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, 2004
Day of Week 2nd » Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the TV syndication e.g syndicated game show 'Jeopardy!'
Day of Week 6th » Tamil language named Tamil is established as a "Languages of India Official classical languages called classical language" by the President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
Day of Week 8th » The first Transit of Venus, 2004 called Venus Transit in modern history takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
Day of Week 11th » Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn Natural satellite known as moon Phoebe (moon) e.g Phoebe.
Day of Week 21st » 'SpaceShipOne' becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve Human spaceflight or spaceflight.
Day of Week 24th » In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
Day of Week 26th » Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson re-elected as President of Iceland.
Day of Week 28th » Sovereign power is handed to the Iraqi Interim Government named interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the United States named U.S.-led rule of that nation.
Famous Deaths for June 2004
1st » William Manchester, American historian and author (b. 1922)