June 29

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on June 29, include:

• Bartender and Mixologist Day - June 29, 2024 (Last Saturday in June)
• Camera Day 
• Feast of Saints Peter and Paul 
• Great American Picnic Day - June 29, 2024 (Last Saturday in June)
• Hug Holiday
• National Almond Buttercrunch Day
• National Camera Day 
  
• National Celebrate Your Marriage Day - June 29, 2024 (Last Saturday in June)
• National Haskap Berry Day - June 29, 2024 (Last Saturday in June)
• Waffle Iron Day 

2024 Weekly Holidays that include June 29, are:

• Fish are Friends, Not Food Week! - June 23-29, 2024 (Last week of June)
  
• Honor America Days - June 14 - July 4 (21 Days starting on June 14)
  
• National Camping Week - June 23-29, 2024 (Last Full Week in June)
  
• National Insect Week - June 24-30, 2024
• National Lightning Safety Awareness Week - June 23-29, 2024 (Last Full Week of June)
• National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness - June 27 - July 4
• National Tennis Week - June 23-29, 2024 (Fourth Full Week in June)
  
• Watermelon Seed Spitting Week - June 27-30, 2024
  
• Water Ski Days - June 28-30, 2024 (Last Full Weekend in June)
• Windjammer Days - June 23-29, 2024

2024 Monthly Holidays that include June 29, 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.
• Glastonbury Music Festival - June 26-30, 2024 (last weekend in June) is held at Worthy Farm, Pilton (England). The festival is the largest open-air music & performing arts festival in the world.
• Tour de France - June 29 - July 21, 2024 - this is the world's most high profile bicycle race.

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for June 29 is Cancer.

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

• 1793 - Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor who invented the propeller (d. 1857)
• 1858 - George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer who co-designed the Panama Canal (d. 1928)
• 1861 - William James Mayo, American physician who co-founded the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
• 1892 - Henry Gerber, German-American activist who founded the Society for Human Rights (d. 1972)
• 1903 - Alan Blumlein, English engineer who developed the H2S radar (d. 1942)
• 1944 - Gary Busey, American actor (Lethel Weapon, Point Break, The Buddy Holly Story)

Famous Deaths

• 1860 - Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist who discovered Addison's disease (b. 1793)
• 1861 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet best know for her poem "How Do I Love Thee?" (b. 1806)
• 1978 - Bob Crane, American actor and radio host (Hogan's Heroes) (b. 1928)
• 1995 - Lana Turner, American actress and singer who was named the most glamorous woman in the history of international art (The Post Man Always Rings Twice, Peyton Place) (b. 1921)
• 2002 - Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
• 2003 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress and singer (Guess Whose Coming to Dinner, On Golden Pond) (b. 1907)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1762 - Russian Tsar Peter III divorces his wife Catherine II
• 1854 - Charlotte Bronte, English author of Jane Eyre marries Arthur Bell Nicholls
• 1956 - US Actress Marilyn Monroe marries for the 3rd time, playwright Arthur Miller

Quote of the Day

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

A night time eater, eats the majority of their calories in the evening. This could be for many reasons. This unhealthy diet habit could be intentional, because you are trying to diet, and believe skipping meals saves you calories, or unintentional, because you are just busy during the day and do not take time to eat.

Many yo-yo dieters practice this food habit. They try to eat tiny meals during the day, but then their body goes into severe hunger mode, and begins sending out powerful cravings. They eat dinner and then eat on and off until bedtime. This is an unhealthy diet habit that must end!

Find out more about Night Time Eaters from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!

This Day in History

• 1613 - The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground
• 1776 - Mission San Francisco de Asis in San Francisco, CA is founded by Father Francisco Palou
• 1880 - France annexes Tahiti
• 1928 - The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island are opened
• 1956 - The United State Interstate Highway System is created when the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed
• 1974 - Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to Canada from the Soviet Union
• 1975 - Steve Wozniak tests his first prototype of the Apple I computer
• 1976 - The Seychelles gains their independence from the United Kingdom
• 2007 - The iPhone is released by Apple, Inc.
• 2014 - A caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq is declared by The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

This Day in Music

• 1985 - Dancing in the Street is recorded by Mick Jagger and David Bowie in London at the Abbey Road Studios for the Live Aid Charity. They shoot the video (video below) the same day.
• 1995 - Ringo Starr does a TV commercial for Pizza Hut that debuts in the US
• 2001 - A stage musical written by former Mamas & the Papas member Denny Doherty named Dream a Little Dream: The Almost-True Story of the Mamas & the Papas premiered in Toronto
• 2004 - Feedback, the 18th studio album by Rush is released featuring eight cover songs of songs that influenced the band members in their younger years
• 2007 - The iPhone by Apple is released, integrated music with a phone for the first time

This Day in Sports

• 1956 - The first high jump over 7 feet is made by Charles Dumas in Los Angeles, CA
• 1961 - Willie Mays becomes the 4th major baseball player with 3 or more homeruns twice in a season
• 1983 - Jockey Angel Cordero, Jr. wins his 5,000th horse race

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!