6th June 2021
Russian Language Day
UN Russian Language Day is observed annually on June 6. The event was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010. UN Russian Language Day coincides with the birthday of Alexander Pushkin, a Russian poet who is considered the father of modern Russian language.
Cancer Survivors Day
There’s an epidemic in the world today, one that seeps into every level of the social strata. Education is no protection and nor is wealth. While there are ways to reduce the possibility that a person will be one of the almost 2 million people per year that are affected by it, the causes of this plague are only poorly understood. Every year 450 men and women out of every 100,000 are diagnosed with one of the dozens of kinds of cancer, and 171 men and women die from it.
Many survivors go on to fulfil their dreams and find joy and happiness once again. Cancer Survivor Day is for those who have faced off against this most dread of ailments and risen again to live full, happy lives. It’s a time for people with similar stories and experiences to come together and celebrate their strength and perseverance. It’s no easy feat and a milestone to be recognized and appreciated. It’s the idea that there’s not only hope for a brighter future but to demonstrate that life after a cancer diagnosis can be a reality.
World Green Roof Day
Have you heard of World Green Roof Day? If not, you’re missing out! A green roof is also known as a living roof. It’s a roof space that facilitates shrubs, trees, vegetation and pretty spaces designed to be colourful and aid the environment.
Towns and cities all over the world are going green to clean up their carbon footprint and adapt to climate change. Not only do green roofs benefit everyone, they benefit small wildlife, and that’s something that we should all be celebrating! This celebration of green roofs is a global thing, and whether you are in business or not, you can still celebrate going green.
Whether it’s a bike shed or a bus stop, the roof of your new extension or your home office, you can still enjoy a beautiful green roof and celebrating it is going to be more than encouraged. Every World Green Roof Day, people the world over are encouraged to look out of their window and check for roofs that are perfect candidates for going green!
Gardening Exercise Day
Many people enjoy a spot of gardening, but did you know that it’s also a great way to improve your overall fitness? Whether it’s stretching, strength training or building your stamina, gardening counts as exercise and can benefit not only your physical but also mental wellbeing while simultaneously improving the natural world around you! With these two activities so handily combined, it’s no wonder that gardening exercise has its own special day of celebration…
Caves and Karst Day
The National Caves Association organizes Caves and Karst Day to celebrate both of those things and raise awareness regarding what an important role they play in the wider environment and our lives too. There’s much to see and discover beneath the ground and so many people don’t fully understand that. Caves and Karst Day aims to rectify that and promote the exploration of accessible caves.
Caves and Karst Day is all about learning more about the diverse and resource-rich caves and karst that can be found. They include large springs and many different minerals. There are even species of animal that are only found below the surface of the Earth.
Taking the time to experience all of these things first-hand is what the National Caves Association believes more people should do, and Caves and Karst Day encourage that. It raises awareness and makes it clear to people that these caves are there to be safely explored.
Many people might not know the educational and awe-inspiring experiences that are so close to them, but Caves and Karst Day is changing that now. It’s yet another way to spend time in nature and learn what it has to offer.
Applesauce Cake Day
Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.
Jim Davis
Yes yes, we know that apples aren’t a vegetable, but what they are is delicious! You’re supposed to get a balanced diet, aren’t you? So some fruitcake to go with your vegetable cake seems like a great way to a balanced diet, doesn’t it? Applesauce Cake Day celebrates this delicious and moist cake and all of the wonderful flavours it combines.
