June 7 Holidays

National Cancer Survivors Day is observed on the first Sunday of June, established by oncologists in 1988 to celebrate the more than 18 million cancer survivors in the United States and to inspire those currently in treatment. National Chocolate Ice Cream Day celebrates the dark frozen flavor that outsells vanilla in the specialty ice cream market, tracing its American origins to New York City in the 1690s, when colonists first imported cocoa from the Caribbean. Daniel Boone Day marks June 7, 1769, when frontiersman Daniel Boone first sighted Kentucky after crossing the Cumberland Mountains — beginning his exploration of the land that became the 15th U.S. state. Love Island Day celebrates the UK reality television show whose competitive coupling format spawned global adaptations in more than 15 countries. Survivors, chocolate, a Cumberland Gap, and a villa full of contestants.