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=== Global single-day observances === The first day of June commences with [[World Milk Day]] and [[International Children's Day]] in several countries.{{efn|Some countries observe Children's Day on different dates, including 20 November.<ref>{{cite book|year=2012|editor1-first=Patricia|editor1-last=Brander|editor2-first=Ellie|editor2-last=Keen|editor3-first=Vera|editor3-last=Juhász|editor4-first=Annette|editor4-last=Schneider|title=Compass - Manual for Human Rights Education With Young People|publisher=[[Council of Europe]]|isbn=978-92-871-8155-8|page=435}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite book|first=Alexis|last=Willett|year=2019|chapter=Milks|title=Drinkology: The Science of What We Drink and What It Does to Us, from Milks to Martinis|publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]]|isbn=978-1-4721-4246-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=[[UNICEF]]|year=2002|title=The State of the World's Children|publisher=[[United Nations]]|isbn=978-92-1-059748-7|page=48}}</ref> [[International Whores' Day]], an observance to honour [[sex worker]]s (prostitutes) and recognise their often [[exploitation of labour|exploited]] and poor working conditions, occurs on 2 June.<ref>{{cite book|first=Lauren|last=McGrow|year=2017|title=Missionary Positions: A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective on Sex Work and Faith-Based Outreach from Australia|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]|isbn=978-90-04-35318-3|page=50}}</ref> Several [[Memorials for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre|memorials and other commemorations]] are held around the world on 4 June to honour the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]] that occurred in China.<ref>{{cite web|first=Rhoda|last=Kwan|date=5 June 2021|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/05/activists-around-the-world-mark-32-years-since-tiananmen-massacre-as-hong-kong-vigil-banned/|title=Activists around the world mark 32 years since Tiananmen Massacre as Hong Kong vigil banned|work=[[Hong Kong Free Press]]|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=4 June 2023|url=https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/04/global-tributes-mark-34th-anniversary-of-the-tiananmen-square-massacre|title=Global tributes mark 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre|work=[[Euronews]]|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> Similar annual memorials are held for the [[Normandy landings]] (D-Day), the largest seaborne invasion in history, which occurred on 6 June 1944 as part of the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv224rk5pg3o|title=In pictures: Events commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day|work=[[BBC News]]|date=6 June 2024|access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref> [[Global Wind Day]] is on 15 June, and on 16 June is the [[International Day of the African Child]], which raises awareness for the need of [[education reform|improved education]] provided to children in Africa.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 June 2023|title=Global Wind Day 2023: Everything you need to know about the day|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/global-wind-day-2023-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-day/articleshow/101016241.cms?from=mdr|work=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Ngozi|last=Okpara|editor-first=Olusola|editor-last=Oyero|year=2019|chapter=Child Protection and Development in Nigeria: Towards a More Functional Media Intervention|title=Media and Its Role in Protecting the Rights of Children in Africa|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=978-1-7998-0331-7|page=63}}</ref> [[Autistic Pride Day]] occurs on 18 June.<ref>{{cite news|last=Trivedi|first=Bijal|date=18 June 2005|url= https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18625041.500-autistic-and-proud-of-it.html|title=Autistic and proud of it|work=[[New Scientist]]|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> 19 June is [[World Sauntering Day]], which encourages people to slow down ("saunter") and enjoy life.<ref>{{cite news|last=Eschner|first=Kat|date=19 June 2017|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/world-sauntering-day-take-walk-180963712/|title=On World Sauntering Day, Take a Walk|work=[[Smithsonian Magazine]]|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> [[Go Skateboarding Day]] and [[World Hydrography Day]] both occur on 21 June.<ref>{{cite book|first=Iain|last=Borden|year=2019|title=Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|isbn=978-1-4725-8348-2|page=62}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|year=2006|title=World Hydrology Day|journal=The Hydrographic Journal|publisher=The Hydrographic Society: UK & Ireland|issue=123–126|page=48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9EMcAQAAIAAJ|quote=Thursday 21 June marks the second World Hydrography Day following its inaugural at the same time last year.