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, 2012
Day of Week 2nd » The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
Day of Week 4th » The Diamond Jubilee Concert is held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall, London.
Day of Week 13th » A 13 June 2012 Iraq attacks called series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
Day of Week 15th » Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully Tightrope walking called tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.
Day of Week 16th » China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang (astronaut) known as Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
Day of Week 22nd » Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is Impeachment of Fernando Lugo or removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
Day of Week 23rd » Ashton Eaton breaks the Decathlon world record progression or decathlon world record at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) e.g United States Olympic Trials.
Day of Week 24th » Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies.
Day of Week 26th » The Waldo Canyon Fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs, Colorado called Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
Famous Deaths for June 2012
1st » Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (Griot Galaxy) (b. 1942)
1st » Pádraig Faulkner, Irish politician, 19th Minister for Defence (Ireland) named Minister of Defence for Ireland (b. 1918)
1st » Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (b. 1953)
1st » Brahmeshwar Singh, Indian murderer (b. 1947)
2nd » Oliver (chimpanzee) e.g Oliver, Congolese chimpanzee (b. 1958)