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The Learning Calendar : June
Each month, we will highlight historical birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays, and provide teaching resources to help you learn about each topic.
June
| June 01-30 | National Safety Month | | | Each June, the National Safety Council encourages businesses to get involved and participate in National Safety Month. Each week carries a theme that brings attention to critical safety issues. |
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| June 04, 1989 | Tianamen Square Massacre, China | | | The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, referred to in much of the world as the Tiananmen Square massacre and in the People's Republic of China as the June Fourth Incident, were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Led mainly by students and intellectuals, the protests occurred in a year that saw the collapse of a number of communist governments around the world. An intelligence report received by the Soviet politburo estimated that 3,000 protesters were killed, according to a document found in the Soviet archive. |
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| June 05 | United Nations - World Environment Day | | | Every 5th of June is a day used by the United Nations to stimulate worldwide awareness of environmental issues and encourages political action. |
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| June 05, 1783 | First Balloon Flight | | | The first public demonstration of a lighter-than-air machine took place on June 4, 1783, in Annonay, France, when Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier, two brothers who owned a paper mill, sent up an unmanned hot-air balloon. |
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| June 06, 1872 | Susan B. Anthony is Fined for Voting | | | Susan Brownell Anthony was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. She traveled the United States, and Europe, and gave 75 to 100 speeches every year on women's rights for 45 years. |
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| June 06, 1944 | D-Day | | | D-Day is June 6, 1944 — the day of the Normandy landings — initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. |
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| June 07, 1848 | Paul Gauguin's Birthday | | | Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a leading Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist and writer. |
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| June 08, 1867 | Frank Lloyd Wright's Birthday | | | Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works. Wright promoted organic architecture, was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture, and developed the concept of the Usonian home. |
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| June 11, 1910 | Jacques Cousteau's Birthday | | | Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. |
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| June 12, 1924 | George H.W. Bush's Birthday | | | George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States <1989–1993). He was also Ronald Reagan's Vice President (1981–1989), a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence. |
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| June 12, 1929 | Anne Frank's Birthday | | | Anne Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films. |
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| June 12, 2011 | Pentecost | | | This Christian feast commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit onto the Apostles 50 days after Easter. |
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| June 13, 1884 | First Roller Coaster Opens | | | The world's first "looping" roller coaster is designed and built in Britain. The coaster is exported to Frascati Gardens, Paris. The 13-foot diameter loop is at the base of a 43-foot drop. |
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| June 14 | Flag Day | | | In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777. |
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| June 14, 1811 | Harriet Beecher Stowe's Birthday | | | Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) depicted life for African-Americans under slavery; it became influential in the United States and United Kingdom and made the political issues of the 1850s regarding slavery tangible to millions, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North. |
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| June 15, 1215 | Magna Carta Day | | | "Magna Carta required King John of England to proclaim certain rights, respect certain legal procedures, and accept that his will could be bound by the law. It protected certain rights of the King's subjects, whether free or not — and supported what became habeas corpus, allowing appeal against unlawful imprisonment.
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| June 15, 1952 | Mayan Tomb of Pacal Discovered | | | The discovery of the sarcophagus of a great Maya ruler deep within the Temple of Inscriptions at Palenque is one of the great stories of archaeology. |
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| June 18, 1812 | War of 1812 Declared | | | (Canada). Lasting from 1812 to 1815, it was fought chiefly on the Atlantic Ocean and on the land, coasts and waterways of North America. |
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| June 19, 2011 | Father's Day | | | Father's Day is a widely known celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. |
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| June 20-26, 2011 | Helen Keller Deaf-Blindness Awareness Week | | | While the purpose of Deaf-Blind Awareness Week is to pay homage to Helen Keller, the deaf-blind woman who was born that week, the week focuses on increasing public awareness and understanding of deaf-blindness. |
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| June 21 | Summer Begins | | | Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. It is marked by the longest days and shortest nights. |
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| June 26, 1541 | Francisco Pizarro's Death | | | Spanish explorer and conqueror who defeated the Inca Empire and claimed most of South America for Spain. |
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| June 27, 1880 | Helen Keller's Birthday | | | Helen Keller was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through her isolation , allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the play and film The Miracle Worker. |
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| January 23, 1832 | Edouard Manet's Birthday | | | Édouard Manet, 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883, was a French painter. One of the first nineteenth century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. |
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| January 24, 1848 | California Gold Discovery | | | James Marshal, who worked for John Sutter, accidentally discovered gold while building a sawmill near Coloma CA. Unable to keep it secret, the California Gold Rush ensued in 1849. |
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| January 25, 1924 | First Winter Olympics | | | The first winter Olympics took place in Chamonix, France with 16 nations participating. It included the ski jump, a new event, which was a thrilling addition that contributed to the popularity of skiing over the next years. |
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| January 27, 1756 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Birthday | | | Mozart was one of the world's greatest composers and was born in Salzburg Austria. He began performing at the age of 3, and composing by the age of 5. |
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| January 27, 1832 | Lewis Carroll's Birthday | | | Lewis Carroll was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and a photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. |
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| January 27, 1945 | Auschwitz Liberated by Soviets | | | On this day, the Soviet army liberated 6,000 people who were prisoners of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. It is estimated that 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, were killed at Auschwitz between 1941 and 1945. |
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| January 27, 1973 | Vietnam Peace Agreement Signed | | | On this date, US and North Vietnam signed an "Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam". It was signed in Paris France. This was the longest war in history with more than 1 million casualties. Even after the US departed, the war continued for two more years until Saigon fell to Communists in 1975. |
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| January 28, 1986 | Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion | | | At 11:39AM EST on this date, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 74 seconds after takeoff and 10 miles above the earth as millions watched on TV around the globe. Killed were six crew members and teacher Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first ordinary citizen in space. |
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| January 30, 1882 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Birthday | | | Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States and the only president to serve more than two terms - he was elected 4 times! He was president during World War II and is responsible for Social Security and social reform. |
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| January 30, 1948 | Gandhi's Assassination Anniversary | | | This Indian leader who promoted nonviolent resistance against tyranny was assassinated in his garden in New Delhi on this date. |
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