Holidays Calendar for June 2, 2013
Italy annually observes Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica) on June 2. This holiday celebrates establishment of the republic and exile of the male descendants of the House of Savoy.
Bhutan annually celebrates Coronation Day of Fourth Druk Gyalpo on June 2. This public holiday is one of the major holidays in Bhutan.
Father's Day is celebrated in many countries, but Lithuania is one of the few states where it is an official public holiday. Lithuanian Father's Day is observed on the first Sunday in June, a month after Mother's Day (the first Sunday in May).
Sixty-four days after Easter, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the feast of the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin. The Etchmiadzin Cathedral was the first cathedral built in ancient Armenia. It is located in the city of Vagharshapat.
World Eating Disorders Action Day, formerly known as World Eating Disorders Day, is observed annually on June 2. It was created to raise public awareness about eating disorders and combat associated stigma.
Civil Aviation Day is annually observed in Azerbaijan on June 2. This professional holiday of the workers of civil aviation was established by Presidential Decree of Ilham Aliyev on May 18, 2006.
International Sex Workers Day, also referred to as International Whores’ Day, is observed annually on June 2. It strive to raise awareness of the often exploited working conditions of sex workers.
Every first Sunday in June Hungarian teachers and students celebrate Teachers' Day. This is a special day of appreciation for the teachers for their hard work.
Textile Industry Workers' Day is an official professional holiday in Turkmenistan observed annually on the first Sunday in June. It was first celebrated in 2006.
Canadian Forces Day is a holiday that celebrates the Canadian Armed Forces, their heritage, and their personnel. It is observed annually on the first Sunday in June. Although it is not a public holiday, it is marked with relevant events and activities across the country.
Seamen’s Day (Sjómannadagurinn), also known as Fishermen’s Day, is celebrated in Iceland every year on the first Sunday in June. It is dedicated to the people who make a big contribution to the country’s economy.
Water Resource Management Employees Day is a Ukrainian professional holiday celebrated annually on the first Sunday of June. It was officially established by President Leonid Kuchma in 2003.
Ukraine has several professional holidays that are celebrated on the first Sunday of June. One of them is Local Industry Workers Day. It was officially established by President Leonid Kuchma on August 20, 2002 and celebrated for the first time on June 1, 2003.
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Tajikistan
Retail, Consumer Services and Public Utility Company Employees Day in Tajikistan
Retail, Consumer Services and Public Utility Company Employees Day is one of the many official professional holidays celebrated in Tajikistan. It is observed annually on the first Sunday of June.
The first Sunday in June is Coastal Cleanup Day in Russia. This local observance is related to International Cleanup Day organized by PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), the world's largest recreational diving membership and diver training organization.
Hristo Botev was a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary, who made crucial contributions to the freedom of the Bulgarians. June 2 is the Day of Hristo Botev, a memorial day that commemorates the national hero.
Canadian Decoration Day is an unofficial holiday that recognizes veterans of the country’s military. Although it has mostly been eclipsed by Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day, it is still celebrated in some parts of Canada.
Telangana Day, also known as Telangana Formation Day, is the official holiday of the Indian state of Telangana. It is celebrated annually on June 2, because on this day in 2014, Telangana officially split from Andhra Pradesh.
American Indian Citizenship Day, also known as Native American Citizenship Day, is observed annually on June 2. It was created to commemorate the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 that granted United States citizenship to all Native Americans born in the country.
June 2 is National Rocky Road Day. Ice cream with chocolate, marshmallows and nuts is the treat of the day.
National Rotisserie Chicken Day is an unofficial food holiday celebrated annually on June 2. It was established in honor of one of the best ways to cook a whole chicken.
National Cancer Survivors Day is an annual observance held in a number of countries, such as the United States and Ukraine, on the first Sunday in June. It was inaugurated in November 1987 by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
Father's Day in Switzerland (Schweizer Vätertag) is celebrated on the first Sunday in June. It was launched in 2007 by männer.ch, an umbrella association of progressive father's and men's organizations incorporating over 20 voluntary and professional organizations.
Festivals on June 2, 2013
- Kinotavr Film Festival in Sochi, Russia
- Niagara VegFest in St Catharines, Canada
- Philippine Independence Day Parade in New York, USA
- Highland Renaissance Festival in Eminence, USA
- Comic Con India in Bangalore, India
- 3 Barons Renaissance Faire in Anchorage, USA
- New Jersey Renaissance Faire in Bordentown, USA
- Taiwan International Balloon Festival in Luye, Taiwan
- Fan Expo Denver in Denver, USA
- Hertug Hans Festival in Haderslev, Denmark
- Transilvania International Film Festival in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Zabaikalsky International Film Festival in Chita, Russia
- ConFuzzled in Hinckley, United Kingdom
- Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival in Temecula, USA
- Bookfest Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania
This Day in History
- 2023 Three trains collided in Balasore district in Odisha state of eastern India. A total of 296 people were killed in the crash and more than 1,200 others were injured.
