June 20

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on June 20, include:

• American Eagle Day 
• Ann & Samantha Day - June 20, 2024 and December 21, 2024 (Day of the Summer and Winter Solstice)
• Cuckoo Warning Day - June 20, 2024 (First Day of Summer)
• Finally Summer Day - June 20, 2024
• First Day of Summer - June 20, 2024
• Global Orgasm Day - June 20, 2024 and December 21, 2024 (Summer and Winter Solstice)
• International Asteroid Day 
• Litha - June 20, 2024 (Occurs on the Summer Solstice)
• Midsummer - June 20, 2024
• National Daylight Appreciation Day - June 20, 2024 (First Day of Summer)
• National Dump the Pump Day - June 20, 2024 (Third Thursday in June)
• National Hike With a Geek Day 
• National Ice Cream Soda Day
• National Kouign Amann Day 
• National Seashell Day - June 20, 2024 (First Day of Summer)
• National Smoothie Day - June 20, 2024 (First Day of Summer)
• National Vanilla Milkshake Day 
• New Identity Day 
• Nystagmus Awareness Day 
• Plain Yogurt Day  
• Recess at Work Day - June 20, 2024 (Third Thursday in June)
• Summer Solstice - June 20, 2024
• Tall Girl Appreciation Day - June 20, 2024 (Longest Day of the Year - Summer Solstice)
• The Longest Day - June 20, 2024 (First Day of Summer)
• Toad Hollow Day of Thank You 
  
• West Virginia Day (State Holiday in the U.S. State of West Virginia) - June 20, 2024
• World Humanist Day - June 20, 2024 (First Day of Summer)
• World Peace and Prayer Day - June 20, 2024 (First Day of Summer)
• World Productivity Day 
• World Refugee Day 
• World Tapas Day - June 20, 2024 (Third Thursday in June)

2024 Weekly Holidays that include June 20, are:

• Amateur Radio Week - June 17-23, 2024 (7 Days Ending with Field Day)
• Animal Rights Awareness Week - June 17-23, 2024 (Third Week in June)
• Carpenter Ant Awareness Week - June 16-22, 2024 (Third Full Week of June)
• Greencare for Troops Week - June 17-23, 2024
  
• Honor America Days - June 14 - July 4 (21 Days starting on June 14)
• Learning Disabilities Week - June 17-23, 2024
• National Craft Spirits Week - June 16-22, 2024 (Third Week in June)
  
• National Forgiveness Week - June 16-22, 2024 (Third Full Week in June)
• National Grasslands Week - June 16-22, 2024 (Third Full Week of June)
• National Hermit Week - June 13-20 
  
• National Mosquito Control Awareness Week - June 16-22, 2024 (Last Full Week in June)
  
• National Play Catch Week - June 16-22, 2024 (Third Full Week in June)
  
• National Pollinator Week - June 17-23, 2024 (Begins Monday after Father's Day)
• National Roller Coaster Week - June 16-22, 2024 (Third Full Week in June)
• National Water Safety Week - June 18-25, 2024 (In Ireland)
• National Week of Making - June 17-23
• Old Time Fiddlers Week - June 17-22, 2024
• Royal Ascot - June 18-22, 2024
• Take Your Dog to Work Week - June 17-21, 2024 (The Mon-Fri Week Following Father's Day)
• Universal Father's Week - June 16-22, 2024 (Third Full Week in June)
  
• Wobbly Week - June 16-22, 2024 (Week Including June 20)

2024 Monthly Holidays that include June 20, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our June Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of June.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Cricket World Cup - June 1-29, 2024
• Hong Kong Arts Festival - June 14 - July 4, 2024 features Art, Theatre, Dance, Opera, and Music events.

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for June 20 is Gemini.

Birth Flower of the Month

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for June is:

• Pearls which have been popular in jewelry for centuries because of their natural beauty.
• Alexandrite gemstones are extremely rate and change color based on the lighting
• Moonstone

Famous Birthdays

• 1733 - Betty Washington Lewis, Sister of George Washington, 1st President of the United States (d. 1797)
• 1909 - Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor (d. 1959)
• 1924 - Chet Atkins, American singer, songwriter, guitarist (d. 2001)
• 1928 - Martin Landau, American actor and producer (Mission Impossible)
• 1942 - Brian Wilson - American singer, songwriter, producer and member of The Beach Boys
• 1945 - Anne Murray, Canadian singer and guitarist (Snowbird)
• 1949 - Lionel Richie, American singer, songwriter, pianist, producer and actor, member of the Commodores
• 1967 - Nicole Kidman, Australian-American actress, singer and producer (Moulin Rouge)

Famous Deaths

• 1947 - Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 1972 - Howerd Deering Johnson, American businessman who founded Howard Johnson's (b. 1897)
• 2012 - Judy Agnew, American wife of Spiro Agnew, she was the 29th Second Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
• 2017 - Albert Johnson, American music artist known as Prodigy (b. 1974)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1987 - Comedian Johnny Carson marries his 4th wife Alexis Mass

Quote of the Day

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

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This Day in History

• 1782 - The Great Seal of the United States is adopted by the U.S. Congress
• 1787 - At the Federal Convention, Oliver Ellsworth moves to call the government the 'United States'
• 1819 - The U.S. vessel SS Savannah is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic and arrive in Liverpool, UK
• 1837 - Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne
• 1840 - Samuel Morse obtains the patent for the telegraph
• 1863 - West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. State
• 1877 - The first commercial telephone service is installed by Alexander Graham Bell in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• 1893 - Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother
• 1944 - The first man made object to reach outer space is the experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket that reaches an altitude of 176 km
• 1975 - The film Jaws is released in the U.S. and becomes the highest grossing film
• 1990 - The Asteroid Eureka is discovered

This Day in Music

• 1975 - Neil Young releases Tonight's the Night
• 1978 - Foreigner releases Double Vision (video below)
• 2003 - Lionel Richie receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on his 54th birthday
• 2004 - Paul McCartney performs his 3,000th live show in Russia

This Day in Sports

• 1940 - After 8 rounds Joe Louis TKO's Arturo Godoy for the heavyweight boxing title.
• 1950 - Joe DiMaggio has his 2,000 hit 
• 1984 - Dave Kingman of the Oakland A's hits his 3rd grand slam and 14th lifetime
• 2013 - LeBron James for the second straight year is named the NBA finals MVP

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!