June 2011
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Holidays 6.30
Burning of the Three Fires (France) Circus Comes To Town Day Festival of Ass-Kissing Gone With the Wind Day Ice Cream Soda Day Independence Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo, fka Zaire; from Belgium, 1960) Leap Second Day National Bomb Pop Day [last Thursday] National Handshake Day [last Thursday] National Ice Cream Soda Day NOW Day Pop-Up Toaster Day
Jun 30th
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“An’ damn the eyes, whoever tries, to rob a poor man of his beer.”
–  British music hall song, 1830
Jun 30th
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Holidays 6.29
Almond Butter Crunch Day Flower and Camera Day Funeral of Kostroma Celebration Independence Day (Seychelles; from UK, 1976) Interstate Highway Day Pennsylvania Dutch Day Sacrament of the Silicon Host
Jun 29th
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“The sum of the matter is, the people drink because they wish to drink.”
–  Rudolph Brand
Jun 29th
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Holidays 6.28
Festival of Terrible Poetry Go Barefoot Around the House Day Long Letter Day National Columnists’ Day [4th Tuesday] Tapioca Day
Jun 28th
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“The only reason I want to live longer, is to drink more beer.”
–  Ricky Gervais
Jun 28th
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Holidays 6.27
Canadian Multiculturalism Day (Canada) Decide To Be Married Day Festival of Neither Nor Independence Day (Djibouti; from France, 1977) Industrial Workers of the World Day Initium Aestatis (Old Roman Summer Festival) Log Cabin Day Mixed Race Day (Brazil) National Lemonade Day Orange Blossom Day Please Take My Children To Work Day [last Monday] Siebenschläfertag (Seven...
Jun 28th
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“I keep telling people that beer is more important than armies when it comes to...”
–  Alexei Vranich, archeologist
Jun 27th
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Holidays 6.26
America’s Kids Day [4th Sunday] Bar Code Day Chocolate Pudding Day Descendants Day [last Sunday] Festival of Ranting & Vaporing Gay Pride Day [last Sunday] Human Genome Day Independence Day (Madagascar; from France, 1960) Independence Sunday (Iowa) [Sunday before July 4] International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking National Forgiveness Day [4th...
Jun 26th
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“I know Bacchus, the god of wine, for he smells of nectar; but all I know of the...”
–  Emperor Julian the Apostate, 361 CE
Jun 26th
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Holidays 6.25
Doonesbury Day (Washington, DC) Feast of the Optional Holiday Festival of Ranting & Vaporing Independence Day (Croatia; from Yugoslavia, 1991) Independence Day (Mozambique; from Portugal, 1975) Log Cabin Day (Michigan) National Catfish Day Strawberry Parfait Day Virginia Statehood Day (#10; 1788)
Jun 26th
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“No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by...”
–  Horace, quoting 5th century Athenian poet Cratinus
Jun 25th
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Holidays 6.24
Bannockburn Day (Scotland) Celebration of the Senses Festival of Contagious Magic Midsummer Day (UK) Museum Comes To Life Day National Forgiveness Day Pralines Day Quarter Day (England, Ireland & Wales) UFO Day
Jun 24th
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“Mankind: The animal that fears the future and desires fermented beverages.”
–  Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1755-1826
Jun 24th
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Holidays 6.23
Ancient Druidic Midsummer Baal Dandruff Dance Day Festival of the Purple Void Let It Go Day National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism (Canada) National Fink Day Pecan Sandy Day Poop Out Early Day Public Service Day (UN) Typewriter Day
Jun 23rd
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“In the barley where thou sleepest there hides nectar clear, Which men shall know...”
–  Anonymous
Jun 23rd
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Holidays 6.22
Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatia) Chocolate Eclair Day Festival of Manifest Destiny Hard Core Pub Crawl Day Listen To A Child Day Stupid Guy Thing Day Zeppelin Day
Jun 22nd
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“A pleasant aperitif, as well as a good chaser for a short quick whiskey, as well...”
–  M.F.K. Fisher
Jun 22nd
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Holidays 6.21
Aimless Wandering Day Anne and Samantha Day Baby Boomers Recognition Day Banjo Lesson Day Cuckoo Warning Day (it will be a wet summer if the cuckoo is heard today) Go Skateboarding Day Midsummer Day National Daylight Appreciation Day New Hampshire Statehood Day (#9; 1788) Peaches and Cream Day Stock Up On Antiperspirant Day Summer Solstice World Humanist Day
Jun 21st
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“Beer is a wholesome liquor….it abounds with nourishment.”
–  Dr. Benjamin Rush
Jun 21st
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WatchWatch
Recycle Now, the organization putting on Recycle Week, which begins today, also has a very cool little animated video showing the process that beer cans go through during the recycling process.
Jun 21st
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Holidays 6.20
Bald Eagle Day Day of Cerridwen (Welsh Goddess of Barley) Loch Ness Day New Identity Day Toad Hollow Day of Thank You Vanilla Milkshake Day Vinegar Day West Virginia Statehood Day (#35; 1863) World Refugee Day (UN)
Jun 20th
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WatchWatch
Recycle Now, the organization putting on Recycle Week, which begins today, has a very cool little animated video showing the process that beer bottles go through during the recycling process.
