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, 1909
Day of Week 2nd » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
Day of Week 6th » French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire.
Day of Week 7th » Mary Pickford makes her screen debut at the age of 16.
Day of Week 26th » The Science Museum (London) known as Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1909
1st » Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist (d. 1971)
6th » Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian and philosopher (d. 1997)
7th » Virginia Apgar, American anesthesiologist, developed the Apgar test (d. 1974)
7th » Peter W. Rodino, American politician (d. 2005)
7th » Jessica Tandy, English-American actress and singer (d. 1994)
13th » E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (d. 1998)
14th » Burl Ives, American actor and singer (d. 1995)
15th » Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano (d. 2002)
16th » Archie Carr, American ecologist and zoologist (d. 1987)
17th » Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
17th » Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor (d. 2004)