Shavuot is a Jewish harvest festival, the Feast of Weeks. Shavuot begins Thursday,June 01, 2006 at sundown and ends Saturday, June 03, 2006 at nightfall this year.
June 4th Pentecost
The Day of Pentecost is the occasion on which pious Jews from all over the new Christian world gathered to celebrate "The Feast of Weeks," probably just months after the crucifixion of Jesus. That Feast was a Jewish festival (all of the first Christians were also Jews) at which first fruits were offered to God. On this day, a miracle occurred: tongues of flame lighted on each person...AND each person spoke their own native tongue but, miraculously, everybody understood everybody else!
June 5th
World Environment Day
Day to reflect on environmental concerns
worldwide.
This date marks the anniversary of the first UN Conference on Human
Environment in 1972
June 6th
D-Day
Anniversary of the Allied troops invasion of
the Normandy region of France in 1944
June 11th
Kamehameha Day
Commemorates the victories of Kamehameha
I
(1758-1819) of Hawaii. He and his descendants united
and ruled the Hawaiian Islands
until their annexation by the United States in 1898.
June 14th
Flag Day
In 1949 Congress designated this day as
national Flag Day.
It commemorated adoption by the Continental Congress
in 1777 of the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.
Some schools observe the day with instruction
in flag etiquette and flag-raising ceremonies.
June 18th Father's Day
A Day to honor and be kind to fathers
June 19th Juneteenth
Date on which the freedom of the slaves was
formally
announced in Texas in 1865, more than two years
after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and
two months after the end of the Civil War
June 20th
Emancipation Day
Day observing the end of slavery in the
United States. President Lincoln
declared all slaves free on January 1st, 1863
June 21st
Start of Cancer astrological sign
Cancer, the crab
Also on this date:
Summer solstice
Day in summer when the day is longest.
Official start of the summer season
June 23rd
Midsummer Eve
This holiday observed in Europe,
celebrates the return of summer
June 24th
St. John the Baptist Day
Feast day honoring the Jewish prophet who
preceded Jesus
