Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for June 19, 2021
Many days there are far too many anniversaries, holidays, and observances to post about individually on social media, so in an effort to have more of them available, LLPHP is going to experiment with posting them daily. If there are other items you feel should be included, please email contact@llphp.org and share!
Please note all holidays and observances listed as “National” days are American holidays and observances unless it is stated otherwise.
On This Day
- Juneteenth
- International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
- World Sickle Cell Day
- 1269: French King Louis IX decreed all Jews had to wear a yellow badge in public or be fined 10 livres of silver
- 1862: Slavery was outlawed in US territories
- 1865: US Union General Gordon Granger declared slaves were free in Texas
- 1913: The Natives Land Act, Act No 27, passed in South Africa which confined Africans to hopelessly overcrowded reserves and deprived them of rights to purchase land outside of native reserves
- 1921: The Turks and Christians of Palestine signed a friendship treaty against Jews
- 1932: Hailstones killed 200 people in Hunan Province, China
- 1943: A Race Riot occurred in Beaumont, Texas
- 1961: Kuwait declared independence from the UK
- 1961: The US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Maryland’s constitution requiring state office holders believe in God
- 1964: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed the US Senate
- 1968: 50,000 people participated in a Solidarity Day March of The Poor People’s Campaign
- 1969: State troopers were ordered to Cairo, Illinois to quell racial disturbances
- 1971: The Mayor of Columbus, Georgia declared a state of emergency due to a racial disturbance
- 1980: A battle between police and demonstrators in Capetown, South Africa resulted in 34 people being killed
- 1987: The US Supreme Court ruled schools teaching evolution do not need to also teach creation
- 2006: The Prime Ministers of several northern European nations participated in a ceremonial “laying of the first stone” at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway.
- 2012: A man was beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery in Saudi Arabia
- 2017: Brexit negotiations began between United Kingdom and the European Union
- 2018: Canada’s Senate voted to legalize recreational marijuana use becoming the first major economy to do so
Weekly Holidays and Observances including June 19, 2021
- n/a
June Monthly Holidays and Observances
- Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
- Caribbean-American Heritage Month
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Disaster Preparedness Month
- Effective Communications Month
- Entrepreneurs “Do It Yourself” Marketing Month
- Gay & Lesbian Pride Month
- International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
- National Aphasia Awareness Month
- National Burglary Prevention Month
- National Safety Month
- National Smile Month
- Rebuild Your Life Month
