June (i/dʒuːn/
joon) 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.
Ovid
provides two etymologies for June's name in his poem concerning the
months entitled the Fasti. The first is that the month is named
after the
Roman goddess
Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the
Greek goddess
Hera; the
second is that the name comes from the Latin word iuniores,
meaning "younger ones", as opposed to maiores ("elders") for
which the preceding month May may be named (Fasti VI.1–88). See:
Months in various calendars also called the season of the 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.[citation
needed]
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.[citation
needed]
At the start of June, the sun rises in the constellation of
Taurus; at the end of June, the sun rises in the constellation of
Gemini. However, due to the
precession of the equinoxes, June begins with the sun in the
astrological sign of
Gemini, and ends with the sun in the
astrological sign of
Cancer.[citation
needed]
June is known for the large number of
marriages that occur over the course of the month. According to one
etymology, June is named after
Juno (Hera).
Juno was the goddess of marriage and a married couple's household, so
some consider it good luck to be married in this month.[1]
According to another etymology provided by the Roman poet
Ovid, June
is named for the iuniores, latin for "young people" (Fasti VI.88) and
that the month of May is named for the maiores, Latin for "elders".[citation
needed]
In Iceland, folklore says that if you bathe naked in the morning dew
on the morning of June 24, you are supposed to keep aging at bay for
longer.[citation
needed]
Events in June
June, from the
Très riches heures du duc de Berry
- On June 10, 2013, the console reveal of the
PlayStation 4 will be at the E3 Expo in
Los Angeles.
-
Festa della Repubblica Italian Republic Day is celebrated in
Italy on the second of June each year. The day commemorates the
institutional referendum held by universal suffrage in 1946.
-
Adur festival The first two weeks of June every year.
-
Madaraka Day
June 1
to commemorate when
Kenya
gained internal self-rule.
-
Flag Days of
Sweden
(June 6),
United States (June
14—see
Flag Day in the United States),
Denmark (June
15),
Argentina (June
20), and
Romania (June
26).
-
D-Day landings by Allied forces in Normandy, June 6, 1944.
-
Primož Trubar Day, on
8 June, a public holiday in Slovenia in commemoration of the
birth of the founder of the
Slovene literary language, who was according to some sources
born on 8 June 1508
-
Kamehameha Day, on
June
11, is a state holiday in
Hawaii,
US, honoring the first ruler of the one-time kingdom.
-
Philippine Independence Day is on
June
12.
- Feast of
St. Anthony of Padua
June
13
- United Kingdom –
Trooping the Colour (Military celebration of the monarch's
official birthday held in
London
on the second Saturday of June)
-
Bloomsday in Ireland and worldwide for fans of
James Joyce's
Ulysses is
June
16
-
Youth Day in
South Africa
June
16
-
The Comrades in
South Africa
June
16.
-
Juneteenth, (aka Freedom Day or Emancipation Day) primarily in
Texas
June
19,
- "Martyrs Day" in
Eritrea
June
20
- West Virginia Day in the U.S. state of West Virginia
June
20.
- The
solstice called the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere
and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates
varying from
20 June to
21 June (in
UTC). In the
pagan
wheel of the year the summer solstice is the time of
Litha and the winter solstice is that of
Yule.
- Feast of the Birth of
St. John the Baptist (Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Day in
Quebec)
June
24.
-
Statehood Day (Slovenia) in Slovenia
June
25
- Feast of
St. Peter and
St. Paul, principal patrons of the Roman Catholic Church,
June
29
-
Mother's Day (in
Luxembourg on the second Sunday in June)
-
Father's Day (in
Belgium on the second Sunday in June)(in the United States, the
United Kingdom,
Mexico,
Venezuela, the
Netherlands,
Ireland and Canada on the third Sunday in June)
-
Midsummer is celebrated in
Finland and
Sweden
on the third Friday in June.
-
Gay pride celebrations take place in many countries in honour of
the
Stonewall riots.
- The majority of the
Portland Rose Festival occurs.
- The first Monday in June is one of the
public holidays in the Republic of Ireland; in the
Irish Calendar the month is called Meitheamh and is the
middle month of the summer season. Secondary schools are off during
the month (and also July and August), while June is the last month
in primary schools.
- The second Sunday in June is Canadian Rivers Day.
-
Children's Day celebrated in many eastern European countries
including Portugal, Poland, Slovakia, Romania as well as China and
other countries throughout the world.
- Almost all of
interleague play in
baseball occurs in this month, with 15 of the 18 inter league
games occurring this month. The other three are played on the third
weekend in May (Fri-Sun).
- Caribbean-American Heritage Month (United States)
- Bike month in the
Lower mainland in
British Columbia,
Canada
- Independence day (June 17) in Iceland
- Fishermansday (first Sunday in June) celebrating the work of
fishermen and those lost at sea. (Iceland)
- June is
Black Music Month
- In the United States June is
LGBT Pride Month.
- June 12 is Philippine's Independence Day
- June 21 is
Go Skateboarding Day
- June 24 is National Holiday of Quebec
- June is
End Boss Month
June symbols
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