Jun 20th
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“Beer soothes the upset soul.”
–  Thomas Mann
Jun 20th
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Holidays 6.19
Dry Martini Day Family Awareness Day [3rd Sunday] Father’s Day [3rd Sunday] Feast of Forest (Palawan) Festival of the Coming Ice Age Husband Caregiver Day [3rd Sunday] Independence Day (Kuwait; from UK, 1961) Juneteenth “Never Again” Day “War Is Hell” Day World Sauntering Day
Jun 20th
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“The wise son brings joy to his father, but the wiser son brings beer.”
–  Mad Mordigan
Jun 19th
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Holidays 6.18
Autistic Pride Day Festival of Invisible Pornography Independence Day (Egypt; a.k.a. Eid el-Galaa, evacuation of foreign troops, 1954) International Picnic Day International Sushi Day Recess At Work Day World Juggling Day [Sat. closest to 17th] Trouser Day Waterloo Day (UK)
Jun 18th
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“Beer! my father would bawl whenever some elder dared to chide his tippling. Beer...”
–  Robert Roberts, The Classic Slum
Jun 18th
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Holidays 6.17
Bunker Hill Day (Massachusetts) Eat All of Your Vegetables Day Independence Day (Iceland; from Denmark, 1944) National Apple Streudel Day Pirate Radio Day Work @ Home Father’s Day [Friday before 3rd Sunday] World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought
Jun 17th
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“Listening to someone who brews his own beer is like listening to a religious...”
–  Ross Murray, Montreal Gazette, 1991
Jun 17th
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Holidays 6.16
Bloomsday Day of Third-Hand Reports & Shaky Evidence Fresh Veggies Day National Fudge Day Psycho Day Recess At Work Day Sussex Day (UK) Wish Fulfillment Day Youth Day (South Africa)
Jun 17th
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“While beer brings gladness, don’t forget That water only makes you wet.”
–  Larry Leon Wilson, The Spenders
Jun 16th
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Holidays 6.15
Arkansas Statehood Day (#25; 1836) Festival of Neon Decadence A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed Day Magna Carta Day (UK) Native American Citizenship Day National Man Day Nature Photography Day Own Your Share of America Day Separation Day (Delaware) Smile Powder Day Valdemars Day (Denmark)
Jun 16th
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“Home is where you hang your hangover.”
–  James Crumley, The Last Good Kiss
Jun 15th
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Holidays 6.14
Baltic Freedom Day Family History Day Flag Day (US) National Strawberry Shortcake Day Pop Goes the Weasel Day Waldchestag (Forest Day) [Tuesday after Whitsunday] World Blood Donor Day World Sea Turtle Day     
Jun 14th
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“there is noting in the world like the first taste of beer.”
–  John Steinbeck
Jun 14th
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Holidays 6.13
Kitchen Klutzes of America Day National Juggling Day National Lobster Day Quinquatrus Minusculae (Old Roman festival to Minerva) Race Unity Day Whitmonday [Monday after Whitsunday]
Jun 14th
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Holidays 6.12
Crowded Nest Awareness Day Dia dos Namorados (Brazil) Ghost in the Machine Day Independence Day (Philippines; from Spain, 1898) Loving Day Pentecost [7th Sunday after Easter] Russia Day (Russia) Whitsunday [7th Sunday after Easter] World Day Against Child Labor
Jun 13th
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“I don’t have a drinking problem so much as I have a drinking solution.”
–  Anonymous
Jun 12th
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Holidays 6.11
Betty Picnic (2nd Saturday] Corn on the Cob Day Festival of Goibnui (Provider of the Ale of Immortality) German Chocolate Cake Day Holiday of the Happy Gnomes King Kamehameha I Day (Hawaii) Matralia (Old Roman festival to goddess Mater Matuta) National Hug Holiday St. Barnabas’ Day (patron of harvests)
Jun 12th
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“Beer will always have a definite role in the diet of an individual and can be...”
–  Bruce Carlton
Jun 11th
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Holidays 6.10
Ballpoint Pen Day Festival of the Forgotten Herb Day Iced Tea Day National Black Cow Day National Yo-Yo Day
Jun 10th
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“If God had wanted us to filter our beer, he wouldn’t have given us livers”
–  Larry Bell
Jun 10th
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Jun 10th
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Holidays 6.9
Feast of the Birth of the White-Breasted Giantess La Rioja Day (Spain) LLanimer Day (fka Landimere’s Day; Lanarkshire & Aberdeen, UK) [1st Thursday after 6th] Monkey Spank Day Profess Your Love Day St. Columba’s Day (patron of poets) Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
Jun 9th
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Jun 9th
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“You can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning.”
–  Ray Daniels
Jun 9th
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Holidays 6.8
Best Friend’s Day Bill of Rights Day Bounty Day (Norfolk Island) Lindisfarne Day Name Your Poison Day National Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day St. Medard of Noyon’s Day (patron saint of brewers) Upsy Daisy Day Watch Day World Brain Tumor Day World Ocean Day
Jun 8th
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Jun 8th
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“Wine gentrifies, beer unifies.”
–  W. Scott Griffith
Jun 8th
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