Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for June 6, 2021

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ByGarrett

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

  • National Higher Education Day
  • National Hunger Awareness Day
  • National Huntington’s Disease Awareness Day
  • 1673: France and Brandenburg signed a peace treaty
  • 1744: France and Prussia signed a peace treaty
  • 1752: One third of the city of Moscow, Russia was destroyed in the third “great fire” in Moscow in 2 weeks
  • 1795: Fire destroyed one third of Copenhagen, Denmark and injured 18,000 people
  • 1809: Sweden declared independence and a constitutional monarchy was established
  • 1816: New England received 10″ of snowfall as part of the “year without a summer” which followed the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia
  • 1889: A Great Fire in Seattle destroyed 25 downtown blocks
  • 1912: The eruption of Mount Novarupta in Alaska began. It was the largest volcanic eruption (by volume) of the 20th century
  • 1944: In Operation Overlord, the D-Day invasion began as the 156,000-strong Allied Expeditionary Force landed in Normandy, France, during World War II
  • 1974: A new Instrument of Government was promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy
  • 1975: British voters decided to remain in the Common Market
  • 1977: The US Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws
  • 1978: California’s Proposition 13 cut property taxes 57%
  • 1994: A 6.0 earthquake and avalanche destroyed Toez, Colombia and killed about 1000 people
  • 2005: The United States Supreme Court voted to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich
  • 2017: Flooding in Salto, Paysandú and Artigas in Uruguay displaced over 3,000 people
  • 2018: Convicted drug trafficker Alice Johnson was granted clemency by US President Donald Trump

Weekly Holidays and Observances including June 6, 2021

  • National CPR and AED Awareness Week (June 1-7)

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

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