June Ashley

June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian calendar, Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the most daylight hours, and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, the day with the fewest daylight hours (excluding polar regions in both cases). 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 traditional astronomical summer is 21 June (meteorological summer begins on 1 June). In the Southern Hemisphere, meteorological winter begins on 1 June.

At the start of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Taurus (constellation), Taurus; at the end of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Gemini (constellation), Gemini. However, due to the precession of the equinoxes, June begins with the sun in the astrology, astrological sign of Gemini (astrology), Gemini, and ends with the sun in the astrological sign of Cancer (astrology), Cancer.

Etymology and history

The Latin name for June is ''Iunius (month), Junius''. Ovid offers multiple etymologies for the name in the ''Fasti (poem), Fasti'', a poem about the Roman calendar. The first is that the month is named after the Roman goddess Juno (mythology), Juno, the goddess of marriage and the wife of the supreme deity Jupiter (mythology), 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.
Another source claims June is named after Lucius Junius Brutus, founder of the Roman Republic and ancestor of the Ancient Rome, Roman Junia (gens), gens Junia.

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. Plutarch, however, implies that the entire month of June was more favorable for weddings than May.

Certain meteor showers take place in June. The Arietids takes place May 22 to July 2 each year, and peaks on June 7. The Beta Taurids June 5 to July 18. The June Bootids take place roughly between 26 June and 2 July each year.

Ancient Roman observances

Under the calendar of ancient Rome, the festival of Rosalia (festival)#Military Rosaliae, Ludi Fabarici took place on May 29 – June 1, Rosalia (festival)#Military Rosaliae, Kalendae Fabariae took place on June 1, the Bellona (goddess), Festival to Bellona took place on June 3, Ludi Piscatorii took place on June 7, and Vestalia took place from June 7 – June 15. A Rosalia (festival), Rosalia was held on June 20. The Secular Games were held roughly every 100 years in either May or June. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.

Observances

Month-long observances

*African-American Music Appreciation Month (officially recognized by the United States)
*ALS Awareness Month (Canada)
*List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation, Caribbean American Heritage Month (United States)
*Crop over (Barbados), celebrated until the first Monday in August.
*List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation, Great Outdoors Month (United States)
*Gay pride#LGBT Pride Month, LGBTQ+ Awareness and Pride month
*Sacred Heart#Papal approval, Month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Catholic tradition)
*List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation, National Oceans Month (United States)
*National Smile Month (United Kingdom)
*National PTSD Awareness Day, PTSD Awareness Month (United States)
*Emancipation Day, Season of Emancipation (April 14 to August 23) (Barbados)

Non-Gregorian observances, 2019

''(All Baha'i, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at the sundown prior to the date listed, and end at sundown of the date in question unless otherwise noted.)''
*List of observances set by the Bahá'í calendar
*List of observances set by the Chinese calendar
*List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar
*List of observances set by the Islamic calendar
*List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar

Moveable observances

*Phi Ta Khon (Dan Sai, Loei province, Isan, Thailand) Dates are selected by village mediums and can take place anywhere between March and July.
*See also Movable Western Christian observances
*See also Movable Eastern Christian observances

By other date

= First Tuesday

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*International Children's Day

= First Wednesday

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*Global Running Day
*World Bicycle Day

= First Friday

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*Labour Day#Bahamas, Labour Day (Bahamas)
*National Doughnut Day (United States)

= First Saturday

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*Public holidays in Malaysia#2014 Public holidays by states and territories, Birthday of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Malaysia)
*National Trails Day (United States)
*Saiō Matsuri (Meiwa, Mie, Japan)

= First Sunday

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*Armed Forces Day#Canada, Armed Forces Day (Canada)
*Children's Day#United States, Children's Day (United States)
*Father's Day (Lithuania, Switzerland)
*National Cancer Survivors Day (United States)
*Teacher's Day (Hungary)
*Public holidays in Iceland, The Seamen's Day (Iceland)

