June & July 2021 Today is Juneteenth. Tomorrow is Father's Day and the start of Summer. June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month, Dairy Month, Great Outdoors Month, Housing Month, Ocean Month, and Pride Month. Juneteenth National Independence Day: June 19 Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. as issued by President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Last week, it became a federal holiday. Father's Day: June 20 Over one in four men—34.3 million—have a biological child who is under 18. Four out of five of these fathers live with at least some of those children (79.8%).  Summer 2021: June 20-September 22 In the U.S., summer 2021 begins with the Summer Solstice on June 20 at 11:32 p.m. EDT and ends with the Autumnal Equinox on September 22 at 3:21 p.m. EDT. |  National Nursing Assistants Week: June 17-23 The 2019 American Community Survey counted 958,206 nursing assistants, 761,338 personal care aides, and 279,345 home health aides working full-time in the U.S. |  American Housing Month: June The 2019 American Community Survey counted 139.69 million housing units, up 1.15 million from 2018, and up 7.90 million from 131.79 million in 2010. |  Great Outdoors Month: June The 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation counted more than $157 billion in expenditures for wildlife-related recreation. |  LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: June The 2019 American Community Survey estimated there were 980,276 same-sex couple households in the U.S., and of them, 58% (568,110) were married couples. |  National Caribbean-American Heritage Month: June According to the 2020 International Data Base, the three most populous Caribbean countries were: Haiti (11.1M), Cuba (11.1M), and the Dominican Republic (10.5M). |  National Dairy Month: June Since 1992, the total value of shipments of U.S. dairy product manufacturing peaked in April 2014 at $10.8B and by March 2020 stood at $10.7B. |  National Ocean Month: June There are 255 coastline counties in the U.S. located in three regions across 23 states: the Atlantic Ocean (129), Gulf of Mexico (56), and Pacific Ocean (70). |  |
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