A selection of Birthdays
1599 Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (Las Meninas), baptized in Sevilla, Spain (d. 1660)
1799 Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer & poet (Eugene Onegin), born Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1837)
1840 John Stainer, English composer (The Crucifixion), born in Southwark, London (d. 1901)
1860 William Inge, Author, theologist and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, born in Crayke, Yorkshire (d. 1954)
1862 Henry John Newbolt, Poet & author (Studies Green & Gray), born Bilston, Staffs (d. 1938)
1867 David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1931)
1868 Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition, born Plymouth, (d. 1912)
1869 Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer & conductor, born Tribschen, Lucerne, (d. 1930)
1879 Patrick Abercrombie, Architect & town planner, born Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire, (d. 1957)
1880 William Thomas Cosgrave, President of the Irish Free State, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1965)
1884 Jock Hutchison, Scottish golfer (PGA C'ship 1920, British Open 1921), born St. Andrews, (d. 1977)
1894 Violet Trefusis, Writer & socialite famous affair with writer Vita Sackville-West, b. London(d.1972)
1896 R. C. Sherriff, English playwright (Journey's End), born Hampton Wick, Middlesex, (d. 1975)
1896 Henry Allingham, British supercentenarian and World War I veteran, born in Clapton, (d. 2009)
1898 Ninette de Valois [Edris Stannus], British ballerina (Royal Ballet), born Blessington, Ireland (d.2001)
1900 Arthur Askey, British actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train), born Liverpool (d. 1982)
1900 Lester Matthews, English actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), born Nottingham, (d. 1965)
1902 Harold Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton, Aeronautical engineer, born in Kings Norton, (d. 1997)
1918 Tom Scott, Scottish poet (Sea Dirge: A Mither's Keenin), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1995)
1918 Kenneth Connor, Comedian and actor, best known for "Carry On" films, born Islington, (d. 1993)
1919 Lord Carrington [Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington], British conservative politician, former British Foreign Secretary(1979-82) & NATO Secretary General (1984-8), born in Chelsea, (d. 2018)
1922 Ian Hamilton, Scottish composer, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2000)
1923 Allan Wicks,Cathedral organist & choral conductor(Canterbury,1961-88),b. Harden,England (d.2010)
1930 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), born in Farnworth, Lancashire, (d. 2015)
1932 Billie Whitelaw, British actress (Omen, Adding Machine), born in Coventry, Warwickshire (d. 2014)
1932 Ivan Chermayeff, British-born American graphic designer, born in London, (d. 2017)
1940 Willie-John McBride, British rugby player, born in Toomebridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
1941 Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-born American journalist, born in Scotland (d. 2012)
1944 David Penhaligon, British politician (President of the Liberal Party) (d. 1986)
1947 Marion Coakes, Equestrian show jumper (Olympic silver 1968), born New Milton, Hants
1947 Robert Englund, American actor (Freddy vs. Jason, A Nightmare on Elm Street), born in Glendale, California
1947 David Blunkett, English blind politician, Home Secretary (2001-4), born in Sheffield, England
1948 Richard Sinclair, British progressive rock bassist, singer, guitarist, and songwriter (Caravan -"In the Land of Grey and Pink"), born in Canterbury,
1954 Harvey Fierstein, playwright (Torch Song Trilogy, ID4), born in Brooklyn, New York
1956 Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player (11-time Grand Slam winner), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1957 Mike Gatting, English cricket batsman (79 Tests, captain 1986-88), born in Kingsbury, England
1957 Junior [Norman Giscombe], British R&B singer ("Mama Used to Say"), born in London,
1959 Amanda Pays, English actress (Max Headroom, Off Limits), born in London,
1959 Josie Lawrence, Comedian and actress (Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Eastenders, Humans), born Staffordshire
1961 Dee C. Lee [Diane Catherine Sealy], British rock musician (Wham!, Style Council), born in London,
1963 Jason Isaacs, English actor (Harry Potter films), born in Liverpool,
1964 Paul "Guru" Josh, British musician (Infinity), born in London, (d. 2015)
1965 David White, Pop-rock guitarist (Brother Beyond - "Can You Keep a Secret?"), born Highbury, London
1974 Sonya Walger, British actress
1976 Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder (co-owner Flip Skateboards; Thrasher Magazine "Skater of the Year" 2000), born in Liverpool,
1977 David Connolly, Irish footballer
1977 Bryn Williams, Welsh chef
1978 Carl Barât, English musician (The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things)
1983 Gemma Bissix, British actress
1985 Drew Galloway, Scottish professional wrestler
1987 Kyle Falconer, Scottish musician
1987 Daniel Logan, New Zealand actor (Boba Fett-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones), born in Auckland, New Zealand
On This day in History
1002 German King Henry II the Saint crowned
1242 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris
1328 Franciscan theologian William of Ockham [Occam] excommunicated by Pope John XXII
1391 Inhabitants of Seville, Spain, massacre 5,000 Jews
1513 Battle of Novara, the War of the League of Cambrai: the Swiss Confederacy defeat the French
1520 France and England sign treaty of Scotland
1523 Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar Union
1536 Mexico begins its inquisition
1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
1654 Queen Christina of Sweden resigns and converts to Catholicism
1665 Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese armies beat Spain
1673 France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty
1683 The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum
1716 French transport the 1st African slaves to Louisiana
1744 France and Prussia sign peace treaty
1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed
1772 Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles in Chicago
1787 Franklin College founded, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Now part of Franklin & Marshall College.
