International Body Piercing Day
International Body Piercing Day is held on June 28. This event in the third decade of the month June is annual. 
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The ear-lobe was probably man's first attempt at piercing, due to the ease at which it is pierced. The oldest mummified body to be found with pierced ears and expanded earlobes (7-11mm in diameter) was found frozen in an Austrian Glacier, and tests show it to be over 5,000 years old!
Jim Ward opened Gauntlet, the world's very first professional piercing studio in California in 1978. July 28th was selected for International Body Piercing Day because it is the birthday of the cosmetic piercing pioneer, Jim Ward. The holiday itself was reportedly begun by a friend of the great Mr.
Many piercing studios celebrate today with offers that will have you running to get that waitlisted piercing you’ve been wanting.
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World Microbiome Day on June 27 (was launched by the APC Microbiome Ireland. Microbiomes are communities of bacteria, fungi and virus that are found everywhere, from inside our bodies to soil and water);
International Rosé Day on June 27 (Celebrated on the 4th Friday of June);
International Day of Deafblind Persons on June 27
Sunglasses Day on June 27
World Day against the abandonment of domestic animals on June 28 (Held on the last Saturday of June);
Paul Bunyan Day on June 28
Tau Day or Two Pi Day on June 28
World Industrial Design Day on June 29
World Scleroderma Day on June 29
Roman Pontiff Day on June 29
Log Cabin Day on June 29 (was originated by the Log Cabin Society in corroboration with the Bad Axe Historical society);
Waffle Iron Day on June 29
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