What is celebrated on June 10th?

Jun10 Fun Holidays on June 10

Iced Tea Day

Iced Tea Day is a made-up holiday that promotes the consumption of the refreshing beverage. Read more

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• Jun10 Fun Holidays on June 10
• Iced Tea Day
• Other Fun Holidays around June 10
• Best Friends Day
• Donald Duck Day
• Corn on the Cob Day
• Red Rose Day
• TIME CAPSULE

Other Fun Holidays around June 10

8 Jun

Best Friends Day

Honor your best friend and celebrate the day by doing something special for them.

9 Jun

Donald Duck Day

Donald Duck Day on June 9 is dedicated to all things Donald Duck.

11 Jun

Corn on the Cob Day

Celebrate summer by treating yourself to some delicious corn on the cob.

12 Jun

Red Rose Day

Stop and smell the roses, of the red kind, to celebrate Red Rose Day.

TIME CAPSULE

From Britannica Book Of The Year

June 10, 1989

U.S. federal investigators revealed they had uncovered a nationwide financial scandal of mammoth proportions at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Contractors working for HUD were said to have embezzled millions of dollars the government should have received from the sale of homes that had been foreclosed. A HUD agent in Maryland acknowledged she had taken as much as $5.5 million and given it to charity. The extent and duration of the scandal were blamed on mismanagement, near total lack of accountability by employees, and the wide discretion allowed staff members in the selection of projects. James Watt, secretary of the interior during the Reagan administration, bragged to a congressional panel investigating influence peddling at HUD that he had received more than $400,000 as a private consultant in federal low-income-housing projects. Although he had no background in housing and had never investigated the property he was promoting, his ready access to top government officials made it easy, he said, to get what he was after.

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