On This Day: June 20, 2016

Posted on June 20, 2016 by wordcloud9

HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE!

JUNE is Dairy Month in the United States –Maori art sun-moon - small
today is Ice Cream Soda Day

It’s also American Eagle Day, International Surfing Day,
Ride to Work Day, World Humanist Day, and World Refugee Day

INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS:international Flags

Argentina – National Flag Day

 Cyprus – Pentecost Monday

 Greece – Holy Spirit Monday

 India – Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti

Romania – Descent of the Holy Spirit

 Trinidad and Tobago – Labor Day (observed)

 Ukraine – Orthodox Pentecost Monday

On this day in U.S. History:

  • 1782 – Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States
  • 1863 – West Virginia enters the Union
  • 1941 – Ford signs first contract with autoworkers’ union
  • 1963 – United States and Soviet Union establish a “hot line”
  • 1975 – The movie Jaws was first released

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