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June

Father's Day is the third Sunday in June
     Best Father's Day Activities and Lessons: www.techlearning.com/news/best-fathers-day-digital-teaching-resources
     Father's Day: Poems for Kids: 
https://poets.org/text/fathers-day-poems-kids
     
National Doughnut Day is the first Friday of June
     Chris O'Dowd reads Arnie the Doughnut!: http://www.storylineonline.net/books/arnie-the-doughnut/
     ​The Hole Story of the Doughnut by Pat Miller

National Safety Month
          
Pride Month
     Poems & More for LGBTQ Pride Month: https://poets.org/poems-more-lgbtq-pride-month

Summer 
16 Sun Crafts for Kids: aboutfamilycrafts.com/16-sun-crafts-for-kids/ 
​Poems of Summer: poets.org/poems-summer
Summer Camp Arts and Crafts: https://kinderart.com/category/art-lessons/seasons/summer/camp/
Sun Paper Plate Craft: www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/paperplate/sun/


June 4
National Hug Your Cat Day
​     Elijah Wood reads Me and My Cat: http://www.storylineonline.net/books/me-and-my-cat/
-1919: The United States Congress passed the 19th Amendment granting suffrage to women. 
-1942: The Battle of MMidway started.
-1975: Angelina Jolie was born. 
-1989: Hundreds were killed at Tiananmen Square protests.

June 5
Hot Air Balloon Day
-1933: The United States moved off the gold standard. 

June 6
-1934: The Securities and Exchange Commission was established. 
-1944:  D-Day: The Allies began the Normandy invasion.
-1968: Bobby Kennedy died after being shot at a campaign rally on June 5.. 

June 7
-1958: The musician Prince was born.

June 8
World Oceans Day: worldoceanday.org/
-1783: Iceland's Laki volcano began an 8-month eruption killing nearly 10,000 people. 
-1867: United States architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born.
-1933: Unites States comedian Joan Rivers was born. 
-1949: Gerge Owell published 1984.

June 9
National Get Outdoors Day 
-1934: Donald Duck first appeared in a cartoon called "The Wise Little Hen."

June 10
-1752: Benjamin Franklin conducted the famous kite experiment
-1893: Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to win an Oscar, was born.
-1922: Hollywood legend Judy Garland was born. 
-1940: Italy invaded France, declared war on France and Great Britain. 

June 11
-1880: Politician and suffragist Jeannette Rankin was born. 
-1963: President John F. Kennedy sent in Alabama National Guard to inegrate University of Alabama. 
-1970: Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington were the first two women to become generals in the United States Armed Forces. 

June 12
​National Peanut Butter Cookie Day 
-1924: Former President George HW Bush was born.
-1929: Anne Frank was born. 
-1964: Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison in South Africa. 
-1987: President Ronald Reagan delivered the famous "tear down this wall" speech. 
-2016: 49 people were killed in the mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida.  

June 13
-1966: The Miranda rights were established.
-1967: Thurgood Marshall became the first African American nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States.
-1983: Pioneer 10 was the first human-made object to exit our solar system
-1986: Actresses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were born. 

June 14
-1777: The Stars adn Stipes was officially adopted as the flag of the United States. 
-1811: Abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Sowe was born. 
-1946: President Donald Trump was born. 
​-2017: A high-rise fir in London killed 72 people. 

June 17
National Day of Iceland​

June 19
Juneteenth
     The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth: nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/historical-legacy-juneteenth

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