Holidays 6.6
Holidays
Atheist Pride Day [also 3.20]
BAUN Day (UK)
Biomedical Science Day (UK)
Blind Day (Israel)
Bonza Bottler Day
CDF Founder’s Day
Children’s Union Foundation Day (North Korea)
Creative Educators International Day
Dark of the Moon Day (According to C.W. McCall’s song “Convoy”)
D-Day
Detergent Day
Drive-In Movie Day
Empathy Day (UK)
Engineering Day (Argentina)
Engineer’s Day (Taiwan)
Flavor Massacre Day
Helicopter Day
Hyun Choong II Memorial Day (South Korea)
International Graphene Day
International Homebirth Day
International Slayer Day
Journalist Day (Ukraine)
Korean Children’s Union Foundation Day (North Korea)
Memorial Day (South Korea)
National Day of Sweden (a.k.a. Nationaldagen)
National Eyewear Day
National Higher Education Day
National Hunger Awareness Day
National Huntington’s Disease Awareness Day
National Naloxone Awareness Day
National Neuro-Disabilities Day (UK)
National Roommate Appreciation Day
National Stick Your Hand in a Blender Day
NBA Day
Philatelic Writers Day
Procession of the Golden Chariot (Mons, Belgium)
Public Museum Day
Revive Awareness Day (Florida)
Robert Englund Day
Russian Language Day (UN)
Sacral Agenesis / Caudal Regression Syndrome Awareness Day
Satisfaction Day
Secure Your Load Day
Shriners International Awareness Day
Sibelius Festival (Finland)
Teachers’ Day (Bolivia)
Tetris Day
TR-606 Day
Visually Impaired People Day (Germany)
Woodmen of the World Founder's Day
World Day for Hidrandentis Suppurativa
World Green Roof Day
World IPv6 Day
World Pest Day
World Teacher Day (Bolivia)
World Tempe Day
World Transplant Day
YMCA Day
YogaSix Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Herring Day (Sweden)
National Applesauce Cake Day
National Churro Day
National Long Island Iced Tea Day
Roll Cake Day (Japan)
Nature Celebrations
Gardening Exercise Day
A Herd of Gnus Day (Animal Collective Noun Days)
Korean Iris Day (Happiness of Believers; Korean Birth Flowers)
National Caves & Karst Day
National Cow Day (Norway)
National Gardening Exercise Day
Poppy Plant Day (French Republic)
Red Herring Day (Sweden)
World Caribou Day
Astronomical Celebrations or Events
Gemini 9 (Splashed Down; 1966)
Soyuz 11 (Launched; 1971)
Soyuz T-13 (Launched; 1985)
Soyuz 34 (Launched; 1979)
Sports & Games Celebrations or Events
Belmont Stakes Horse Race (Saratoga Springs, New York)
BMX Racing World Cup (Sarrians, France) [thru 6.7]
HSBC Tennis Championships (London, UK) [thru 6.21]
World Tetris Day
Yo-Yo Day
Independence, Flag & Related Days
Abeldane Empire; (a.k.a. Imperial Day; Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]
Ardesoda (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Berin (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]
Fort Worth, Texas (Founded; 1849)
Great Welland (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Ligurian Republic (Founded by Napoleon; 1797)
Missouri (Readmitted to the Union; 1865)
Sweden (Election of King Gustav Vasa & end of the Kalmar Union, 1523)
Pacem (f.k.a. Abies; Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]
Providence, Rhode Island (Founded; 1636)
Queensland Day (Australia)
Santos (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]
United Snakes of America (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Zamboanga de Norte Day (Philippines)
1st Saturday in June
Ardbeg Day [1st Saturday]
Belmont Stakes (Belmont Park, New York) [5th Saturday after Kentucky Derby]_
The Big Lunch (UK) [1st Saturday]
Butterfly Education & Awareness Day [1st Saturday]
California Adopt-a-Pet Day (California) [1st Saturday]
Dare Day (North Carolina) [1st Saturday]
Do-Dah Parade (Kalamazoo, Michigan) [1st Saturday]
