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).
3rd » World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a Nazi Germany called German victory and with Allies of World War II named Allied forces in full retreat.
3rd » Franz Rademacher proposes Madagascar Plan or plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
Day of Week 4th » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends Armed Forces of the United Kingdom called British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France e.g Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers his famous
Day of Week 5th » World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation 'Fall Rot' ("Case Red").
Day of Week 7th » Haakon VII of Norway called King Haakon VII, Olav V of Norway or Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leaves Tromsø and goes into exile in London. They return exactly five years later
Day of Week 8th » World War II: the completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
Day of Week 10th » World War II: Norway surrenders to Nazi Germany or German forces.
10th » World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
Day of Week 12th » World War II: Thirteen thousand United Kingdom e.g British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
Day of Week 14th » World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.
14th » The Soviet Union 1940 Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania named presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
14th » A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Day of Week 16th » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
Day of Week 17th » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union (1940) known as occupation of the Soviet Union.
18th » This was their finest hour called "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.
Day of Week 20th » World War II: Italy begins an Italian invasion of France called unsuccessful invasion of France.
Day of Week 21st » The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Day of Week 22nd » France is forced to sign the Armistice with France (Second Compiègne) or Second Compiègne armistice with Nazi Germany known as Germany.
Day of Week 23rd » World War II: Nazi Germany called German leader Adolf Hitler surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France.
Day of Week 24th » World War II: Operation Collar (commando raid) known as Operation Collar, the first British Commandos named British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
Day of Week 25th » World War II: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35.
Day of Week 26th » World War II: Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an June 1940 Soviet Ultimatum or ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
Day of Week 28th » Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina named facing an ultimatum.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1940
1st » René Auberjonois, American actor, singer, and director
1st » Katerina Gogou, Greek actress and poet (d. 1993)