1795 Fire destroys 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured
1801 Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal
1809 Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established with a new constitution empowering Riksdag after 20 years of absolute monarchy
1813 US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ontario)
1816 10" of snowfall in New England, part of a "year without a summer" which followed the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia
1822 Alexis St. Martin shot in the stomach and treated by physician William Beaumont on Mackinac Island. Leads Beaumont to conduct digestion experiments through hole in St. Martin's stomach.
1831 2nd US national black convention (Philadelphia)
1832 The barricades fall and the Paris student uprisings of 1832 end
1844 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) formed by George Williams in London
1859 Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
1861 Lincoln's cabinet declares Union government will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers
1862 Battle of Memphis fought on the Mississippi River, Union forces defeat Confederate fleet leading to the city's surrender
1862 Skirmish at Harrisonburg, Virginia, sees the Confederates win a minor victory in the Battle of Good's Farm
1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana and Williamsport, Maryland
1864 Battle of Lake Chicot, Arkansas (Dutch Bayou)
1875 Netherlands joins the gold standard
1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay, India) drowns 100,000 (disputed event)
1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, NYC
1882 Ethiopia: Shewan forces of Menelik defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
1890 United States Polo Association forms, NYC
1892 Chicago South Side Elevated Railroad opens (1st 3.6 miles)
1896 Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo leave NY harbor to row across Atlantic; their 55 day record for rowing was not broken for 114 years
1900 Boxers cut off all railroad links between Peking and Tientsin, main port city of Peking
1900 US Congress pass an act authorizing a civil code and government for the territory of Alaska after gold discoveries bring lawlessness and disorder to the area
1903 President Emile Loubet of France and Minister of Foreign Affairs Theophile Declasse visit London, furthering the cause of Entente Cordiale between Britain and France
1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey
1905 French Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request
1906 Paris Métro Line 5 is inaugurated with a first section from Place d'Italie to the Gare d'Orléans (today known as Gare d'Austerlitz)
1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
1912 The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century
1913 Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times
1914 1st air flight out of sight of land (Scotland to Norway)
1916 Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage
1916 The death of Yuan Shikai, ruler of much of China since 1912, causes the central government to virtually collapse in the face of warlords, including Sun Yat-sen
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st US victory of WW I
1919 Assent is given to an Act to amend the Canadian Currency Act, 1910
1919 Finland declares war on bolsheviks
1919 The Republic of Prekmurje ends
1920 Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel opens White Russian offensive against red Army
1921 Southwark Bridge in London is opened to traffic by King George V and Queen Mary.
1923 Gangster Albert Anastasia is convicted of illegal possession of a firearm and sentenced to two years in prison
1925 Walter Chrysler founds automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation
1926 Egyptian government of Adly Pasha forms
1931 Belgian government of Henri Jaspar falls
1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro, New Jersey
1938 Father of Psychology Sigmund Freud arrives in London
1939 The ship MS St. Louis, carrying 907 Jewish refugees from Europe, begins sailing back to the continent after it was refused entry into America. Approximately a quarter of those on board would perish in the Holocaust.
