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, 1957
Day of Week 9th » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
Day of Week 10th » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party of Canada or Liberal Party government.
Day of Week 22nd » The Soviet Union launches an R-12 Dvina e.g R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
Day of Week 24th » In 'Roth v. United States', the Supreme Court of the United States named U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution e.g First Amendment.
Day of Week 27th » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1957
1st » Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director and screenwriter
2nd » Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager
2nd » Jonathan Stack, American director and producer
3rd » Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
4th » Yoon Seok-ho, South Korean director and producer
4th » John Treacy, Irish runner
6th » Fred Arbinger, German footballer and manager
6th » Mike Gatting, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
6th » Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan poet and activist (d. 2004)
6th » Oliver Mack, American basketball player
6th » Christian Rach, German chef and author
7th » Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, English soldier and politician
7th » Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer-songwriter and producer
7th » Paddy McAloon, English singer-songwriter (Prefab Sprout)
8th » Scott Adams, American author and illustrator
8th » Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
8th » Don Robinson (baseball) or Don Robinson, American baseball player