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, 1980
Day of Week 1st » CNN named Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
Day of Week 3rd » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, which take five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and cause $300 million in damages all told, according to statistics compiled
Day of Week 10th » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
Day of Week 27th » Italy e.g Italian Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 mysteriously explodes in mid air while in route from Bologna to Palermo, killing all 81 on board. Also known in Italy as the Ustica disaster
Famous Birthdays on June in 1980
1st » Oliver James (actor) or Oliver James, English actor and singer
2nd » Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-American drummer (The Strokes and Little Joy)
2nd » Bobby Simmons, American basketball player
2nd » Richard Skuse, English rugby player
2nd » Abby Wambach, American soccer player and coach
2nd » Tomasz Wróblewski, Polish bass player and songwriter (Behemoth (band) or Behemoth, Vesania, and Black River (band) called Black River)