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, 1895
Day of Week 20th » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
Day of Week 28th » El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.
Day of Week 29th » Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Russian Empire called Tsarist Russian government.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1895
5th » William Boyd (actor) known as William Boyd, American actor and producer (d. 1972)
5th » William Roberts (painter) e.g William Roberts, English painter (d. 1980)
8th » Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)
9th » Archie Weston, American football player and journalist (d. 1981)
10th » Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (d. 1952)
14th » Jack Adams (ice hockey b. 1895) named Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1968)
18th » Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish super-centenarian (d. 2009)