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, 1981
Day of Week 5th » The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be th
Day of Week 6th » Bihar train disaster: a passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati named Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is gener
Day of Week 11th » A Richter scale 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
Day of Week 13th » At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom or Elizabeth II.
Day of Week 18th » The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
Day of Week 25th » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington (state) known as Washington.
Day of Week 28th » A powerful Hafte tir bombing or bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of Islamic Republic Party.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1981
1st » Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1st » Smush Parker, American basketball player
1st » Amy Schumer, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
1st » Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan-American baseball player
8th » Alex Band, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Calling)
8th » Matteo Meneghello, Italian race car driver
8th » Ai Nonaka, Japanese voice actor
8th » Sara Watkins, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (Nickel Creek, The Decemberists, and Works Progress Administration (musical group) named Works Progress Administration)
25th » Sheridan Smith, English actress, singer, and dancer
25th » Pooja Umashankar, Sri Lankan-Indian actress
26th » Natalya Antyukh, Russian sprinter and hurdler
26th » Paolo Cannavaro, Italian footballer
26th » Andrea Gibbs, Australian actress and radio host
26th » Kanako Kondō, Japanese voice actress
26th » Damien Sargue, French singer and actor
26th » Takashi Toritani, Japanese baseball player
27th » John Driscoll (actor) named John Driscoll, American actor
27th » Andrew Embley, Australian footballer
28th » Michael Crafter, Australian singer-songwriter (Confession (band) e.g Confession, I Killed the Prom Queen, Carpathian (band) or Carpathian, and Bury Your Dead)
28th » Guillermo Martínez (athlete) known as Guillermo Martínez, Cuban javelin thrower