1941 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
1942 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)
1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway
1942 Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians
1944 Operation Overlord: As part of the D-Day landings, the 82nd Airborne Division arrives at the French town of Sainte-Mère-Église
1944 Operation Overlord: D-Day begins as the 156,000-strong Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France, during World War II
1944 German submarines U-955, U-970, U-629 and U-373 sink in Bay of Biscay
1944 Alaska Airlines commences operations
1946 Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV
1947 Treaty drawn up for establishment of International Patent Institute
1949 Orapin Chaiyakan becomes the first Thai woman to be elected to the Parliament of Thailand
1950 German DR & Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border
1950 Turkey: The Adhan in Arabic is legalized.
1956 David Marshall, Singapore's first Chief Minister, resigns.
1958 French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French
1960 Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely"
1960 South African police kill 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill
1963 Gasunie, Dutch gas and transportation company established
1964 Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated
1966 Civil rights activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi
1966 Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator"
1966 Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement
1967 Israeli troops occupy Gaza during second day of the Six-Day War
1968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy dies from his wounds after he was shot the previous night
1971 Air West flight 706 collides with a US Marine Corps F-4B Phantom jet over Los Angeles killing all 49 aboard the DC-6 and the pilot of the F-4B
1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station
1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie, Rhodesia)
1972 Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London
1972 US bombs Haiphong, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed
1974 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte
1974 A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy
1975 British voters decide to remain in Common Market
1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
1976 "The Omen" premieres in the UK
1977 "Washington Post" reports US has developed neutron bomb
1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws
1978 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
1979 Royal Air Force receives 1st F-16
1981 Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial
1981 A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river, killing 268 officially with another 300 or more missing
1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out the PLO
1982 36th Tony Awards: Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby & Nine win
1982 Bernard Glassman installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY
1983 Bottle with note of June 9, 1910 found in Queensland
1983 Li Xiannian becomes President of the People's Republic of China and Deng Xiaoping the supreme commander
1983 Nicaragua expels 3 US diplomats
1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India
1984 Video game Tetris is first released in the Soviet Union by Alexey Pajitnov
1985 58th National Spelling Bee: Balu Natarajan wins spelling milieu
1985 Body of Nazi concentration camp doctor Dr Josef Mengele located and exhumed
1985 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts "status" of Aruba
1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1988 3 giant turtles found in Bronx sewage plant
1988 George H. W. Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II to Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989)
1990 2nd International Rock Awards
1993 47th Tony Awards: "Angels in America" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" win
1993 Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as President of Mongolia
1993 Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected President of Guatemala
1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez, Colombia (about 1000 killed)
1994 Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160 killed
1994 Warwickshire score 4 for 810 declared against Durham
1995 Moses Kiptanui of Kenya runs world 5,000m record 12:55.30 in Rome, Italy
1999 Sydney Swans Australian Rules Football full forward Tony Lockett breaks Gordon Coventry's career goals record with his 1,300th major early in SCG match against Collingwood
1999 Largest jailbreak in Brazilian history at the Putim maximum security prison in Brazil, 345 prisoners run from the main gate. In the ensuing manhunt, two fugitives are killed and five innocent bystanders are accidentally jailed.
1999 53rd Tony Awards: "Fosse" and "Side Man" win
2002 A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. Resulting explosion estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
2004 Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
2004 58th Tony Awards: Avenue Q & I Am My Own Wife win
2012 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs - last transit of 21st century
2012 The Solar Impulse completes the world's first intercontinental flight powered by the sun
2013 Kevin Barry's City of Bohane wins the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
2015 Convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat break out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York
2017 Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the US launch offensive to take Raqqa from Islamic State
2017 Indian Arundhati Roy publishes her 2nd novel "The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness"20 years after first
2017 Floods in Salto, Paysandú and Artigas in Uruguay displace over 3,000 people
2018 Iraqi parliament orders manual recount of legislative elections in May after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi claims evidence of irregularities
2018 French man announced to have won France's €1 million My Lottery for the second time in 2 years, with odds of 1 in 16 trillion
2018 At least 46 Ethiopian migrants drown after their boat capsizes of the coast of Yemen
2018 Special pedestrian lane introduced just for "phubbers" slow-walking smartphone users Xi'an, China
2019 German serial killer nurse Niels Hoegel jailed for a second life sentence for the murder of 85 more people (previously convicted for six). Germany's worst post-war serial killer.
2019 On 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, New York City’s police commissioner James O’Neill apologizes for his department's actions during the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn
2019 Amir Ohana becomes the first openly gay minister in Israel as acting justice minister