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, 2013
Day of Week 3rd » The United States v. Manning or trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.
Day of Week 23rd » Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to Skywire Live or successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a Tightrope walking or tight rope.
Day of Week 24th » Former Prime Minister of Italy called Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is 2013 Silvio Berlusconi conviction e.g found guilty of abusing his power and having sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
Day of Week 25th » Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes the 8th List of emirs of Qatar known as Emir of Qatar.
Day of Week 26th » The Supreme Court of the United States U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Windsor rules that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution Fifth Amendment to the Uni
26th » Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani became Prime Minister of Qatar.
Day of Week 27th » NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.