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, 2011
Day of Week 1st » A 2011 New England tornado outbreak or rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts or Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
8th » Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Comoran terrorist (b. 1974)
8th » Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (The Blues Brothers) (b. 1943)
9th » M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (b. 1915)
9th » Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)
9th » Mike Mitchell (basketball, born 1956) named Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (b. 1956)
10th » Brian Lenihan, Jnr, Irish lawyer and politician, 25th Minister for Finance (Ireland) known as Irish Minister for Finance (b. 1959)
11th » Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1947)
11th » Seth Putnam, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anal Cunt Upsidedown Cross (band) Upsidedown Cross, Siege (band) Siege, and Post Mortem (band) Post Mortem) (b. 1968)