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, 1985
Day of Week 9th » Thomas Sutherland (academic) named Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon. He will not be released until 1991.
Day of Week 14th » TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Lebanon named Lebanese Islamist organization Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.
Day of Week 17th » STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.
Day of Week 19th » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as El Salvador or Salvadoran soldiers, 1985 Zona Rosa attacks known as attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
Day of Week 23rd » A terrorist bomb aboard Air India Flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
Day of Week 27th » U.S. Route 66 is officially removed from the United States Highway System.
Day of Week 30th » Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.