June 6 is National Gardening Exercise Day -- Get out and exercise with your plants.
June 15 is National Hollerin' Contest Day.
June 29 is International Mud Day.
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There are very few actual "wild horses" anymore. You're more likely to find a feral horse, one whose ancestor's were domesticated.
June 12, 1898 The Philippines declared their independence from Spain. The islands were named after King Philip II. Once freed from Spain, the islands were invaded and occupied by U.S. forces. They became an American colony and remained so until after World War II.
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June 9. 1898 The British signed a 99-year lease for Hong Kong, located on the southeastern coast of China. Hing Kong, consisting of an area measuring 400 square miles, was administered as a British Crown Colony until July 1,1997, when its sovereignty reverted rto the People's Republic of China.
Composer and lyricist Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana in 1898. He published his first song The Bobolink Waltz at the age of ten. His Broadway career was launched in 1928 when five of his songs were used in the musical play Let's Do It. Am0ng his many contributions to the Broadway stage; Fifty Million Frenchmen, The Gay Divorcee, Anything Goes, Leave it to Me, Du Barry Was a Lady, Something for the Boys, Kiss Me Kate, Can Can, and Silk Stockings..
Karl Lagerfeld's diamond cat had two maids who wrote down everything it did in a special book.
Plato's given name was Aristocles meaning "the best" or "most renowned". He acquired the nickname of Plato, meaning "wide" in his youth because of his wide shoulders.
The longest boxing contest on record was the match between Andy Bowen and Jack Burke in New Orleans on August 6, 1893. After 110 rounds lasting seven hours and nineteen minutes, the referee ruled "no contest" when both men were unable to continue.
in Bangkok in October 1996, a wedding celebration costing $34,000 was held for two diamond-eye cats called Phet and Ploy. Diamond eye is a form of Glaucoma that causes a thick blue film over the lens and in Thailand is thought to bring good luck. It is an open question as to whether or not it brought good luck to the cats. They were supplied with gold rings specially made for their paws, but the glaucomas had left both of them blind in one eye.
Sources: www.holidayinsights.com; www.historyplace.com; www.funfunnyfacts.com; Encyclopedia of useless information by William Hartston