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, 1924
Day of Week 2nd » The U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 named Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans in the United States or Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United State
Day of Week 10th » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialism called Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
12th » George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States
12th » Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host (d. 2013)
14th » James Black (pharmacologist) e.g James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
15th » Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)