Have you ever Googled summer? Here are some screenshots and links to the most interesting options that pop up.
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| On my phone, Google presents me first with when summer actually starts and ends. |
Of course Wikipedia has something to say about summer...
"Public holidays[edit]
A wide range of public holidays fall during summer, including:
- The feast of the Assumption of Mary on August 15 (or August 28 in the Orthodox Churches) in Austria, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Germany (Bavaria and Saarland only), Greece, Lebanon, Lithuania, Italy, Malta, Poland,Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and parts of Switzerland;
- Australia Day, Australia's national day on 26 January;
- Canada Day, Canada's national day on 1 July;
- Bank holidays in the United Kingdom and Ireland;
- The Day of Reconciliation in South Africa on 16 December;
- Ólavsøka, national holiday in the Faroe Islands on 29 July;
- Independence Days - Afghanistan on 19 August, Algeria on 5 July; Bahamas on 10 July, Bahrain on 15 August, Belarus on 3 July, Belgium on 21 July, Cape Verde on 5 July, Chad on 11 August, Central African Republic on 13 August, Colombia on 20 July and 7 August, Djibouti on 27 June, Estonia on 20 August, India on 15 August, Jamaica on 6 August, Kyrgyzstan on 31 August, Maldives on 26 July, Moldova on 27 August, Niger on 3 August, Pakistan on 14 August, Philippines on 12 June,Slovakia on 17 July, Somalia on 1 July, Sweden on 6 June, Switzerland on 1 August, Trinidad and Tobago on 31 August, Ukraine on 24 August, United States on 4 July, Venezuela on 5 July."
Every summer, Google funds small open source projects for three months, which they call their summer of code. They offer stipends to student developers to write code
"In the northern hemisphere, the longest day of the year (near June 22) when the Sun is farthest north. In the southern hemisphere, winter and summer solstices are exchanged. The summer solstice marks the first day of the season of summer. The declination of the Sun on the (northern) summer solstice is known as the tropic of cancer (23° 27').The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, respectively, in the sense that the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset on this day is a maximum for the year. "