June 9 · Today in Mexico · North America
Mexico
No observances on the books for today in Mexico. Scroll for what's coming this month.
Country facts
- Capital
- Mexico City
- Population
- 130,575,786
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Mexican peso (MXN)
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June in Mexico
6 entries- 1Global Day of ParentsA UN day thanking parents everywhere for the unglamorous, unpaid, round-the-clock work of keeping small humans alive.Awareness→
- 5World Environment DayUN's flagship environmental holiday since 1973. A different host country each year, a different theme, the same underlying point.Awareness→
- 8World Oceans DayFirst proposed at the 1992 Earth Summit, officially UN-recognized in 2008. The ocean covers 70% of the planet and gets one day a year.Awareness→
- 18International Sushi DayStarted on Facebook in 2009, which tells you everything about its origin story. Still — any excuse for good sushi.Food→
- 21Father's DayHonors fathers and fatherhood. Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane proposed it in 1910 to match Mother's Day; took until 1972 to become a US federal observance. Most countries that celebrate it picked the third Sunday of June.Observance→
- 21World Giraffe DayChosen to coincide with the longest day of the year, for the tallest land animal. A conservation pitch wearing a wink.Animal→