National Aunt & Uncle Day

2022

National Aunts and Uncles Day is observed every July 26

The word aunt is derived from the French word for the same familial relation, tante

National Aunt and Uncle Day Timeline

Beloved family cartoon "Uncle Wiggily's Adventures," about an aged but wisecracking rabbit, debuts in the "Newark News."

1910

Nice to Meet You

1943

Thanks to the invention of the Huzenlaub process, a technique for parboiling rice, scientists are able to create a revolutionary new food - Unle Ben's minute rice.

1962

Spider-aunt

Aunt May is Ingtroduced in "Amazing Fantasy" as the aunt and guardian of Peter Parker, a boy better known as Spider-Man