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, 1882
Day of Week 6th » More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed when a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
6th » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
Day of Week 28th » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Day of Week 30th » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of President of the United States or U.S. President James Garfield.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1882
1st » Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan politician, Mayor of Chișinău (d. 1940)
9th » Robert Kerr (athlete) or Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
15th » Ion Antonescu, Romanian field marshal and politician (d. 1946)
16th » Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
17th » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)
17th » Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1971)
18th » Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian politician, 32nd List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria named Prime Minister of Bulgaria (d. 1949)