June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological summer is 1 June. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological winter is 1 June.
June symbols: The birthstones of June are pearl, alexandrite and moonstone. The birth flower is rose. The zodiac signs for the month of June are Gemini (until June 20) and Cancer (June 21 onwards).
Historical Events for June, 1768
Day of Week 21st » James Otis, Jr. offends the George III of the United Kingdom e.g King and Parliament of Great Britain or Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1768
9th » Samuel Slater, English-American businessman (d. 1835)
Famous Deaths for June 1768
8th » Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)
15th » James Short (mathematician) known as James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
19th » Benjamin Tasker, Sr., American politician, 10th List of colonial governors of Maryland or Colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)