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, 1916
Day of Week 1st » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States called United States Supreme Court.
Day of Week 3rd » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
Day of Week 4th » World War I: Russian Empire Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austria-Hungary Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia (Eastern Europe) Galicia.
Day of Week 5th » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Past Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States called Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first History of Jews in the United States named American Jew to hold such a position.
Day of Week 10th » An Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire led by T. E. Lawrence or Lawrence of Arabia breaks out.
Day of Week 15th » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
Day of Week 24th » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
24th » World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the Germany named German Line.
Day of Week 29th » The Irish Nationalism or Irish Nationalist and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland e.g British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.