= First Monday

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*Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland, June Holiday (Lá Saoire i mí Mheitheamh) (Republic of Ireland)
*Queen's Official Birthday (New Zealand, Cook Islands, Western Australia)
*Western Australia Day

= Second Thursday

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*Seersucker Thursday (United States)

= Second Saturday

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*China's Cultural Heritage Day (China)
*Start of National Dairy Goat Awareness Week, ending on the third Saturday
*National Day (Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom))
*Queen's Official Birthday (United Kingdom, Tuvalu)

= Second Sunday

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*Canadian Rivers Day
*Children's Day (United States)
*Father's Day (Austria, Belgium)
*Mother's Day (Luxembourg)

= Third Week

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*Bike Week (Bicycle Week) (United Kingdom, Ireland)

= Second Monday

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*Queen's Official Birthday (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia, with the exception of Western Australia, which celebrates on the first Monday)
*Flag Day (United States), Flag Day (US)

= Monday after the second Saturday

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*Queen's Official Birthday (Norfolk Island)

Third Friday

*Tropical Smoothie Cafe#Charitable services, National Flip Flop Day (United States)

= Third Saturday

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Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere

* Day of Private Reflection (Northern Ireland)
* International Surfing Day
* International Yoga Day
* Midsummer
* Fête de la Musique, World Music Day

Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere

*We Tripantu, (Mapuche, southern Chile)
*Willkakuti, an Andean-Amazonic New Year (Aymara people, Aymara)

Saturday between June 20–25

*Flag flying days in Finland, Finnish Flag Day
*Midsummer#Finland, Juhannus (Finland)

Saturday nearest Summer Solstice

*Pixie Day (Ottery St. Mary, England)

Third Sunday

*Father's Day (Afghanistan, Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, People's Republic of China, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe)

= Monday Nearest to June 24

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*Discovery Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)

= Last Thursday

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*Bomb Pop, National Bomb Pop Day (United States)

Friday following Third Sunday

*Take Your Dog to Work Day (United Kingdom, United States)

= Last Saturday

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*Armed Forces Day (United Kingdom)
*Inventors' Day, Inventors' and Rationalizers' Day (Russia)
*Veterans' Day (Netherlands)

= Last Sunday

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*Father's Day (Haiti)
*Alpena County, Michigan#Events, Log Cabin Day (Michigan, United States)
*Mother's Day (Kenya)

