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, 1785
Day of Week 15th » Pilâtre de Rozier named Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever Casualty (person) named casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during
Famous Deaths for June 1785
2nd » Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician (b. 1713)
30th » James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st List of colonial governors of Georgia known as Colonial Governor of Georgia (b. 1696)