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, 1987
Day of Week 11th » Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black Parliamentarians in Great Britain.
Day of Week 12th » Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate President of the United States or U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down this wall! e.g tear down the Berlin Wall.
Day of Week 17th » With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
Day of Week 28th » For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for Sulfur mustard or chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht, West Azerbaijan or Sardasht.