Planning the month of June

  by Barbara Shelby (kidactivites.net)

 SUMMER IS ON ITS WAY!



  June Gem Stone is Pearl...
  June Flower is Rose...

 DOING THE MONTH...

• Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
• Black Music Month
• Children's Awareness Month
• Dairy Month (See page bottom)• Effective Communications Month
• Dairy Alternative Month
• Great Outdoors Month
• International Men's Month
• International Surf Music Month
• National Accordion Awareness Month
• National Candy Month (Visit Easy Candy page) 
• National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month (Visit Veggie & Fruit Theme for a Day page) 

• National Ice Tea Month
• National Rivers Month
• National Smile Month (In UK-May 16 to June 16) See page bottom• National Tennis Month
• Zoo and Aquarium Month
• Turkey Lover's Month
• National Soul Food Month
• Skyscraper Month (See page bottom)
• Student Safety Month
• Sports America Kids Month
• Women's Golf Month

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Visit our Father's Day Category...Father's Day is this day in U.S.A, Canada, U.K.
2012 June 17  
2013 June 16  
2014 June 15 
2015 June 21

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 DOING THE DAYS...
1. Heimlich Maneuver Day
International Children's Day
National 'Go Barefoot' Day
Say Something Nice Day (See Say Something Nice Theme for a Day)
Kentucky became a state, 1792
Tennessee became a state, 1792

2. National Day of Italy
George Corliss' Birthday
3. Banana Split Day (See page bottom)
Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands, the territory now known as New York, 1621

4. Gold was discovered in Alaska's Indian Creek, 1911
5. World Environment Day
Rainbow Day (See Rainbow Theme)First Personal Computer (Apple II) went on sale, 1977
6. Drive In Movie Day
National Day of Sweden
National Family Day
Fight the Filthy Fly Day (See page bottom)BONZA BOTTLER DAY! (See page bottom)
7. Louis XIV was crowned King of France, 1654
Beau Brummell's Birthday

8. Architects' Day
Giovanni Cassini (astronomer) born, 1625. He noted rings of Saturn and seasonal changes on Mars.
9. Home Sweet Home Day
Peter the Great (Russian Tsar and Emperor) born, 1672
10. Dairy Day (See page bottom)Iced Tea Day
Edward O. Wilson (biologist) born, 1929
11. King Kamehameha 1's Birthday
Jacques Cousteau (oceanographer) born, 1910 (Do something from the Ocean Theme)
12. Carolyn Shoemaker discovered her 14th comet, making her the greatest living comet hunter, 1988
13. Pioneer 10 became first manmade object to leave our Solar System, 1983
14. U.S. Flag Day: Visit our great Red/White/Blue Cateory!Native American Citizenship Day
15. Nature Photography Day and Power of a Smile Day (See page bottom)
Magna Carta signed, 1215
Arkansas became a state, 1836
16. Fudge Day See page bottom for easy recipe- Also Lots of Fudge Recipes on Candy Page
The first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, went into space, 1963
Publication of James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
17. The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City from France
Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
Stewarts Root Beer Day

18. International Picnic Day (See page bottom)Napoleon defeated at Waterloo, 1815 (what is now Luxumbourg and Belgium).
Sally Ride became first US woman in space, 1983
19.  Juneteenth Day...also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day
First organized baseball game played in Hoboken, New Jersey, 1846
Garfield the Cat Day
20. West Virginia became a state, 1863
Bald Eagle Day
Great Seal of the USA adopted, 1782
21. Longest Day - National Holiday in Greenland
WORLD Handshake Day
Summer Solstice, First Day of Summer: Visit Summer ActivitiesSUMMER BEGINS ON...  2012 June 20
2013 June 21 
2014 June 21 
2015 June 21
22. Charon, Pluto's moon, discovered, 1978
Stupid Guy Thing Day
23. Let it Go Day
United Nations Public Service Day
Johannes Gutenberg (printer) born, 1400
New Foundland Discovery Day
Public Service Day
24. Henry VIII was crowned king of England, 1509
Celebration of Senses
NATIONAL Handshake Day
25. North Korea attacked South Korea - Korean War began, 1950
Virginia became a state, 1788
Sense-Sational Day
26. Fifty nations came together in San Francisco for the signing of the United Nations Charter, 1945
Independence Day in Madagascar
Pearl S. Buck's Birthday
 27. "Happy Birthday to You" was written by Mildred J. Mill in Louisville, Kentucky, 1859 (Have a Happy unbirthday for everyone in your group/family! Make it a tradition each year!)Helen Keller's Birthday (See page bottom)
28. Peter Paul Rubens (artist) born, 1577
Paul Bunyan Day
29. Kingdom of Belgium established, 1831
Congress establishes Olympic National Park in Washington state, 1938
30. Meteor Day
Conquest of Niagra Falls