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, 1955
Day of Week 2nd » The Soviet Union called USSR and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia called Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
Day of Week 7th » Lux Radio Theater signs off-the-air or off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway theatre known as Broadway shows and popular films.
Day of Week 11th » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz 1955 Le Mans disaster named collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
Day of Week 13th » Mir Mine, the first diamond mine in the Soviet Union named USSR, is discovered.
Day of Week 14th » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention called Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of Week 16th » In a futile effort to topple President of Argentina called President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy Bombing of Plaza de Mayo named drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 3
Day of Week 26th » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People (1955) e.g Congress of the People in Kliptown.
21st » Tim Bray, Canadian software developer, co-founded the Open Text Corporation
21st » Jean-Pierre Mader, French singer-songwriter and producer
21st » Leigh McCloskey, American actor and author
21st » Michel Platini, French footballer and manager
22nd » Green Gartside, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Scritti Politti)
22nd » Olevi Kull, Estonian ecologist and academic (d. 2007)
23rd » Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician
23rd » Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer (Misfits (band) Misfits, Samhain (band) Samhain, and Danzig (band) Danzig)
23rd » Maggie Greenwald, American director and screenwriter
23rd » Maggie Philbin, English television and radio host
23rd » Pamela Rooke, English model and actress
23rd » Jean Tigana, French footballer and manager
24th » Chris Higgins (academic) known as Chris Higgins, English geneticist and academic
24th » Edmund Malura, German footballer and manager
24th » Betsy Randle, American actress
25th » Vic Marks, English cricketer and sportscaster
26th » Mick Jones (The Clash) named Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, General Public, Carbon/Silicon, and London SS)