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, 1958
Day of Week 1st » Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
Day of Week 16th » Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution of 1956 named Hungarian Uprising are executed.
Day of Week 17th » The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (district municipality) or North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing many of the ironworkers and injuring oth
Day of Week 23rd » The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1958
1st » Ahron Bregman, Israeli-English political scientist and journalist
1st » Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
5th » Avigdor Lieberman, Moldavian-Israeli politician, Deputy leaders of Israel named Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
5th » Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comorian politician, President of Comoros
6th » Danny Webb (actor) e.g Danny Webb, English actor
7th » Prince (musician) e.g Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Revolution (band) known as The Revolution and The New Power Generation)
7th » Surakiart Sathirathai, Thai politician and diplomat
8th » Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic
8th » Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, director, and screenwriter