Drawing Day [1st Saturday]
Fete Day (Elfreth’s Alley; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Global Degrowth Day [1st Saturday]
International Lolita Day [1st Saturday]
International Parkour Day [1st Saturday]
International Table Top Day [1st Saturday]
International Ungulate Awareness Day [1st Saturday]
Judgements Day (Irish Book of Rights for Celtic Kings; Celtic Book of Days) [Every Saturday]
Nametag Day [1st Saturday]
National Black Bear Day [1st Saturday]
National Bowls Day (Canada) [1st Saturday]
National Bubbly Day [1st Saturday]
National Cheer Coach Day [1st Saturday]
National Cherry Pit Spitting Day [1st Saturday]
National Corn Hole Day [1st Saturday]
National Family Recreation Day [1st Saturday]
National Health & Fitness Day (Canada) [1st Saturday]
National Learn to Row Day [1st Saturday]
National Pineapple Day [1st Saturday]
National Play Outside Day [1st Saturday of Every Month]
National Prairie Day [1st Saturday]
National Trails Day [1st Saturday]
National Virginia Diverse Business Networking Saturday (Virginia) [1st Saturday]
Pencil Day [1st Saturday]
RED Shirt Pride Day [1st Saturday]
Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]
Satyr's Day (Silenus, Greek God of Beer Buddies and Drinking Companions) [1st Saturday of Each Month]
Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]
Sleep Over Saturday [1st Saturday of Each Month]
Social Saturday [1st Saturday of Each Month]
Sourdough Saturday [1st Saturday of Each Month]
Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]
Turtle Races Day [1st Saturday]
Wicket World of Croquet (Indianapolis, Indiana) [First Saturday]
Weekly Holidays beginning June 6 (1st Week of June)
End Mountain Top Removal Week (thru 6.12) [1st Full Week]
Healthcare Executives Appreciation Week (thru 6.12) [1st Full Week]
International Clothesline Week (thru 6.13) [Begins 1st Saturday]
LA Beer Week (Los Angeles, California) [thru 6.14]
National Fishing & Boating Week (thru 6.12) [Begins 1st Saturday for 9 Days]
Festivals On or Beginning June 6, 2026
Bacon & Beer Festival (Merrimack, New Hampshire)
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival (DC Metro, Washington D.C.)
Bourbon & Brews Festival (St. Louis, Missouri)
Chiefland Watermelon Festival (Chiefland, Florida)
Ella Sharp Art Beer & Wine Festival (Jackson, Michigan)
International Craft Beer Festival (Fairfield, Ohio)
Lafayette Brew Fest (Lafayette, Colorado)
Los Olivos Jazz and Olive Festival (Los Olivos, California)
Louisiana Peach Festival (Ruston, Louisiana)
Mariachi USA Fest (Hollywood, California)
Mountain Brewers Beer Fest (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
Mt. Vernon Brewers Festival (Mt. Vernon, Illinois)
Strawberry Festival! (Sandy Spring, Maryland)
Summertime Ball (London, United Kingdom)
3 Barons Renaissance Faire (Anchorage, Alaska) [thru 6.14]
Uncork Summer (Clinton, New Jersey) [thru 6.7]
Worcester Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival (Worcester, Massachusetts)
World Margarita Championship (Tucson, Arizona)
Feast Days
Adopt a New Phobia Day (Pastafarian)
Ancestral Spirits Festival (Nigeria; Everyday Wicca)
Ceratius (a.k.a. Cerase; Christian; Saint)
Claud of Besançon (Christian; Saint)
Claudius (Christian; Saint)
The Bendideia of Bendis (Festival to Moon Goddess of Thrace)
Day of the South Wind (Pagan)
Diancecht (Celtic Book of Days)
Donald B. Tucker (Muppetism)
Eustorgius II of Milan (Christian; Saint)
Festival of Chiu Hsien (Taoist Spirit of Alcohol)
Gudwall (Christian; Saint)
Ini Kopuria (Church of England, Episcopal Church, Anglican Church of Melanesia)
Interpretive Dance Day (Pastafarian)
