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, 1976
Day of Week 5th » The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapases.
Day of Week 16th » Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
Day of Week 25th » Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order (Mormonism) called Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of Latter Day Saint move
Day of Week 27th » Air France Operation Entebbe or Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the Palestine Liberation Organization or PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
Day of Week 28th » The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
Day of Week 29th » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
3rd » Enda Markey, Irish-Australian actor and singer
3rd » Gregg McClymont, Scottish historian and politician
3rd » Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
4th » Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
4th » Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
5th » Giannis Giannoulis, Canadian basketball player
5th » Torry Holt, American football player and sportscaster
5th » Ross Noble, English comedian and actor
5th » Aesop Rock, American rapper and producer (The Weathermen (hip hop group) known as The Weathermen and Hail Mary Mallon)
5th » Jack Ross (footballer born 1976) e.g Jack Ross, Scottish footballer
6th » Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
6th » Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder
6th » Vlado Georgiev, Serbian singer-songwriter
7th » Necro (rapper) Necro, American rapper, producer, and director (Secret Society (band) Secret Society, and The Godfathers (rap duo) The Godfathers)
29th » Daniel Carlsson (rally driver) called Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver
29th » Bret McKenzie, New Zealand guitarist, producer, and actor (Flight of the Conchords, The Black Seeds, and Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra)
Famous Deaths for June 1976
2nd » Kenneth Mason (geographer) named Kenneth Mason, English geographer (b. 1887)
2nd » Juan José Torres, Bolivian army officer and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (b. 1920)