}}</ref> [[Midsummer]], the various celebrations of the commencement of summer, happens on 21 June; it is also associated with the [[Fête de la Musique]] (World Music Day).<ref>{{cite book|first=Kenneth R.|last=Lang|year=2011|title=The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49417-5|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=21 June 2023|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/a-look-at-the-history-and-significance-behind-world-music-day-1229971.html#|title=A look at the history and significance behind World Music Day|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> 25 June is the observation of [[World Vitiligo Day]], which aims to decrease negative sentiments regarding [[vitiligo]]—a [[chronic condition|chronic]] [[autoimmune disorder]] that causes patches of skin to lose [[pigment]] or colour.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gopal|first=B. Madhu|date=25 June 2020|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/time-to-dispel-fears-over-vitiligo/article31918214.ece|title='Time to dispel fears over vitiligo'|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> 26 June is [[World Refrigeration Day]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Taati|last=Niilenge|date=3 July 2023|title=Refrigeration taken for granted|url=https://www.namibian.com.na/refrigeration-taken-for-granted/|work=[[The Namibian]]|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> [[Global Running Day]] occurs on the first [[Wednesday]] in June.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hit the streets for Global Running Day, June 3|url=https://studentaffairs.unl.edu/news/hit-streets-global-running-day-june-3|date=29 May 2020|work=Student Affairs|publisher=[[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]]|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> [[Father's Day]], which honours fathers and [[fatherhood]], most often occurs on the third [[Sunday]] in June.<ref name="Post">{{cite news|first=Nigel|last=Booth|date=12 June 2022|title=Global Father's Day celebrations - Celebration of Father's Day around the world|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/read-this/global-fathers-day-celebrations-celebration-of-fathers-day-around-the-world-3728741|work=[[Yorkshire Evening Post]]|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref>{{efn|Some countries also observe Father's Day at different dates in June.<ref name="Post"/>}} The [[King's Official Birthday]], which celebrates the birthday of the monarch of the [[Commonwealth realms]] (presently [[Charles III]]), occurs in either May or June. It includes the British [[Trooping the Colour]] commemoration.<ref>{{cite news|first=Kate|last=Ng|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/king-charles-birthday-trooping-colour-b2249762.html|title=King Charles III's official birthday date revealed for Trooping the Colour 2023|date=22 December 2022|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Kate|last=Ng|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/67413410|title=King Charles III celebrates 75th birthday - why does he have two birthdays?|date=14 November 2023|work=BBC News|access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> The [[Dragon Boat Festival]], observed in China and by the Chinese communities of Southeast Asia, may commence for one-day between late May and mid-June as the date is decided by the traditional [[Chinese lunisolar calendar]].<ref name="Dragon Boat">{{cite book|first1=Melinda|last1=Murphy|first2=Laura O'Gorman|last2=Schwartz|year=2023|title=Living in Singapore|edition=16|publisher=American Association of Singapore|isbn=978-981-330-002-6|page=31}}</ref> ==== United Nations ==== The following are global holidays which are formally observed by the [[United Nations]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/list-days-weeks|title=List of International Days and Weeks|publisher=[[United Nations]]|date=n.d.|access-date=14 February 2025}}</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=18em}} *1 June: [[Global Day of Parents]] *3 June: [[World Bicycle Day]] *4 June: [[International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression]] *5 June: [[World Environment Day]] and [[International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing]] *6 June: [[UN Russian Language Day]] *7 June: [[World Food Safety Day]] *8 June: [[World Oceans Day]] *10 June: [[International Day for Dialogue Among Civilizations]] *11 June: [[International Day of Play]] *12 June: [[World Day Against Child Labour]] *13 June: [[International Albinism Awareness Day]] *14 June: [[World Blood Donor Day]] *15 June: [[World Elder Abuse Awareness Day]] *16 June: [[International Day of Family Remittances]] *17 June: [[World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought]] *18 June: [[International Day for Countering Hate Speech]] and [[Sustainable Gastronomy Day]] *19 June: [[International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict]] *20 June: [[World Refugee Day]] *21 June: [[International Day of Yoga]] and [[International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice]] *23 June: [[United Nations Public Service Awards|United Nations