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, 1979
Day of Week 1st » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
Day of Week 2nd » Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
Day of Week 3rd » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least convert 3000000 oilbbl m3 of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
Day of Week 9th » The 1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire known as Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney (Australia) kills seven.
Day of Week 12th » Bryan Allen (cyclist) named Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
Day of Week 18th » SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
Day of Week 20th » ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart (journalist) named Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.