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, 1993
Day of Week 5th » Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire e.g Scarborough, in North Yorkshire, England, fall into the sea following a landslide.
Day of Week 6th » Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
Day of Week 12th » An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.
Day of Week 25th » Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female List of Prime Ministers of Canada or Prime Minister of Canada.
25th » Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action is adopted by World Conference on Human Rights.