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June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... Holidays and observances. Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan;
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. 1892 – Pearl S. Buck (pictured), humanitarian and author whose bestselling Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize in Literature winning novel The Good Earth created popular American sympathy for China, is born.
See the dates for 2025 federal holidays, Easter, Memorial Day, Labor Day and more. ... May 26. When is Juneteenth 2025? ... June 19. A datebook opened to the week of January 20, 2025. ...
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. ... June 19. Independence Day: Thursday, July 4. Labor Day: Monday, September 2.
June 16 to 22: Lightning Safety Awareness Week, National Roller Coaster Week June 17 to 23: Animal Rights Awareness Week, Pollinator Week June 17 to 21: Waste and Recycling Workers Week
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. 1924 – American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic. 1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island. 1934 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
Juneteenth, observed on June 19, commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in June 1865, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. The name is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth [38] [39] and has been a federal holiday since 2021. Some states and cities have additional holidays honoring ...
It was not until 1999 that President Bill Clinton declared June to be “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month” in the U.S., following the tradition that began with honoring the anniversary of Stonewall.