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).
6th » A Hughes Airwest Flight 706 midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 Jet airliner jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter aircraft jet fighter near Duarte, California, claims 50 lives.
Day of Week 7th » The United States Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Cohen v. California known as Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
7th » The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives known as Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew raid or Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
Day of Week 11th » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas e.g Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
Day of Week 13th » Vietnam War: 'The New York Times' begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
Day of Week 17th » President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
Day of Week 27th » After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham (promoter) known as Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York, New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll".
Day of Week 30th » The crew of the Soviet Union called Soviet 'Soyuz 11' spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
30th » Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
20th » Rodney Rogers, American basketball player and coach
20th » Jeordie White, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Marilyn Manson (Band) named Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Goon Moon and The Desert Sessions)
21st » Anette Olzon, Swedish singer (Nightwish and Alyson Avenue)