This is our day guide for Wednesday June 1st 2016 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on June 1st 2016
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
Kenya: Madaraka Day
Commemorates the day that Kenya attained internal self-rule in 1963Regional
Malaysia (regional): Gawai Dayak
Sarawak. Dayak Festival is a major harvest festival celebrated over two daysPublic sector only
USA (regional): US Statehood Day
Marks the admission of Kentucky and Tennessee as the 15th and 16th states of the US| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for June 1st 2016 | |
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 153 of 2016 | |
| 213 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 22 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2002 - Hanse Cronje, South African cricketer, dies when his plane crashes in the Outeniqua mountains. | |
| 1970 - The native Indian protest occupation damages Alcatraz with fire. | |
| 1966 - A new dawn of technology emerges when The Apollo Project successfully launch Surveyor 1 and it lands on the Moon the following day. | |
| 1926 - In Los Angeles Hospital, one the world's most famous stars is born. Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jean Mortensen, enters the world to become 'the photographer's dream'. |
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