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, 1938
Day of Week 7th » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
7th » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Kuomintang called Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Imperial Japanese Army named Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.
Day of Week 11th » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
Day of Week 23rd » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
Day of Week 25th » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1938
1st » Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (d. 1981)
2nd » Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author
2nd » Cliff Cushman, American hurdler (d. 1966)
2nd » Ron Ely, American actor
2nd » Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
2nd » George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
3rd » David L. Mills, American computer scientist and engineer