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, 1912
Day of Week 4th » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
Day of Week 6th » The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
Day of Week 8th » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Studios called Universal Pictures.
Day of Week 10th » The Villisca Axe Murders were discovered in Villisca, Iowa.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1912
1st » Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987)
4th » Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993)
5th » Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (d. 2003)
8th » Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (d. 1989)
8th » Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987)
9th » Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
9th » Philip Simmons, American blacksmith (d. 2009)
10th » Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1980)
11th » James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
11th » Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (d. 2012)
12th » Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1993)
12th » Carl Hovland, American psychologist (d. 1961)
13th » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (d. 1943)
16th » Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004)
16th » Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998)
18th » Glenn Morris, American decathlete and actor (d. 1974)
19th » Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008)
19th » Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005)
19th » George Spitz, American high jumper (d. 1986)
20th » Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004)
20th » Jack Torrance (athlete) named Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player (d. 1969)
21st » Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
21st » Mary McCarthy (author) or Mary McCarthy, American author and critic (d. 1989)
21st » Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (d. 2009)
22nd » Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
23rd » Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954)
24th » Brian Johnston, English sportscaster (d. 1994)
24th » Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002)
25th » William T. Cahill, American politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
28th » Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007)
29th » José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958)
29th » Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (d. 2004)
29th » John Toland (author) known as John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004)