Fixed Gregorian observances

*May 15 – June 15 Tourette Syndrome awareness month.
*May 25 – June 25 Bike Week (Bicycle Week), Bicycle Month (Canada)
*May 27 – June 3 National Reconciliation Week (Australia)
*May 28 – Flag Day (Philippines) (Display of the flag in all places until June 12 is encouraged)
*May 31 – June 1 Gawai Dayak (Dayak people, Dayaks in Sarawak, Malaysia and West Kalimantan, Indonesia)
*June 1
**Children's Day (International observance, International), and its related observances:
***Parents' Day#International, Global Day of Parents
***Public holidays in Armenia, The Day of Protection of Children Rights (Armenia)
***Mothers' and Children's Day (Mongolia)
**Fei Fei Day (Vancouver)
**Global Day of Parents
**Independence Day (Samoa)
**Madaraka Day (Kenya)
**National Maritime Day (Mexico)
**National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia)
**Pancasila Day (Indonesia)
**President's Day (Palau)
**Flag of Tunisia, Victory Day (Tunisia)
**World Milk Day
*June 2
**Children's Day (North Korea)
**Civil Aviation Day (Azerbaijan)
**Public holidays in Bhutan#Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Bhutan)
**Day of Hristo Botev (Bulgaria)
**Decoration Day (Canada)
**Festa della Repubblica (Italy)
**International Whores' Day
**List of food days#June, National Rocky Road Day (United States)
**List of food days#June, National Rotisserie Chicken Day (United States)
**Public holidays in Bhutan#Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Social Forestry Day (Bhutan)
*June 3
**Confederate Memorial Day (Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee, United States)
**Commerce Consulate of Buenos Aires, Economist day (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
**Mabo Day (Australia)
**Martyr's Day (Uganda)
**List of food days#June, National Chocolate Macaroon Day (United States)
**List of food days#June, National Egg Day (United States)
**Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan)
**Ignacio Ponseti#World Clubfoot Day, World Clubfoot Day
*June 4
**Armed Forces Day/Flag flying days in Finland, Birthday of Marshal of Finland Gustaf Mannerheim (Finland)
**Emancipation Day#Tonga, Emancipation Day/Independence Day (Tonga)
**Flag Day (Estonia)
**International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
**List of food days#June, National Cheese Day (United States)
**List of food days#June, National Cognac Day (United States)
**National Unity Day (Hungary)
**Memorials for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day (International observance, International)
*June 5
**Arbor Day#New Zealand, Arbor Day (New Zealand)
**Constitution Day (Denmark)
**Constitution Day (Faroe Island)
**Public holidays in Azerbaijan#Other observances, Day of Reclamation (Azerbaijan)
**Father's Day (Denmark)
**Indian Arrival Day (Suriname)
**Liberation Day (Seychelles)
**List of food days#June, National Gingerbread Day (United States)
**List of food days#June, National Moonshine Day (United States)
**Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President's Day (Equatorial Guinea)
**Teachers' Day (Romania)
**World Environment Day
*June 6
**Normandy landings, Anniversary of the Normandy Landings
**Engineer's Day, Argentina's Engineering Day
**Engineer's Day (Taiwan)
**Memorial Day (South Korea)
**Public holidays in North Korea, Korean Children's Union Foundation Day (North Korea)
**List of food days#June, National Applesauce Day (United States)
**National Day of Sweden (Sweden)
**Queensland Day (Queensland)
**Teachers' Day (Bolivia)
**UN Russian Language Day (United Nations)
*June 7
**Remembrance days in Slovakia, Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
**Battle of Arica, Battle of Arica Day (Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile)
**Public holidays in Denmark, Birthday of Prince Joachim (Denmark)
**List of food days#June, Chocolate Ice Cream Day (United States)
**Nativity of St John the Baptist, Commemoration Day of St John the Forerunner (Armenian Apostolic Church)
**Flag Day (Peru)
**Gazeta de Buenos Ayres, Journalist Day (Argentina)
**Ludi Piscatorii (Roman Empire)
**Sette Giugno (Malta)
**Union Dissolution Day (Norway)
*June 8
**Bounty Day (Norfolk Island)
**AIDS.gov, Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
**Engineer's Day (Peru)
**Primož Trubar Day (Slovenia)
**World Brain Tumor Day (International observances, international)
**World Oceans Day (International observances, international)
*June 9
