Wednesday, June 23, 2021

June - Happy Birthday! May today be filled with laughter and joy.

 


As promised, on the 23rd of every month I will post a list of literary author birthdays. I came across the list on Book Lover Gifts website. Feel free to add your favorite authors special day. Put it in the comments section, just wait for their birth month.

 


  • 13 June 1865 – William Butler Yeats, author of The Second Coming
  • 11 June 1572 – Ben Jonson, author of The Alchemist
  • 14 June 1811 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  • 26 June 1892 – Pearl S. Buck, author of The Good Earth

 

June Facts:

  • It is the first month of the summer season.
  • June is known as a great month to get married.
  • June has the distinction of the longest day of the year June 21st or 22nd.
  • There were only 29 days in June on the early Roman calendar until Julius Caesar adding a day giving June 30 days.
  • Folklore: If June be sunny, the harvest comes early.

 

See you next month!

Sources:

http://projectbritain.com/year/march.htm

https://www.almanac.com/content/month-january-holidays-facts-folklore

https://www.ducksters.com/history/decemberinhistory.php