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, 1928
Day of Week 4th » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
Day of Week 8th » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
Day of Week 9th » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker F.VII e.g Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the 'Southern Cross (aircraft) or Southern Cross'.
Day of Week 18th » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the aviator named pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
Day of Week 29th » The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York are both opened.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1928
1st » Georgy Dobrovolsky, Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (d. 1971)
1st » Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1st » Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2014)