Holidays Calendar for June 13, 2020
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Tuvalu,
Pitcairn Islands
King’s Official Birthday in Tuvalu and the Pitcairn Islands
The King’s Official Birthday is celebrated as a public holiday in some Commonwealth realms and British Overseas Territories that have King Charles III as the reigning constitutional monarch. In Tuvalu and the Pitcairn Islands, it is celebrated on the second Saturday of June.
June 13 is Anthony of Padua Feast Day, who is a marriage saint in Portugal, Spain and Brazil. This feast is very important for these countries.
International Community Association Managers Day is an annual observance marked on June 13. It was established by Community Associations Institute to celebrate professionals working for condominiums, homeowner associations, and housing cooperatives.
World Softball Day is observed annually on June 13. It celebrates a sport that is often confused with baseball and sometimes overlooked in favor of more popular team sports, but is nevertheless popular in many countries of the world.
International Axe Throwing Day is observed every June 13. It was established by the World Axe Throwing League to raise awareness of a fun and unique sport that receives less attention than it deserves.
World Gin Day is observed annually on the second Saturday of June. It was created to celebrate one of the world’s most popular distilled alcoholic beverages that is instantly recognizable due to its signature juniper flavor.
International Drink Chenin Day, also known as International Drink Chenin Blanc Day or simply Drink Chenin Day, is celebrated annually on the second weekend of June. It was created to celebrate a white wine grape variety that originated in France but is most widely associated with the South African wine industry.
Military Gendarmerie Day (Święto Żandarmerii Wojskowej) is an official professional holiday in Poland celebrated on June 13. Like most observances declared by the Sejm, it is a working day unless it falls on a weekend or coincides with a movable public holiday (Pentecost or Corpus Christi).
Hungarian Inventors’ Day (Magyar Feltalálók Napja) is an annual holiday initiated by the Association of Hungarian Inventors (MAFE) in 2006. It was established to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Association, as well as to honor Albert Szent-Györgyi, a famous Hungarian biochemist credited with discovering vitamin C.
National Dance/Movement Therapy Advocacy Day is celebrated annually on June 13. It was created to raise public awareness of a type of psychotherapy that uses movement and dance to promote emotional, social, cognitive and physical integration of individuals.
Dragonfly Day, sometimes referred to as National Dragonfly Day, is celebrated annually on the second Saturday of June. It was created to celebrate fascinating insects that play an important role in ecosystems around the globe.
Yeats Day is an annual celebration dedicated to William Butler Yeats, an Irish poet, dramatist and writer who was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is observed on June 13 to commemorate Yeats’s birth anniversary.
Sulaymaniyah City Fallen and Martyrs Day is an official remembrance day in Iraqi Kurdistan celebrated on June 13. It was established by the government of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to honor the memory of Sulaymaniyah’s residents who were killed for their nationality and resistance to the anti-Kurdish policy of the Iraqi authorities.
June 13 is National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day. This is your day, if you really want to cook something delicious, but end up with a mess and cut fingers.
Sewing Machine Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated on June 13. It is not clear why this date was selected, because none of the patents for a sewing machine was issued on June 13. However, this fact does not prevent sewing enthusiasts from celebrating.
On the second Saturday in June, knitting enthusiasts can get together and enjoy each other's company, as it is World Wide Knit in Public Day (WWKIP Day). The first knit in public event was organized in 2005 by Danielle Landes.
If you’re a fan of Mexican cuisine, you absolutely should celebrate National Chamoy Day on June 13. This fun holiday was created to celebrate a versatile condiment made from pickled fruit and dried chili peppers.
National Rosé Day is a fun unofficial holiday celebrated on the second Saturday of June. It was initiated by the rosé wine house Bodvár to promote this glorious summertime drink and celebrate all things pink.
International Albinism Awareness Day is an annual United Nations observance held on June 13. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2014. The date of June 13 was chosen because on that day in 2013 the United Nations adopted its first resolution on albinism.
National Random Acts of Light Day is observed annually on June 13. It was founded by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to “bring light to the darkness of cancer” and highlight the importance of cancer research.
