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, 1930
Day of Week 9th » A 'Chicago Tribune' reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
Day of Week 16th » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
Day of Week 17th » President of the United States or U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
Day of Week 18th » Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
Day of Week 21st » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1930
1st » John Lemmon, English logician and philosopher (d. 1966)
1st » Edward Woodward, English actor and singer (d. 2009)
2nd » Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1999)
2nd » Bob Lillis, American baseball player, coach, and manager
3rd » Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (d. 1999)
3rd » George Fernandes, Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence (India) known as Minister of Defence for India
3rd » Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007)
3rd » Ben Wada, Japanese director and producer (d. 2011)
4th » George Chesworth, English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray
4th » Morgana King, American singer and actress
4th » Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
8th » Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize in Economics e.g Nobel Prize laureate
8th » Michael Codron, English film and theater producer
8th » Marcel Léger, Canadian politician (d. 1993)
8th » Ferenc Polikárp Zakar, Hungarian monk (d. 2012)
9th » Barbara (singer) called Barbara, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1997)
9th » Jordi Pujol i Soley, Spanish politician, 126th List of Presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya called President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
9th » Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen of Norway (d. 2012)
10th » Aranka Siegal, Czech-American author and holocaust survivor
10th » Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2013)
11th » Charles B. Rangel, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
12th » Donald Byrne, American chess player (d. 1976)
12th » Jim Nabors, American actor and singer
12th » Innes Ireland, Scottish race car driver and engineer (d. 1993)
13th » Gotthard Graubner, German painter (d. 2013)
13th » Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (d. 2004)