Day Guide for Monday June 1st 2020 What are the holidays on June 1st 2020?

This is our day guide for Monday June 1st 2020 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 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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General Information for June 1st 2020
There are 15 public holidays today.
Day 153 of 2020
213 days left in 2020
Week 23 of the year
On this Day in History
2002 - Hanse Cronje, South African cricketer, dies when his plane crashes in the Outeniqua mountains.
2001 - One of the strangest Royal murders takes place, when The Nepalese Royal Family is massacred in one day.
1970 - The native Indian protest occupation damages Alcatraz with fire.
1464 - Between 1455 and 1499, England is torn apart by civil war, beginning with The First War of the Roses led by the houses of York and Lancaster.