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, 1997
Day of Week 2nd » In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy (crime) e.g conspiracy for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing known as bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was exec
Day of Week 6th » Prom Mom incident: While attending her senior prom in Lacey Township, New Jersey, Melissa Drexler gives birth in a bathroom stall, leaves the baby to die in a trash can and then returns to the prom.
Day of Week 12th » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
Day of Week 13th » A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to Capital punishment e.g death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Day of Week 25th » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
Day of Week 26th » The Supreme Court of the United States known as U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
26th » Bertie Ahern becomes Prime Minister of Ireland.