentecost

•  Trinity Monday

Tuesday after Pentecost

•  Sprang Prozession - in Luxembourg

Thursday after Trinity Sunday

•  Corpus Christi (Last Supper)

Sunday after Trinity Sunday

•  Corpus Christi (Last Supper) celebrated in the US

50 days after Greek Orthodox Easter

•  Cataclysmos - in Cyprus

2nd to final Friday

•  Viking Festival - in Denmark

2nd to final weekend

•  Shrimp Festival - in Belgium

Friday before St. John's Day (24th)

•  Midsommar - in Sweden & Finland

Monday nearest the 24th

•  Discovery Day - in Canada

final Thursday

•  Watermelon Thump and World Champion Seed Spitting Contest

Sunday before July 4th

•  Independence Sunday - in Iowa

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last edited Tuesday, December 23, 2008