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, 1954
Day of Week 12th » Pope Pius XII canonization named canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
Day of Week 14th » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
Day of Week 15th » UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.
Day of Week 18th » Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France.
Day of Week 24th » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass — Vietminh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
Day of Week 27th » The 1954 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary national football team Hungary and Brazil national football team Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead Battle of Berne turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting c
8th » Greg Ginn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Black Flag (band) named Black Flag, Gone (band) named Gone, Mojack, and Confront James)
8th » Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (d. 2013)
8th » Sergei Storchak, Ukrainian-Russian politician
8th » Marios Tokas, Cypriot composer (d. 2008)
9th » Paul Chapman (musician) Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (UFO (band) UFO, Lone Star (band) Lone Star, and Skid Row (Irish band) Skid Row)
9th » Richard Hudson (stage designer) known as Richard Hudson, Zimbabwean-English stage designer
9th » Gregory Maguire, American author
9th » Elizabeth May, American-Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician
9th » George Pérez, American author and illustrator