June 4, 2022 – NATIONAL SAFE DAY – NATIONAL CHEESE DAY – NATIONAL BUBBLY DAY – NATIONAL BLACK BEAR DAY – NATIONAL PRAIRIE DAY – NATIONAL TRAILS DAY – NATIONAL HUG YOUR CAT DAY – NATIONAL CLEAN BEAUTY DAY – NATIONAL OLD MAIDS DAY – NATIONAL COGNAC DAY – National Day Calendar

Preheat oven to 300°F. Prepare two or three bread loaf pans or one bundt pan and a loaf pan. Cream butter well, add sugar gradually and cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs two at a time, and beat well after each. Add lemon juice and lemon zest.Add flour gradually and beat until smooth. Pour mixture into pans. Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool slightly, 5-10 minutes, and then invert onto a serving plate. In a small bowl, mix confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice. Drizzle glaze over cooled cake before serving.The Pulitzer Prize issues its first awards. In the category of biography, Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliot and Florence Hall win for their biography of Julia Ward Howe. The first prize for history is awarded to Jean Jules Jusserand for With Americans of Past and Present Days. The first prize for journalism is awarded to Herbert B. Swope from the New York World. Inventor and owner of the grocery store owner, Sylvan Goldman introduces one of the world’s first shopping carts. The invention allowed shoppers to conveniently purchase more product at one time. It also caused dings in cars, wobbly wheels and led to the invention of the cart corral. Three Berkeley scientists cloned DNA from the extinct quagga. They used a preserved museum sample to duplicate strands of the DNA. Their study of the quagga DNA identified the animal was more like the zebra than the horse.Bruce Springsteen releases the album Born in the U.S.A. Its title song becomes both a patriotic and protest song. June 4th Celebrated (and Not So Celebrated) Birthdays Constance Applebee – 1873 The athletic British woman co-founded The United States Field Hockey Association in 1922. She served as the athletic director at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and also founded Sportswoman Magazine in 1924. Beno Gutenberg – 1889 The American seismologist worked with Charles Richter to develop a method for measuring an earthquake’s intensity.Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962, Gaylord Nelson proposed Earth Day as a way to spur national efforts to raise environmental awareness. The first Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970. Ruth Westheimber – 1928 Before the German-American therapist became known for her advice about intimacy on talk shows and in books, Dr. Ruth survived the Holocaust and was a former sniper. About National Day Calendar National Day Calendar is the original and authoritative source for fun, unusual and unique National Days! Since our humble beginnings on National Popcorn Day in 2013, we have been tracking the National Days, National Weeks, National Months, and International Days. We became the first calendar of its kind to curate the days all in one place and tell their stories, too! Here at National Day Calendar, we are on a mission to Celebrate Every Day with you! And by you, we mean families, businesses, educators, and strangers we meet on the street. There’s more than one day for everyone.At National Day Calendar, we’ve found the National Days have a way of inspiring us. We’re honored to tell the stories behind the days and provide you with informational ways to incorporate the National Days into your business, family, schools, and home!