- 2012 Former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egypt revolution.
- 2010 Derrick Bird killed 12 people and injured 11 others before killing himself in Cumbria, England. This became one of the worst criminal acts involving firearms in British history.
- 2008 Died: Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is often called The Originator for playing a key role in the transition from blues to rock 'n' roll and rock.
- 2008 A terrorist detonated a car bomb on the parking lot of the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. 6 people were killed and several others injured. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack.
- 2007 Died: Huang Ju, Chinese politician, the 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China. He is considered one of China's most mysterious politicians.
- 2003 The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. It was Europe's first voyage to another planet.
- 1999 Television transmissions were brought to the Kingdom of Bhutan for the first time.
- 1996 Died: Leon Garfield, English author, best known for his historical novels for children, although he also wrote for adults.
- 1992 Born: Ethan Slater, American actor, singer, writer, and composer known for his role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the musical of the same name.
- 1988 Born: Nora Lum, known professionally as Awkwafina, American actress, rapper, and comedian. She rose to prominence in 2012 when her rap song "My Vag" became popular on YouTube.
- 1988 Died: Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer, winner of two National Film Awards and nine Filmfare Awards in India. His performance in Awaara was ranked as one of the top ten greatest performances of all time by Time.
- 1979 Born: Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress. She is known for portraying Inara Serra in the series Firefly and the follow-up film Serenity, and for many other roles.
- 1978 Born: Dominic Cooper, English actor known for his portrayal of comic book characters Jesse Custer on the AMC show Preacher and young Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- 1977 Born: Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer, best known playing Spock in the reboot Star Trek films and his roles on Heroes, NOS4A2, and American Horror Story: Asylum.
- 1973 Born: Kevin Feige, American film and television producer. He has been the president of Marvel Studios and the primary producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise since 2007.
- 1972 Born: Wentworth Miller, American-British actor and screenwriter. He rose to prominence following his starring role as Michael Scofield in the Fox series Prison Break.
- 1970 Died: Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, one of the most successful champions of Formula One.
- 1966 Lunar soft-lander Surveyor 1 landed in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, thus becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-lad on another world.
- 1962 Died: Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet, winner of the Hawthornden Prize. She is known for her exuberant aristocratic life and her passionate affair with the novelist Virginia Woolf.
- 1961 Died: George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the comedic play You Can't Take It With You and the musical Of Thee I Sing.
- 1953 The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, became the first major international event to be televised.
- 1952 Born: Gary Bettman, American sports executive who, as of 2024, serves as the commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since 1993.
- 1946 The Italians voted in a referendum to turn Italy from a monarchy into a republic. King Umberto II of Italy was exiled.
- 1945 Born: Richard Long, English painter, sculptor, and photographer, one of the best known British land artists, internationally renowned since the 1970s.
- 1941 Born: Charlie Watts, English drummer, songwriter, and producer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones.
- 1924 U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law. According to the Act, all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States were granted American citizenship.
- 1923 Born: Lloyd Shapley, Amrican mathematician, Nobel Prize in Economy laureate for his theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design.
- 1904 Born: Johnny Weissmuller, Romanian-American swimmer and actor. He was one of the best competitive swimmers in the world, winning five Olympic gold medals for swimming. After retiring from his sports career he portrayed Tarzan in twelve motion pictures.
- 1896 The newest invention by Guglielmo Marconi, the radio, was patented.
- 1882 Died: Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician. He played a large role in the history of Italy and is considered to be one of the Italy's fathers of the fatherland.
- 1881 Died: Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher, best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue française, a 4-volume dictionary of the French language.
- 1857 Born: Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. He was not very popular in Denmark since he had long been regarded as a German writer.
- 1840 Born: Thomas Hardy, English author and poet. He gained fame as the author of novels, including Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure.
- 1833 Died: Simon Byrne, Irish bare-knuckle prize fighter nicknamed "The Emerald Gem". He was one of only six fighters ever to have been involved in fatal fights as both survivor and deceased.
- 1743 Born: Giuseppe Balsamo, also known by his alias Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Italian occultist, adventurer, and self-styled magician. He pursued various occult arts, including psychic healing, alchemy, and scrying.
- 1740 Born: Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician, famous for his libertine sexuality. The words "sadism" and "sadist" derive from his name.