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, 1837
Day of Week 5th » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
Day of Week 11th » The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
Day of Week 20th » Victoria of the United Kingdom e.g Queen Victoria succeeds to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom or British throne.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1837
7th » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (d. 1903)
16th » Ernst Laas, German philosopher and academic (d. 1885)
22nd » Paul Morphy, American chess player (d. 1884)
22nd » Ernst Ziller, German-Greek architect, designed the Presidential Mansion, Athens known as Presidential Mansion (d. 1923)
Famous Deaths for June 1837
14th » Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1798)