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).
Day of Week 6th » Under a temporary order, the Rocket experiments in the area of Cuxhaven named rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany are terminated. They never resume.
Day of Week 10th » United States Senate breaks a 75 day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bills passage.
Day of Week 11th » World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
Day of Week 12th » Anti-apartheid activist and African National Congress e.g ANC leader Nelson Mandela is Nelson Mandela Arrest and Rivonia trial named sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
Day of Week 19th » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
Day of Week 21st » Three African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) known as civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, Mississippi civil rights workers murders named are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by member
Day of Week 28th » Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1964
1st » Mark Curry (actor) known as Mark Curry, American actor
2nd » Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter
3rd » Kerry King, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer)