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, 1969
Day of Week 3rd » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne R21 6 cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans DD-754 6 in half.
Day of Week 5th » The 1969 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties or International communist conference begins in Moscow.
Day of Week 13th » List of Governors of Texas known as Governor of Texas Preston Smith (governor) known as Preston Smith signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of Texas Instruments, into the Un
Day of Week 22nd » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Day of Week 23rd » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States known as United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
23rd » Software Industry IBM announced that effective January 1970 it would price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
Day of Week 28th » Stonewall Riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.