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, 1911
Day of Week 16th » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
16th » A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
Day of Week 19th » the Norwegian football club Molde FK was founded.
Day of Week 22nd » George V of the United Kingdom George V and Mary of Teck are crowned List of British monarchs King and List of British consorts Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.