Festivals on June 13, 2020
- Trooping the Colour in London, United Kingdom
- Sydney Film Festival in Sydney, Australia
- Festspiele Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland
- Cincinnati Fringe Festival (Cincy Fringe) in Cincinnati, USA
- TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada
- ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin, Germany
- World Amigurumi Exhibition in New York, USA
This Day in History
- 2023 Died: Cormac McCarthy, American writer who authored twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western and postapocalyptic genres.
- 2023 Three people were fatally stabbed and three others were injured when a van was driven into them in three connected attacks in Nottingham, England.
- 2021 Died: Ned Beatty, American actor. In a career that spanned five decades, he appeared in more than 160 films and gained a reputation for being "the busiest actor in Hollywood".
- 2012 At least 93 people were killed and over 300 injured in a series of simultaneous suicide car bombings and shootings that occurred in Iraq.
- 2010 The Japanese unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa returned to Earth, carrying samples of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa. Its mission lasted over 7 years.
- 2010 Died: Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, television host and businessmen best known as the founder of the food company Jimmy Dean Foods.
- 2002 Two South Korean schoolgirls were struck and killed by a United States Army armored vehicle-launched bridge (the Yangju highway incident).
- 1998 Died: Reg Smythe, British cartoonist primarily remembered for creating the popular Andy Capp comic strip that was launched in 1967.
- 1996 Born: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Australian actor who gained recognition as a child actor for his roles in The Road and Let Me In. He is best known for his role in The Power of the Dog.
- 1993 Born: Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater. He was the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World medalist (silver in 2013, bronze in 2015), and the 2015 Four Continents champion.
- 1990 Born: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor known for his roles in Nowhere Boy, Kick-Ass and its sequel, Godzilla, Nocturnal Animals, Tenet, Bullet Train, The Fall Guy, and other films.
- 1987 Died: Geraldine Page, American actress of stage and screen who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Trip to Bountiful.
- 1986 Died: Benny Goodman, American jazz and swing musician, songwriter, clarinetist and bandleader who is considered to be the "King of Swing".
- 1986 Born: Kat Dennings (born Katherine Litwack), American actress best known for her roles as Max Black in 2 Broke Girls and as Darcy Lewis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- 1986 Born: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, also known as the Olsen twins, American actresses and fashion designers who frequently star together.
- 1983 The American space probe Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System.
- 1982 Died: Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the fourth King of Saudi Arabia who ruled the country from 1975 until his death due to a heart attack.
- 1981 Born: Chris Evans, American actor best known for his superhero roles as Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four and Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- 1975 Born: Jeff Davis, American writer and producer best known as the creator, executive producer and head writer of MTV series Teen Wolf.
- 1972 Died: Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist who was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research of the cochlea.
- 1966 The United States Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that suspects must be informed of their rights before being questioned (Miranda warning).
- 1966 Born: Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician who proved the Poincaré conjecture and was awarded the 2006 Fields Medal but declined to accept it.
- 1965 Died: Martin Buber, Austrian-born Israeli Jewish existentialist philosopher best known for creating the so-called philosophy of dialogue.
- 1955 A group of Soviet geologists discovered diamond-bearing deposits in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The Mir mine was the first diamond mine in the USSR.
- 1951 Born: Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier in Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Melancholia, and Nymphomaniac.
- 1944 The Battle of Bloody Gulch was fought during the Second World War between American and German forces. It resulted in the US victory.
- 1944 Germany launched the first V-1 flying bomb at London. At the peak of the attack, more than one hundred V-1s a day were fired at England.
- 1943 Born: Malcolm McDowell, English actor whose career spans more than six decades. He is known for his boisterous and sometimes villainous roles.
- 1938 Died: Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss physicist who was awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of anomalies in nickel-steel alloys.
- 1930 Died: Henry Segrave, American racer who set three land speed records and the water speed record. He was the first person to hold both records simultaneously.
- 1911 Born: Luis Walter Alvarez, American experimental physicist, inventor and professor who was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 1886 The Great Vancouver Fire destroyed most of the newly incorporated city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It began as a brush fire.
- 1865 Born: William Butler Yeats, Irish poet who was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature. He completed his greatest works after receiving the award.
- 1831 Born: James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish mathematical physicist who is best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation.
- 1645 Died: Miyamoto Musashi, expert Japanese swordsman and rōnin. He is the author of The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and martial arts.
- 1525 Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.