Today is...
National Running Day

Every year on the first Wednesday of June, runners everywhere celebrate their love for this age-old sport. Did you know that running was the most important athletic event during the first Olympic games in 776 BC? A cook named Koroibos won the 200-yard “stadium race.” He was crowned with an olive wreath.
The official National Running Day website suggests ten different ways to celebrate the occasion. These include creative ideas like “change happy hour into running hour” and “choose a running resolution.” You can also find out about the local Running Day events going on in your community!
To celebrate National Running Day, go out for a run on your own or with a friend. Ready? Set? Run!

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Today is also National Gingerbread Day & World Environment Day

June is Great Outdoors Month

This week is National Fishing and Boating Week 

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History for June 5 1752 - Benjamin Franklin flew a kite for the first time to demonstrate that lightning was a form of electricity. 1851 - Harriet Beecher Stow published the first installment of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in "The National Era." 1917 - American men began registering for the World War I draft. 1927 - Johnny Weissmuller set two world records in swimming events. Weissmuller set marks in the 100-yard, and 200-yard, free-style swimming competition. 1933 - President Roosevelt signed the bill that took the U.S. off of the gold standard. 1956 - Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" was released. 1967 - The Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan began. ______________________________________________________ "Do not be interested in the quantity of people who respect and admire you, but in their quality. If bad people dislike you, so much the better." --Lucius Annaeus Seneca