St. Isidore of Seville (Positivist; Saint)
Jarlath (Christian; Saint)
Judgment Day (Petal Hats; Shamanism)
King of the Witches Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Marcellin Champagnat (Christian; Saint)
Norbert of Gennep (a.k.a. of Xanten’; Christian; Saint) [Bohemia]
Pancho Contreas (Muppetism)
Philip the Deacon (Christian; Saint)
Primus and Felician (Christian; Saints)
Santa Anna Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Chinese: Month 4 (Gui-Si), Day 21 (Xin-Hai)
Day Pillar: Metal Pig
12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Initiate Day (执 Zhi) [Auspicious]
Holidays: Grain in Ear
Secular Saints Days
V.C. Andrews (Literature)
Bjorn Borg (Sports)
Stan Getz (Music)
Paul Giamatti (Entertainment)
William Randolph Inge (Literature)
Aram Khachaturian (Music)
Edwin G. Krebs (Science)
Maxine Kumin (Literature)
Josie Lawrence (Entertainment)
Jimmy Lunceford (Music)
Thomas Mann (Literature)
Billy Preston (Music)
Alexander Pushkin (Literature)
Colin Quinn (Entertainment)
Patrick Rothfuss (Literature)
Tom Ryan (Art)
David Scott (Science)
Richard Smalley (Science)
Levi Stubbs (Music)
John Trumbull (Art)
Steve Vai (Music)
Diego Velázquez (Art)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 157 [37 of 72]
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [25 of 37]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [32 of 57]
Premieres
The Beauty Parlor (Aesop's Film Fable Cartoon; 1923)
The Big Retreat (Aesop's Film Fable Cartoon; 1926)
Bobby Bumps (Paramount Magazine Cartoon; 1920)
The ourne Identity (Film; 2002)
The Burglar Alarm (Aesop's Film Fable Cartoon; 1923)
The Cars, by the Cars (Album; 1978)
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, by Chelsea Handler (Humor Book; 2010)
Con Air (Film; 1997)
The Covered Pushcart (Aesop's Film Fable Cartoon; 1923)
The Deadwood Thunderball (Roland & Rattfink Cartoon; 1969)
The Delivery Boy (Mickey Mouse Disney Cartoon; 1931)
Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story (Walter Lantz Bray Cartoon; 1926)
Doc Yak and the Limited Train (Old Doc Yak Cartoon; 1914)
Drive-In- Movie (Outdoor Movie Theater; 1933)
Edge of Tomorrow (Film; 2014)
The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi (Tijuana Toads Cartoon; 1971)
Eliza on the Ice (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1944)
The Eyes of Heisenberg, by Frank Herbert (Novel; 1966)
The Fault in Our Stars (Film; 2014)
Girl Crazy (Broadway Musical; 1931)
The Good Bye Kiss (Mack Sennett Cartoon; 1928)
The Good Times, by Russell Baker (Novel; 1989)
Grape Nutty (Columbia Favorites Cartoon; 1957)
Herbie Rides Again (Film; 1974)
Hobby Horse-Laffs (WB LT Cartoon; 1942)
Hold the Lion, Please (WB MM Cartoon; 1942)
I Can Help, by Billy Swan (Song; 1974)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1965)
In Step, by Stevie Ray Vaughan (Album; 1989)
Invisible Touch, by Genesis (Album; 1986)
It Pays To Be Ignorant (TV Game Show; 1949)
I Will Always Love You, by Dolly Parton (Song; 1974)
Kung Fu Panda (Animated Film; 2008)
Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.), by Katy Perry (Song; 2011)
The Longest Day, by Cornelius Ryan (History Book; 1959)
Love Me Do, recorded by The Beatles (Song; 1962)
Men at Work, by George F. Will (Sports Book; 1990)
Moby Grape, by Moby Grape (Album; 1967)
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter (New Universal Cartoon; 1938)
November Rain, by Guns N’ Roses (Music Video; 1992)
Octopussy (Film; 1983) [Bond #13]
Only the Lonely, by Roy Orbison (Song; 1960)
On the Trail (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1927)
A Pesky Pup (Powers Cartoon; 1917)
Ping Pong Summer (Film; 2014)
