World Giraffe Day
Chosen to coincide with the longest day of the year, for the tallest land animal. A conservation pitch wearing a wink.
- Category
- Animal
- Observed in
United States
Canada
Mexico
Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2000
President Bill Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to 22 Asian Americans, mostly from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, for actions during World War II.- 2025A hot air balloon catches fire mid-flight and crashes in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on board.
- 2012A boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsizes in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 others missing.
- 2012An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.