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National Indigenous Peoples Day is a day recognizing and celebrating the cultures and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Indigenous peoples of Canada.
National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada)
International Surfing Day, held annually on the third Saturday of June, is an unofficial, environmentally conscious sports-centered holiday that celebrates the sport of surfing, s…
Solstice-related observances (see also June 20): International Surfing Day
This is a list of public holidays in Greenland.
Solstice-related observances (see also June 20): National Day (Greenland)
Willkakuti, Machaq Mara, Mara T'aqa, Jach'a Laymi or Pacha Kuti is an Aymara celebration in Bolivia, Chile and the Puno Region of Southern Peru which takes place annually on 21 Jun…
Solstice-related observances (see also June 20): Willkakuti, an Andean-Amazonic New Year (Aymara)
The Fête de la Musique, also known in English as Music Day, Make Music Day, or World Music Day, is an annual music celebration which usually takes place in mid-June. On Music Day, …
Solstice-related observances (see also June 20): Fête de la Musique
The Day of Private Reflection is a day of remembrance created to acknowledge and reflect upon the conflict in Northern Ireland. It was proposed by Healing Through Remembering, a cr…
Solstice-related observances (see also June 20): Day of Private Reflection (Northern Ireland)
Wiñoy Tripantu is the Mapuche celebration that marks the return of the sun, often referred to as the Mapuche New Year. It occurs on the June solstice, which is the shortest day of …
Solstice-related observances (see also June 20): We Tripantu, a winter solstice festival in the southern hemisphere
World Humanist Day is a Humanist holiday celebrated annually around the world on the June solstice, which usually falls on June 21. According to Humanists International, the day is…
World Humanist Day (Humanism)
World Hydrography Day, 21 June, was adopted by the International Hydrographic Organization as an annual celebration to publicise the work of hydrographers and the importance of hyd…
World Hydrography Day (international)
Aaron of Aleth, also called Saint Aihran or Eran in Breton, was a hermit, monk and abbot at a monastery on Cézembre, a small island near Aleth, opposite Saint-Malo in Brittany, Fra…
Christian feast day: Aaron of Aleth
Saint Alban is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr, for which reason he is considered to be the protomartyr of Britain. Along with fellow Saints Julius and Aar…
Christian feast day: Alban, first recorded Martyr in Britain (commemoration, Anglicanism)
Pope Innocent V, born Pierre de Tarentaise, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 January to 22 June 1276. A member of the Order of Preachers, he ac…
Christian feast day: Blessed Pope Innocent V
Saint Eusebius of Samosata was a Christian martyr and opponent of Arianism.
Christian feast day: Eusebius of Samosata (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church)
John Fisher was an English Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Rochester from 1504 to 1535 and as chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He is honoured as a martyr and sai…
Christian feast day: John Fisher (Catholic Church)
Nicetas of Remesiana was an early Christian saint, writer, theologian and Bishop of Remesiana, which was then in the Roman province of Dacia Mediterranea.
Christian feast day: Nicetas of Remesiana
Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as a martyr and saint, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian and Renaissance humanist. H…
Christian feast day: Thomas More (Catholic Church)
Paulinus of Nola born Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus, was a Roman poet, writer, senator, and bishop. He attained the ranks of suffect consul and governor of Campania, but, promp…
Christian feast day: Paulinus of Nola
June 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 23
Christian feast day: June 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Anti-Fascist Struggle Day is a public holiday in Croatia. It is observed on 22 June and commemorates the formation of the First Sisak Partisan Detachment, a Communist-led guerrilla…
Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatia)
National holidays in Belarus are classified into state holidays and other holidays and commemorative days, including religious holidays. Nine of them are non-working days.
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
Father's Day is a day set aside for honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. "Father's Day" complements similar celebr…
Father's Day (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey)
Teachers' Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers. It may include celebrations to honor them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the comm…
Teachers' Day (El Salvador)
Windrush Day is a commemoration in the United Kingdom held on 22 June to honour the contributions of migrants to the post-war economy. It celebrates African-Caribbeans who began ar…
Windrush Day (UK)
Æthelthryth was an East Anglian princess, a Fenland and Northumbrian queen and Abbess of Ely. She is an Anglo-Saxon saint, and is also known as Etheldreda or Audrey, especially in …
Christian feast day: Æthelthryth