JUNE 17, 2024 | NATIONAL EAT YOUR VEGETABLES DAY | NATIONAL ROOT BEER DAY | NATIONAL CHERRY TART DAY | NATIONAL APPLE STRUDEL DAY | NATIONAL MASCOT DAY
JUNE 17, 2024 | NATIONAL EAT YOUR VEGETABLES DAY | NATIONAL ROOT BEER DAY | NATIONAL CHERRY TART DAY | NATIONAL APPLE STRUDEL DAY | NATIONAL MASCOT DAY
NATIONAL EAT YOUR VEGETABLES DAY
National Eat Your Vegetables Day on June 17 falls in the middle of National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month. Today's celebration is one more opportunity to remind everyone to continue with this part of a healthy diet. Read more...
NATIONAL ROOT BEER DAY
June 17 is National Root Beer Day and give everyone the opportunity to enjoy the refreshingly frosty soda known as root beer. Celebrating this beverage holiday is as easy as gathering some friends and some of root beer to enjoy together. What are you waiting for? Read more...
NATIONAL CHERRY TART DAY
National Cherry Tart Day is a tart dispute. While usually observed on June 17th, it is also suggested that June 18th and 21st are also the days for this unofficial food holiday. To be on the safe side, make three. Read more...
NATIONAL APPLE STRUDEL DAY
On June 17 get whirled up in pastry dough, apples, and spices and celebrate National Apple Strudel Day. In German, the word strudel means whirlpool or eddy. This tasty dessert is perfectly described in its German language as the sweet mixture of fruit, sugar, spices, and layers of thin dough rolled together and baked. The result is a bubbling, flaky treat. Read more...
NATIONAL MASCOT DAY
Recognizing the luck they bring to teams, franchises, and more, National Mascot Day celebrates these iconic figures on June 17th each year. Read more...
On Deck for June 18, 2024
National Days
NATIONAL GO FISHING DAY
NATIONAL WANNA GET AWAY DAY
NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY
June 17th Celebrated History
1928
As a passenger aboard a plane flown by Wilmer Shultz, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
1942
Yank magazine publishes the first G.I. Joe cartoon. Created by comic strip artist and former Army Sergeant David Breger, G.I. Joe became a permanent part of Americana.
1950
Dr. Richard H. Lawler performed the first kidney transplant at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Even though the patient’s body rejected the kidney 53 days later, Ruth Tucker would live another five years.
1972
Five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. The break-in and their subsequent arrest sparked the Watergate scandal. President Richard Nixon would resign the presidency two years later.
June 17th Celebrated Birthdays
Susan La Flesche Picotte – 1865
Susan La Flesche Picotte attended Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. In 1889, she became the first Native American woman to receive a medical degree.
James Weldon Johnson – 1871
A civil rights activist and composer, James Weldon Johnson became United States consul to Puerto Cabello in Venezuela under President Theodore Roosevelt. He is also noted for composing the song Lift Every Voice and Sing.
Ruth Wakefield – 1903
The American baker would become a legendary name in the world of baking. In 1937, she added semi-sweet chocolate to a chocolate cookie recipe instead of baker’s chocolate. The delicious result was the chocolate chip cookie!
Art Bell – 1945
Broadcaster and founder of the radio program Coast to Coast AM syndicated, Art Bell focused on the unusual, conspiracies, and extraterrestrials. His program lives on with new hosts and new unexplained phenomena.