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, 1953
Day of Week 2nd » The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II coronation of Queen regnant Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth Head of the Commonwealth of Nat
Day of Week 8th » 1953 Flint–Beecher tornado named An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
8th » The Supreme Court of the United States named United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
Day of Week 9th » Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.
Day of Week 17th » Uprising of 1953 in East Germany called East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
Day of Week 18th » The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Egypt Modern history called Republic of Egypt.
18th » A United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II known as C-124 Tachikawa air disaster known as crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
Day of Week 19th » Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
Day of Week 26th » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
Day of Week 30th » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
4th » Linda Lingle, American politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
4th » Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (One in a Million (band) One in a Million, Wings (band) Wings, Small Faces, The Dukes (band) The Dukes, and Thunderclap Newman) (d. 1979)
4th » Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser
4th » Paul Samson, English guitarist and producer (Samson (band) named Samson) (d. 2002)
5th » Kathleen Kennedy (film producer) e.g Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment
6th » Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician, Minister for National Defence (Greece) called Greek Minister for National Defence
6th » June Yamagishi, Japanese-American guitarist (Papa Grows Funk and The Wild Magnolias)
7th » Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby, Scottish lawyer and judge
7th » Colleen Camp, American actress and producer
7th » Johnny Clegg, English-South African guitarist (Juluka and Savuka)
7th » Dougie Donnelly, Scottish sportscaster
8th » Billy Hayes (trade unionist) e.g Billy Hayes, English union leader
8th » Sandy Nairne, English curator
8th » Ivo Sanader, Croatian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
8th » Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
8th » Ad Tak, Dutch cyclist
9th » Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer
26th » Nigel Sheinwald, English diplomat, List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States called British Ambassador to the United States
27th » Igor Gräzin, Estonian academic and politician
27th » Alice McDermott, American author and academic
29th » Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dokken)
29th » Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer, guitarist, and actor (Men at Work)