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Melania the Elder, Latin Melania Maior was a Desert Mother who was an influential figure in the Christian ascetic movement that sprang up in the generation after the Emperor Consta…
Christian feast day: Melania the Elder
Roland Allen was an English missionary to China sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG).
Christian feast day: Roland Allen (Episcopal Church (USA))
Thomas Ken was an English cleric who was considered the most eminent of the English non-juring bishops, and one of the developers of modern English hymnody. He is the writer of the…
Christian feast day: Thomas Ken (Church of England)
William of York was an English priest and twice Archbishop of York, before and after a rival, Henry Murdac. He was thought to be related to King Stephen of England, who helped to s…
Christian feast day: William of York
June 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 9
Christian feast day: June 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The First Indochina War, known alternatively internationally as the French Indochina War, was fought in French Indochina between France and the Viet Minh and their respective allie…
First Indochina War day (France)
Bounty Day is a holiday on both Pitcairn Island, destination of the Bounty mutineers, and on Norfolk Island. It is celebrated on 23 January on Pitcairn, and on 8 June on Norfolk Is…
Bounty Day (Norfolk Island)
HIV.gov, formerly known as AIDS.gov, is an internet portal for all United States federal domestic HIV and AIDS resources and information. On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006, the U…
Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Engineer's Day is observed in several countries on various dates of the year.
Engineer's Day (Peru)
Primož Trubar or Primus Truber was a Slovene Protestant Reformer of the Lutheran tradition, mostly known as the author of the first Slovene language printed book, the founder and t…
Primož Trubar Day (Slovenia)
The Deutsche Hirntumorhilfe e.V. is a non-profit organisation based in Leipzig which provides information and support to brain tumor patients. Since its founding in 1998 more than …
World Brain Tumor Day
World Ocean Day (WOD) is an international day that takes place annually on June 8. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada's International Centre for Ocean Developmen…
World Oceans Day
Public holidays in Jordan.
Anniversary of the Accession of King Abdullah II (Jordan)
Åland's Autonomy Day, or Åland's Self-Government Day, is celebrated annually on 9 June to commemorate the first meeting of the Åland County Council on that date in 1922. Åland's se…
Autonomy Day (Åland)
Aidan of Lindisfarne was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria. He founded a ministry cathedral on the island of Lin…
Christian feast day: Aidan of Lindisfarne (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
Anna Maria Taigi was an Italian Catholic professed member from the Secular Trinitarians. Taigi reportedly experienced a series of ecstasies during her life and heard the voices of …
Christian feast day: Blessed Anna Maria Taigi
Baithéne mac Brénaind was an Irish monk, one of Saint Columba's followers who accompanied him to Scotland around 563, and was the first successor as Abbot of Iona Abbey. The Annals…
Christian feast day: Baithéne mac Brénaind
Bede, also known as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable, was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the best known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his mo…
Christian feast day: Bede (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
Columba or Colmcille was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission in what became Scotland. He founded the imp…
Christian feast day: Columba
Ephrem the Syrian, also known as Ephraem the Deacon, Ephrem of Edessa or Aprem of Nisibis was a prominent Christian theologian and writer who is revered as one of the most notable …
Christian feast day: Ephrem the Syrian (Roman Catholic Church and Church of England)
José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ was a Spanish missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's h…
Christian feast day: José de Anchieta
Saints Primus and Felician (Felicianus) (Italian: Primo e Feliciano) were brothers who suffered martyrdom about the year 304 during the Diocletian persecution. The Martyrologium Hi…
Christian feast day: Primus and Felician
June 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 10
Christian feast day: June 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The Coral Triangle Day was established on June 9, to celebrate and raise awareness of the ocean conservation and protection, especially on the Coral Triangle, the world's epicenter…
Coral Triangle Day