June 17 - Holidays and Observances

Holidays and Observances

  • Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
  • Christian Feast Day:
    • Albert Chmielowski
    • Botolph (England)
    • Gondulphus of Berry
    • HervĂ©
    • Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)
    • Rainerius
    • June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.
  • Soviet Occupation Day (Latvia)
  • West Germany, from 1954 to 1990, the Day of German Unity
  • World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International)
  • Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

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