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June (
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/dun/ 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. 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.
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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.
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No months start on the same day of the week of June in common or leap years. This month and
May are the only two months to have this property. June ends on the same day of the week as
March in all years. In all years, June starts on the same day of the week as February of the
following year, in years immediately before common years, June starts the same day of the week
as March and November of the following year, in years immediately before leap years, June
starts on the same day of the week as August of the following year. In years immediately before
common years, June ends on the same day of the week as August and November of the following
year and in years immediately before leap years, June ends on the same day of the week as May
of the following year. In common years, June starts on the same day of the week as September
and December of the previous year while in leap years, June starts on the same day of the week
as April and July of the previous year. In common years, June finishes on the same day of the
week as September of the previous year while in leap years, June finishes on the same day of the
week as April and December of the previous year.
Name of month and folklore
The Latin name for June is Junius. Ovid offers multiple etymologies for the name in the Fasti, a
poem about the Roman calendar. The first is that the month is named after the Roman goddess
Juno, the goddess of marriage and the wife of the supreme deity Jupiter; 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 (Maius) may be named.
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In ancient Rome, the period from mid-May through mid-June was considered inauspicious for
marriage. Ovid says that he consulted the Flaminica Dialis, the high priestess of Jupiter, about
setting a date for his daughter's wedding, and was advised to wait till after June 15.
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Plutarch,
however, implies that the entire month of June was more favorable for weddings than May.
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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.
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Events in June

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June, from the Trs riches heures du duc de Berry

June, Leandro Bassano

Trooping the Colour is celebrated in June in London
Caribbean American Heritage Month
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
World Environment Day June 5 to create awareness on the environmental issues
Flag Days of Sweden (June 6), United States (June 14see 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
Primo 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
Comrades Marathon in South Africa (varying dates in June).
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 22 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 Friday between June 19 and 25.
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.
Caribbean-American Heritage Month (United States)
Bike month in the Lower mainland in British Columbia, Canada
Independence day (June 17) in Iceland
Fishermen's day (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 21 is Go Skateboarding Day
June 24 is National Holiday of Quebec
June is End Boss Month
June is Around the Green mon