June 17 Holidays

National Eat Your Vegetables Day was created to encourage Americans to meet the USDA’s recommendation of 2.5 to 3 cups of vegetables daily — a target that fewer than 10 percent of U.S. adults consistently reach. Islamic New Year marks the first day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar — the date commemorates the Hijra, the Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, which marks year one of the Islamic calendar. Bunker Hill Day is a public holiday in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, marking the June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill — technically fought mostly on Breed’s Hill — where colonial forces proved they could stand against the British Army before running out of ammunition. Global Garbage Man Day was established to honor the sanitation workers, waste collectors, and recycling professionals whose daily labor keeps cities clean and disease-free. Vegetables, a lunar calendar, a misnamed hill, and a trash truck.