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, 1949
Day of Week 8th » The celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an Federal Bureau of Investigation called FBI report as Communist Party members.
Day of Week 14th » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkeys in space or monkey in space.
Day of Week 24th » The first Westerns on television e.g television western, 'Hopalong Cassidy', is aired on NBC starring William Boyd (actor) e.g William Boyd.
Day of Week 25th » 'Long-Haired Hare', starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1949
2nd » Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist
2nd » Jack Pierce (baseball) e.g Jack Pierce, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
12th » Jens Böhrnsen, German politician, List of German presidents e.g President of Germany
12th » Roger Aaron Brown, American actor
12th » Ivo Linna, Estonian singer (Apelsin)
12th » Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player
12th » John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (King Crimson, Mogul Thrash, Family (band) Family, Roxy Music, UK (band) UK, and Asia (band) Asia)
13th » Dennis Locorriere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
13th » Ulla Schmidt, German politician
14th » Jim Lea, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Slade)
14th » Malcolm McMahon, English archbishop
14th » Antony Sher, South African-English actor, director, and screenwriter
14th » Harry Turtledove, American author
14th » Alan White (Yes drummer) Alan White, English drummer (Yes (band) Yes, Plastic Ono Band, White (band) White, and Circa (band) Circa)
15th » Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager
15th » Simon Callow, English actor and director
15th » Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter (Air Supply)
27th » Vera Wang, American figure skater and fashion designer
29th » Greg Burson, American voice actor (d. 2008)
29th » Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona
29th » Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster
29th » George Howarth, English engineer and politician
29th » Ann Veneman, American politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture
30th » Uwe Kliemann, German footballer, coach, and manager
30th » Andy Scott (guitarist) e.g Andy Scott, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sweet (band) named Sweet)
Famous Deaths for June 1949
10th » Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
19th » Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)
25th » Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)
25th » James Steen (water polo) known as James Steen, American water polo player (b. 1876)
26th » Kim Gu, Korean politician and educator, 13th Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea List of presidents e.g President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
27th » Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
29th » Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th List of Prime Ministers of Greece or Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1860)
30th » Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (b. 1868)