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, 1939
Day of Week 1st » First flight of the Germany or German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter-bomber airplane.
Day of Week 4th » Holocaust: The MS e.g St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazism
Day of Week 6th » Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the "Missingest Man in New York", is Declared death in absentia called declared legally dead.
Day of Week 12th » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
Day of Week 17th » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles, Yvelines or Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1939
1st » Cleavon Little, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
3rd » Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (d. 2013)
3rd » Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player
3rd » Ian Hunter (singer) or Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mott the Hoople)
3rd » Jon Tolaas, Norwegian poet and author (d. 2012)
3rd » Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (d. 2007)
4th » Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, Irish politician
4th » Denis de Belleval, Canadian politician
4th » George Reid (Scottish politician) or George Reid, Scottish politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
5th » Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Canada
5th » Margaret Drabble, English author and critic
5th » L. R. Wright, Canadian author (d. 2001)
6th » Louis Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer
6th » Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter
6th » Eddie Giacomin, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
7th » Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor and educator (d. 2013)
8th » Bernie Casey, American football player and actor
8th » Francis Jacobs, English lawyer and judge
9th » Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress
9th » Eric Fernie, Scottish historian and academic
9th » David Hobbs (racing driver) known as David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster
9th » Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
9th » Charles Webb (author) named Charles Webb, American author