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, 2010
Day of Week 4th » Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
Day of Week 13th » A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa (spacecraft) named Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
Day of Week 16th » Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan 2010 named total ban on tobacco.
Day of Week 19th » The Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling was held at Storkyrkan in Stockholm.
Day of Week 24th » John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at The Championships, Wimbledon or Wimbledon, in Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships or the longest match in professional tennis history.
Day of Week 26th » Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud elected as President of Somaliland.
Famous Deaths for June 2010
1st » William H. Ginn Jr., American general (b. 1928)
3rd » John Hedgecoe, English photographer and author (b. 1932)
3rd » Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934)
4th » John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910)
6th » Marvin Isley, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley) (b. 1953)
7th » Stuart Cable, Welsh drummer (Stereophonics) (b. 1970)
7th » Omar Rayo, Colombian painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
7th » Adriana Xenides, Argentinian-Australian television host (b. 1956)
8th » Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
8th » Andreas Voutsinas, Greek actor and director (b. 1932)