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- Jun 26All dayFirst of Muharram (Ra's al-Sanat Al Hijrivah)Event Type: Multifaith Observance Begins at sundown on the first day listed. The first day of the first month of the Islamic year. This day commemorates the Hijra ("migration") of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 C.E., where the first Islamic community was established.
- Jun 27All dayMartyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his Brother HyrumEvent Type: Multifaith Observance The Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were assassinated in 1844 while incarcerated in Carthage, Illinois.
- Jun 29 – Jul 3Ghambar MaidyoshemEvent Type: Multifaith Observance Celebrates the creation of water, the sowing of the summer crop, and the harvesting of grain.