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, 1870
Day of Week 22nd » US Congress created the United States Department of Justice
Day of Week 26th » The Christianity e.g Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1870
5th » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (d. 1935)
13th » Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)