Public Service Day]] and [[International Widows' Day]] *24 June: [[International Day of Women in Diplomacy]] *25 June: [[Day of the Seafarer]] *26 June: [[International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking]] and [[International Day in Support of Victims of Torture]] *27 June: [[Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day]] *29 June: [[International Day of the Tropics]] *30 June: [[International Asteroid Day]] and [[International Day of Parliamentarism]] {{div col end}} ==== Religious single-day observances ==== {{further|Date of Easter}} [[File:Sacred Heart 1770.jpg|thumb|The [[Feast of the Sacred Heart]] occurs in June during the [[Month of the Sacred Heart]]]] As [[Easter]] is celebrated on the first Sunday after the [[w:Paschal full moon|Paschal full moon]], which is the first [[w:full moon|full moon]] on or after 21 March (a fixed approximation of the [[w:March equinox|March equinox]]), [[Ascension Day]], observed 39 days after Easter, can occur in June.<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Bede]]|year=1999|title=[[The Reckoning of Time]]|translator=Faith Wallis|publisher=[[Liverpool University Press]]|isbn=978-0-85323-693-1|pages=xviii–xx}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bednarek|first=M.|date=n.d.|title=Easter Dates from 1600 to 2099|url=https://www.census.gov/data/software/x13as/genhol/easter-dates.html|work=[[X-13ARIMA-SEATS]]|publisher=[[census.gov]]|access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> [[Pentecost]] is the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday, while [[Trinity Sunday]] is the first Sunday after Pentecost.<ref name="Nachum">{{cite book|first1=Nachum|last1=Dershowitz|first2=Edward M.|last2=Reingold|year=2008|title=Calendrical Calculations|edition=3|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-88540-9|page=119}}</ref> The [[Catholic Church]] also observes the [[Feast of the Sacred Heart]], which happens on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hoffner|first=Helen|others=Illustrated by Folles, Deirdre|year=2018|title=Catholic Traditions and Treasures: An Illustrated Encyclopedia|publisher=[[Sophia Institute Press]]|isbn=978-1-62282-484-7|page=26}}</ref> The [[Feast of Corpus Christi]], observed by the [[Latin Church]] and certain [[Western Rite Orthodoxy|Western Orthodox]], [[Lutheran]], and [[Anglican]] churches, takes place on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.<ref name="Nachum"/> The [[feast of Saints Peter and Paul]], a [[liturgical feast]] observed by numerous denominations, always occurs on 29 June.<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Bishop|year=2023|title=Discourses of Philology and Theology in Nietzsche: From the "Untimelies" to The Anti-Christ|publisher=Springer International Publishing|isbn=978-3-031-42272-0|page=26}}</ref> In Buddhism, [[Vesak]] (Buddha Day), the most significant [[Buddhist festival]], occurs on 2 June in Singapore and on 3 June in Thailand as of 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/vesak-day-next-year-to-fall-on-june-2-singapore-to-have-7-long-weekends-in-2023|title=Vesak Day revised to fall on June 2 next year; Singapore to have 7 long weekends in 2023|work=[[The Straits Times]]|date=19 January 2023|orig-date=Originally published 29 September 2022|access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Neill|last=Fronde|date=31 December 2022|url=https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/events/thai-holidays-in-2023|title=Thai holidays in 2023|work=[[The Thaiger]]|access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> [[Shavuot]], one of the biblically-ordained [[Three Pilgrimage Festivals]] observed in [[Judaism]], takes place during the month of [[Sivan]] in the [[Hebrew calendar]], which corresponds to being between May and June in the Gregorian calendar.<ref>{{cite book|last=Steinberg|first=Paul|editor-first=Janet Greenstein|editor-last=Potter|year=2007|title=Celebrating the Jewish Year: The Spring and Summer Holidays|edition=1|volume=3|publisher=[[Jewish Publication Society]]|isbn=978-0-8276-0850-4|page=136}}</ref> [[Islamic holidays]] are determined by the [[Islamic calendar|Hijri calendar]] (colloquially the Islamic calendar), a [[lunar calendar]] of 354 or 355 days; thus, Islamic observances do not align with those of the Gregorian calendar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/resources/islamic-calendar/|title=Islamic Calendar 2024 – Hijri Calendar 1445/1446|work=Islamic Calendar|publisher=[[Islamic Relief]]|date=n.d.|access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ilyas|first=Mohammad|year=1984|title=A Modern Guide to Astronomical Calculations of Islamic Calendar, Times & Qibla|publisher=Berita Publishing|isbn=978-967-969-009-5|page=80}}</ref> This is the same for [[Hindu holidays]], which are based on the [[Hindu calendar]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Peter J.|last1=Claus|first2=Sarah|last2=Diamond|first3=Margaret Ann|last3=Mills|title=South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-93919-5|page=91}}</ref>
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