**Anniversary of the Accession of King Abdullah II (Jordan)
**Autonomy Day (Åland)
**La Rioja Day (La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja)
**Murcia Day (Murcia)
**Heroes' Day, National Heroes' Day (Uganda)
*June 10
**Abolitionism, Abolition Day (French Guiana)
**Arab Revolt, Army Day (Jordan)
**List of food days#June, National Iced Tea Day (United States)
**Navy Day (Italy)
**Portugal Day (Portugal)
**Public holidays in the Republic of the Congo, Reconciliation Day (Republic of the Congo)
*June 11
**Public holidays in Libya, American Evacuation Day (Libya)
**Public holidays in Denmark, Birthday of Prince Henrik (Denmark)
**Armed Forces Day#Brazil, Brazilian Navy commemorative day
**William Davis Miners' Memorial Day, Davis Day (Cape Breton Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)
**Kamehameha Day (Hawaii, United States)
**List of food days#June, National Corn on the Cob Day (United States)
**List of food days#June, National German Chocolate Cake Day (United States)
**Public holidays in Honduras, Student Day (Honduras)
*June 12
**Chaco War#Aftermath, Chaco Armistice Day (Paraguay)
**''Valentine's Day#Latin America, Dia dos Namorados'' (Brazil)
**Helsinki Day (Finland)
**Public holidays in Nigeria, June 12 Commemoration (Lagos State)
**Loving Day (United States)
**Independence Day (Philippines), Philippine Independence Day
**List of food days#June, National Peanut Butter Cookie Day (United States)
**Russia Day (Russia)
**World Day Against Child Labour (International observances, international)
*June 13
**Inventors' Day (Hungary)
**Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
*June 14
**Commemoration of the June deportation, Soviet Deportation related observances:
***Mourning and Commemoration Day or ''Leinapäev'' (Estonia)
***Mourning and Hope Day (Lithuania)
**Day of Memory for Repressed People (Armenia)
**Flag Day (United States)
**Freedom Day (Malawi)
**Liberation Day (Falkland Islands), Liberation Day (Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
**World Blood Donor Day (International observances, international)
*June 15
**Arbor Day (Costa Rica)
**Public holidays in the Philippines#Local observance, Cagayan de Oro Charter Day (Cagayan de Oro City)
**Public holidays in Denmark, Day of Valdemar and Reunion day (Flag Day) (Denmark)
**Engineer's Day (Italy)
**Global Wind Day (International observances, international)
**Public holidays in the Cook Islands, Mangaia Gospel Day (Mangaia, Cook Islands)
**List of food days#June, National Lobster Day (United States)
**Public holidays in Azerbaijan, National Salvation Day (Azerbaijan)
**List of U.S. states by date of statehood, Statehood Day (Arkansas, United States)
*June 16
**Bloomsday (Dublin, Ireland)
**Engineer's Day (Argentina)
**International Day of the African Child
**Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev, Anniversary of Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism)
**List of food days#June, National Fudge Day (United States)
**Sussex Day (Sussex)
**Youth Day (South Africa)
*June 17
**Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States)
**Father's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)
**Icelandic National Day
**List of food days#June, National Eat Your Vegetables Day (United States)
**Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)
**World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International observance, International)
*June 18
**Autistic Pride Day
**Public holidays in Azerbaijan#Other observances, Human Rights Day (Azerbaijan)
**Foundation Day (Benguet)
**Human Rights Day (Azerbaijan)
**List of food days#Global or International, International Sushi Day
**National Day (Seychelles)
**Queen Mother's Birthday (Cambodia)
**Waterloo Day (United Kingdom)
*June 19
**Public holidays in Hungary, Day of the Independent Hungary (Hungary)
**Public holidays in the Philippines#Local observance, Feast of Forest (Palawan)
**Juneteenth (United States, especially African Americans)
**Labour Day#Trinidad and Tobago, Labour Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
**Public holidays in the Philippines#Local observance, Laguna Day (Laguna (province), Laguna)
**Public holidays in Uruguay, Never Again Day (Uruguay)
**Public holidays in the Philippines#Local observance, Surigao del Norte Day (Surigao del Norte)
**Public holidays in the Philippines#Local observance, Surigao del Sur Day (Surigao del Sur)
**World Sickle Cell Day (International observance, International)
**World Sauntering Day
*June 20
