Day Guide for Monday June 1st 2020

This is our day guide for Monday June 1st 2020 which shows you at a glance what's happening around the world on day 153 of 2020.

Holidays on June 1st 2020

International: International Children's Day. The World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland, proclaimed June 1st to be International Children's Day in 1925
International: Whit Monday. Commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit in the form of flames to the Apostles.
Anguilla: Anguilla Day. As Anguilla falls on a Saturday in 2020, the public holiday will be observed on the next working day

Regional

Australia (regional): Reconciliation Day. Marks the anniversary of the 1967 referendum which changed the constitution

Regional

Australia (regional): Western Australia Day. Commemorates the day that the first European settlers arrived in Western Australia to found the Swan River Colony on June 1st 1829
Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day (in lieu). The Royal Brunei Armed Forces was formed on 31 May 1961
Cape Verde: Youth Day. A day to honour the importance of youth in the future prosperity of Cape Verde
Indonesia: Pancasila Day. Pancasila is the official philosophical foundation of the Indonesian state
Ireland: June Bank Holiday. Known in Gaelic as 'Lá Saoire i mí Mheitheamh', this holiday was first established by the Bank Holidays Act 1871 when Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom
Kenya: Madaraka Day. Commemorates the day that Kenya attained internal self-rule in 1963

Regional

Malaysia (regional): Gawai Dayak. Sarawak. Dayak Festival is a major harvest festival celebrated over two days
New Zealand: Queen's Birthday. The Queen's Birthday holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II

Regional

Portugal (regional): Day of the Azores. Honours Azorean self-rule as granted in the Portuguese Constitution of 1976.
Samoa: Independence Day. Marks Samoa's independence from New Zealand in 1962

Public sector only

USA (regional): Jefferson Davis' Birthday. Marks the birthday of the Confederate leader in the American Civil War

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Observances on June 1st 2020

  • United Nations: Global Day of Parents 
  • United Nations: International Childrens Day
  • USA: National Go Barefoot Day
  • USA: National Hazelnut Cake Day
  • USA: National Heimlich Maneuver Day
  • USA: National Penpal Day
  • USA: National Say Something Nice Day
  • International: World Milk Day
  • Canada: ALS Awareness Month
  • USA: Caribbean American Heritage Month
  • USA: National Oceans Month
  • USA: LGBT+ Pride Month
  • Poland: International Childrens Day
  • Mozambique: International Childrens Day
  • Ukraine: International Childrens Day
  • USA: Black Music Appreciation Month
  • USA: Great Outdoors Month
  • Canada: National Indigenous History Month
  • United Kingdom: Volunteers' Week
  • USA: Dairy Month
  • International: World Reef Day
  • USA: National Immigrant Heritage Month

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