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, 1947
Day of Week 5th » Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
Day of Week 10th » Saab Automobile named Saab produces its first automobile.
Day of Week 24th » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported Kenneth Arnold Unidentified Flying Object Sighting named UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington (state) called Washington.
Day of Week 25th » 'The Diary of a Young Girl' (better known as 'The Diary of Anne Frank') is published.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1947
1st » Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded the McLaren Group
1st » Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor and singer
1st » Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones, Faces (band) Faces, The Birds (band) The Birds, and The New Barbarians (band) The New Barbarians)
14th » Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle, English politician
14th » Kat Martin, American author
14th » Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish and The Dinosaurs)
14th » Hiroshi Miyauchi, Japanese actor
14th » Paul Rudolph (musician) known as Paul Rudolph, Canadian singer, guitarist, and cyclist (Pink Fairies, The Deviants (band) or The Deviants, and Hawkwind)
16th » Tom Malone (musician) called Tom Malone, American trombonist, composer, and producer (The Blues Brothers and CBS Orchestra)
16th » Tom Wyner, English-American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
17th » Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
17th » Linda Chavez, American author
17th » George S. Clinton, American composer and songwriter
17th » Gregg Rolie, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Santana (band) Santana, Journey (band) Journey, and The Storm (band) The Storm)
17th » Paul Young (Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics singer) e.g Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (Sad Café (band) or Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics) (d. 2000)
18th » Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico or Miss Puerto Rico 1967
18th » Bernard Giraudeau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)