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, 1868
Day of Week 1st » The Long Walk of the Navajo Treaty of Bosque Redondo or Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo people known as Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
Day of Week 23rd » Typewriter: Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer."
Famous Birthdays on June in 1868
5th » James Connolly, Scottish-Irish general (d. 1916)
6th » Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer (d. 1912)
7th » Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect (d. 1928)