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, 1935
Day of Week 3rd » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario.
Day of Week 10th » Dr. Bob Smith (doctor) Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill W. Bill Wilson.
10th » Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
Day of Week 11th » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of Frequency modulation known as FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
Day of Week 18th » Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Battle of Ballantyne Pier or clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
Day of Week 25th » Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1935
1st » Hazel Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1st » Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners
1st » Reverend Ike, American minister (d. 2009)
1st » Jack Kralick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
1st » John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist (d. 2013)
2nd » Carol Shields, American-Canadian author (d. 2003)
2nd » Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005)
2nd » Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek poet and educator
3rd » Raoul Franklin, English physicist and academic
3rd » Irma P. Hall, American actress
3rd » Enzo Jannacci, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)