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, 1854
Day of Week 10th » The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.
Day of Week 21st » The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund, Åland called Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1854
4th » Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (d. 1916)
8th » Douglas Cameron (politician) called Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 1921)
13th » Charles Algernon Parsons, English engineer (d. 1931)
18th » E. W. Scripps, American publisher, founded the E. W. Scripps Company (d. 1926)
19th » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer (d. 1893)
26th » Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1937)