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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students. View by day, by week, or by month.

  June, 2012  

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
					1 CNN debuted as the first television news network in 1980.	2
3 Jesse James robs the Obocock Bank in 1871.	4	5	6 Celebrate Cynthia Rylant's birthday!	7 Poet Nikki Giovanni was born in 1943.	8 Commercial ice cream is first sold in the U.S. in 1786.	9
10 The Crystal Palace hosted the first display of life-size dinosaur replicas in 1854.	11	12 Anne Frank received her famous diary in 1942.	13	14 June 14 is Flag Day in the U.S.	15 Brian Jacques, author of the Redwall series, was born in 1939.	16
17	18 Today is Chris Van Allsburg's birthday.	19 Celebrate Juneteenth!	20	21 Celebrate the first day of summer with summer reading.	22	23 The first typewriter patent was awarded in 1868.
24	25 Children's book author Eric Carle was born on this day in 1929.	26	27 Helen Keller was born in 1880.	28 Esther Forbes, author of Johnny Tremain, was born in 1891.	29 David Wiesner's book June 29, 1999 showcases this day.	30

Types of Calendar Activities

• Authors & Texts

  Birthdays, publication dates, and more

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• Historical Figures & Events

  Notable people and happenings in history

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• Holidays & School Celebrations

  Special days and how to observe them

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• Literacy-Related Events

  Celebrations that promote and encourage literacy

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