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What is celebrated on June 14?

See the observances and verified observance-history milestones attached to June 14. Each observance keeps its own source and date details.

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2016

Institutional decision

International Day of the Tropics

The UN Digital Library records the resolution as adopted without a vote at the 104th plenary meeting on 14 June 2016.

2004

Precursor

World Blood Donor Day

The successful inaugural World Blood Donor Day in 2004 was followed by World Health Assembly resolution WHA58.13 in 2005, which established 14 June as an annual global observance.

1940

Later action

Natalicio de José Gervasio Artigas

Declared June 19 a holiday for the anniversary of Artigas’s birth and provided for educational commemoration and the flag oath.

1775

Institutional decision

U.S. Army Birthday

Army Center of Military History identifies the congressional decision date.

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6 observances

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0 repeat predictably

0 use a fixed annual date and 0 follow a reusable calendar rule.

0 are edition-specific

These dates are shown only for the year or edition that has been confirmed.

3 have a country-specific scope

Country-specific observances are not presented as worldwide events.

6 have in-depth guides

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Other in-depth guides on June 14

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Flag Day

14 June · United States / statutory patriotic observance

36 U.S.C. §110 states that June 14 is Flag Day and requests an annual presidential proclamation encouraging observance of the anniversary of the Continental Congress’s adoption of the Stars…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Liberation Day

14 June annually; 2026 public-holiday observance on 15 June · Falkland Islands / public holiday and remembrance observance

Falkland Islands National Archives states that Liberation Day has been celebrated annually as a public holiday on June 14 from 1983 onward; United Nations material records an ongoing Argent…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National New Mexico Day

14 June · United States / National Day Calendar National State Days series — New Mexico

National Day Calendar lists National New Mexico Day on 14 June. The U.S. Senate records New Mexico’s admission/statehood date as 6 January 1912. The two dates are deliberately kept separate…

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Race Unity Day

Second Sunday in June (14 June in 2026) · Bahá’í community / annual race-unity observance in the United States

Bahá’í sources establish the 1957 inauguration of Race Amity Day on the second Sunday in June, its first June 9, 1957 observance and the 1965 rename to Race Unity Day.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

U.S. Army Birthday

14 June · United States / U.S. Army

The U.S. Army’s official 2026 birthday page identifies 14 June 2026 as the Army’s 251st birthday.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

World Blood Donor Day

14 June · World Health Organization global health observance

WHA58.13

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Topics represented on June 14

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Civic, Remembrance & History 4 Community, Causes & Advocacy 1 Health, Wellness & Awareness 1

6 observances

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Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Flag Day

14 June · United States / statutory patriotic observance

36 U.S.C. §110 states that June 14 is Flag Day and requests an annual presidential proclamation encouraging observance of the anniversary of the Continental Congress’s adoption of the Stars…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Liberation Day

14 June annually; 2026 public-holiday observance on 15 June · Falkland Islands / public holiday and remembrance observance

Falkland Islands National Archives states that Liberation Day has been celebrated annually as a public holiday on June 14 from 1983 onward; United Nations material records an ongoing Argent…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National New Mexico Day

14 June · United States / National Day Calendar National State Days series — New Mexico

National Day Calendar lists National New Mexico Day on 14 June. The U.S. Senate records New Mexico’s admission/statehood date as 6 January 1912. The two dates are deliberately kept separate…

Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide

Race Unity Day

Second Sunday in June (14 June in 2026) · Bahá’í community / annual race-unity observance in the United States

Bahá’í sources establish the 1957 inauguration of Race Amity Day on the second Sunday in June, its first June 9, 1957 observance and the 1965 rename to Race Unity Day.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

U.S. Army Birthday

14 June · United States / U.S. Army

The U.S. Army’s official 2026 birthday page identifies 14 June 2026 as the Army’s 251st birthday.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

World Blood Donor Day

14 June · World Health Organization global health observance

WHA58.13

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