Porky's Baseball Broadcast (WB LT Cartoon; 1940)
Professor Wiseguy's Trip to the Moon (Powers Cartoon; 1916)
Pygmy, by Chuck Palahniuk (Novel; 2009)
Rated R, by Queens of the Stone Age (Album; 2000)
The River in Reverse, by Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint (Album; 2006)
Robin Hoodwinked (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1958)
Roller Coaster (Coney Island Amusement Park Ride; 1884)
The Runt (Aesop's Film Fable Cartoon; 1925)
Securities and Exchange Commission (U.S. Securities Regulator; 1934)
Sex and the City (TV Series; 1998)
Sh-h-h-h-h-h (Tex Avery Cartune Cartoon; 1955)
Smokey Smokes (Goldwyn-Bray Comic Cartoon; 1920)
Snap Happy Traps (Phantasies Cartoon; 1946)
Storms of Life, by Randy Travis (Album; 1986)
Symphony in Slang (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1951)
Tales from the Punchbowl, by Primus (Album; 1995)
Tax: Quest for Burger (WB Animated Film; 2023)
Teach Your Children, by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Song; 1970)
There Auto Be a Law (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)
Tigermilk, by Belle & Sebastian (Album; 1996)
Tighter and Tighter, by Alive 'N Kickin' (Song; 1970)
Transcendental Blues, by Steve Earle (Album; 2000)
20/20 (TV News Series; 1978)
2 Fast 2 Furious (Film; 2003) [F&F #2]
TV of Tomorrow (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1953)
Twenty Legs Under the Sea (Fleischer Talkartoon Cartoon; 1931)
Up the Academy (Film; 1980)
Urban Cowboy (Film; 1980)
War and Pieces (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)
What's Love Got to Do with It (Film; 1993)
YMCA (Social Youth rganization; 1844)
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (Film; 2008)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, by David Bowie (Album; 1972)
Today’s Name Days
Bertrand, Kevin, Norbert (Austria)
Berta, Klaudije, Neda, Norbert (Croatia)
Norbert (Czech Republic)
Nobertus (Denmark)
Pärle, Piibe (Estonia)
Kustaa, Kustavi, Kyösti (Finland)
Norbert (France)
Alice, Bertrand, Kevin, Norbert (Germany)
Ilarion (Greece)
Cintia, Norbert (Hungary)
Norberto, Paola, Paula (Italy)
Adalberts, Ardis, Arnis, Ingrīda, Vairis (Latvia)
Mėta, Norbertas, Paulina, Tauras (Lithuania)
Gustav, Gyda (Norway)
Benignus, Dominika, Klaudiusz, Laurenty, Norbert, Norberta, Paulina, Symeon, Więcerad (Poland)
Ilarion (România)
Norbert (Slovakia)
Marcelino, Norberto (Spain)
Gösta, Gustav (Sweden)
Judith, Valerie (Ukraine)
Dante, Donte, Delaney, Norbert, Norberta, Norberto (USA)
Today’s National Name Days
National Cynthia Day
National Josie Day
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 157 of 2026; 208 days remaining in the year
ISO Week: Day 6 of Week 23 of 2026
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 25 of 28] (thru 6.9)
Chinese: Month 4 (Gui-Si), Day 21 (Xin-Hai)
Chinese Year of the: Horse 4724 (until February 6, 2027) [Bing-Wu]
Coptic: 29 Bashans 1742
Druid Tree Calendar: Ironwood (June 4-13) [Day 3 of 10]
Hebrew: 21 Sivan 5786
Islamic: 20 Dhu al-Jijjah 1447
Julian: 24 May 2026
Meteorological Summer [Day 6]
Moon: 72%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 17 Saint Paul (6th Month) [St. Isidore of Seville]
Runic Half Month: Odal (Home, Possession) [Day 8 of 15] (thru 6.12)
Season: Spring (Day 78 of 94)
SUn Calendar: 7 Blue; Sevenday [7 of 30]
Week: 1st Week of June
Zodiac:
Tropical (Typical): Gemini (Day 16 of 31)
Sidereal Zodiac: Taurus (Day 22 of 32)
Schmidt Zodiac: Cetus (Day 24 of 26)
IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Taurus (Day 22 of 39)
IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Taurus (Day 22 of 37)