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, 1950
Day of Week 3rd » The first successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; the summit of Annapurna is reached by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal.
Day of Week 8th » Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
Day of Week 25th » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
Day of Week 27th » The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
Day of Week 28th » Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
28th » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers, argued to be between 100,000 and 200,000 are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
28th » Korean War: North Korean Army conducted Seoul National University Hospital Massacre.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1950
1st » Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
1st » Gemma Craven, Irish actress and singer
1st » Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
1st » Wayne Nelson, American singer and bass player (Little River Band)
1st » Tom Robinson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Sector 27 and Tom Robinson Band)
2nd » Jonathan Evans (politician) e.g Jonathan Evans, Welsh lawyer and politician
9th » Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Uriah Heep (band) named Uriah Heep, The Spiders from Mars, and Cybernauts) (d. 2013)
9th » Fred Jackson (American football coach) e.g Fred Jackson, American football player and coach
9th » Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player
9th » David Troughton, English actor
10th » Elías Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
11th » Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 2014)
11th » Graham Russell, English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Air Supply)