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, 1915
Day of Week 21st » The Supreme Court of the United States named U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in 'Guinn v. United States' 238 US 347 1915, striking down an Oklahoma law denying the right to vote to some citizens.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1915
1st » John Randolph (actor) known as John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
2nd » Walter Tetley, American voice actor (d. 1975)
2nd » Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy (d. 1992)
4th » Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (d. 1977)
6th » Vincent Persichetti, American pianist and composer (d. 1987)
7th » Graham Ingels, American illustrator (d. 1991)
9th » Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (d. 2008)
9th » Jim McDonald (American football) e.g Jim McDonald, American football player and coach (d. 1997)
9th » Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
10th » Saul Bellow, Canadian-American author, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
11th » Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1997)
11th » Nicholas Metropolis, American mathematician and physicist (d. 1999)
12th » Priscilla Lane, American actress and singer (d. 1995)
12th » Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician (d. 1997)
12th » David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman
13th » Don Budge, American tennis player (d. 2000)
15th » Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
16th » John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (d. 2000)
17th » David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (d. 1973)
17th » Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 1981)
17th » Karl Targownik, Hungarian-American psychiatrist (d. 1996)