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, 1936
Day of Week 7th » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray was elected its first president.
Day of Week 10th » The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded.
Day of Week 11th » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
Day of Week 15th » First flight of the Vickers-Armstrongs e.g Vickers Vickers Wellington named Wellington bomber.
Day of Week 26th » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
Day of Week 28th » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
11th » Robert E. Howard, American author (b. 1906)
14th » G. K. Chesterton, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
14th » Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (b. 1869)
17th » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia) or Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)