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, 1919
Day of Week 2nd » Anarchism e.g Anarchists simultaneously 1919 United States anarchist bombings called set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
Day of Week 7th » Sette giugno: Four people are killed in a riot in Malta.
Day of Week 11th » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing or Triple Crown.
Day of Week 15th » John Alcock (aviator) known as John Alcock and Arthur Brown (aviator) called Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
Day of Week 21st » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg General Strike.
21st » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow known as scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
Day of Week 23rd » Estonian War of Independence: the decisive defeat of the 'Baltische Landeswehr' in the Battle of Cesis (1919) named Battle of Cesis. This day is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
Day of Week 28th » The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, bringing fighting to an end in between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1919
2nd » Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005)
5th » Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator (d. 1994)
6th » Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English captain and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO
6th » Austin M. Lee, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
8th » John R. Deane, Jr., American general (d. 2013)
10th » Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (d. 2007)
11th » Helen Tobias-Duesberg, Estonian-American composer (d. 2010)
11th » Richard Todd, Irish-English actor and soldier (d. 2009)
12th » Uta Hagen, German-American actress (d. 2004)