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, 1582
Day of Week 21st » Sengoku jidai: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyo, was HonnÅ-ji Incident e.g forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1582
26th » Johannes Schultz (composer) called Johannes Schultz, German composer (d. 1653)
28th » William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English politician (d. 1662)