June 17

June 17 is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years). 197 days remain until the end of the year.

Observances

• Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)

• Icelandic National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.

• National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires (Portugal)

• Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)

• World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

• Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

• World Tessellation Day

• World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

• National Take Your Cat to Work Day (US)

• National Stewart’s Root Beer Day (US)

• Global Garbage Man Day