**Flag Day (Argentina), Day of the National Flag (Argentina)
**Summanus, Festival in honor of Summanus (Roman Empire)
**Gas Sector Day (Azerbaijan)
**Martyrs' Day (Eritrea)
**List of food days#June, National Ice Cream Soda Day (United States)
**List of food days#June, National Kouign Amann Day (United States)
**List of food days#June, National Vanilla Milkshake Day (United States)
**West Virginia Day (West Virginia)
**World Refugee Day (International observance, International)
*June 21
**Day of the Martyrs (Togo)
**Father's Day (Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Uganda, United Arab Emirates)
**Go Skateboarding Day
**National Aboriginal Day, National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada)
**National Day (Greenland)
**List of food days#June, National Peaches 'N' Cream Day (United States)
**World Humanist Day (Humanism)
**World Hydrography Day
*June 22
**Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatia)
**Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
**Father's Day (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey)
**Teachers' Day (El Salvador)
*June 23
**Father's Day (Nicaragua, Poland)
**Grand Duke's Official Birthday (Luxembourg)
**International Widows Day (International observance, international)
**National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism (Canada)
**Okinawa Memorial Day (Okinawa, Japan)
**Saint John's Eve (Roman Catholic Church, Europe):
***Bonfires of Saint John (Spain)
***First day of Golowan Festival (Cornwall)
***St John's Day (Estonia), Jaaniõhtu (Estonia)
***Jāņi (Latvia)
***Last day of Drăgaica fair (Buzău, Romania)
***Festa de São João do Porto (Portugal)
**United Nations Public Service Awards, United Nations Public Service Day (International observance, International)
**Võidupüha, Victory Day (Estonia)
*June 24
**Army Day or Battle of Carabobo, Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)
**Battle of Bannockburn, Bannockburn Day (Scotland)
**Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil)
**Nativity of St John the Baptist, Saint John's Day, second day of celebrations.
***Enyovden (Bulgaria)
***St John's Day (Estonia), Jaanipäev (Estonia)
***Jāņi (Latvia)
***Jónsmessa (Iceland)
***Midsummer, Midsummer Day (England)
***Saint Jonas' Festival or ''Joninės'' (Lithuania)
***Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec, Canada)
***Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania)
**Youth Day (Ukraine)
*June 25
**Arbor Day#Philippines, Arbor Day (Philippines)
**Independence Day (Mozambique)
**National Catfish Day (United States)
**Statehood Day (Croatia)
**Statehood Day (Slovenia)
**Statehood Day (Virginia)
**Teacher's Day (Guatemala)
**World Vitiligo Day
*June 26
**Army and Navy Day (Azerbaijan)
**Flag Day (Romania)
**Independence Day (Madagascar)
**International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (International observance, International)
**International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (International observance, International)
**List of food days#June, National Chocolate Pudding Day (United States)
**Ratcatcher's Day (Hamelin, Germany)
**Sunthorn Phu Day (Thailand)
**World Refrigeration Day (International observance, International)
*June 27
**Canadian Multiculturalism Day (Canada)
**Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art (Turkmenistan)
**Helen Keller Day (United States)
**Independence Day (Djibouti), Independence Day (Djibouti)
**Mixed Race Day (Brazil)
**AIDS.gov, National HIV Testing Day (United States)
**National PTSD Awareness Day, PTSD Awareness Day (United States)
**Seven Sleepers Day or ''Siebenschläfertag'' (Germany)
**Unity Day (Tajikistan), Unity Day (Tajikistan)
*June 28
**Carolina Day (South Carolina, United States)
**Constitution Day (Ukraine)
**Family Day (Vietnam)
**List of food days#June, National Ceviche Day (United States)
**List of food days#June, National Tapioca Day (United States)
**Poznań 1956 protests#Commemoration, Poznań Remembrance Day (Poland)
**Soviet Occupation Day, Moldova
**Stonewall riots, Stonewall Riots Anniversary (United States)
**Pi_Day#Alternative_dates, Tau Day
**Vidovdan (Eastern Orthodox Church)
*June 29
**Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
***Haro Wine Festival (Haro, La Rioja, Spain)
**Engineer's Day (Ecuador)
**Public holidays in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Fallen Soldiers' and Missing in Action Memorial Day ()
**Independence Day (Seychelles)
**Veterans' Day (Netherlands)
*June 30
**Armed Forces Day (Guatemala)
**General Prayer Day (Central African Republic)
**Independence Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
**Navy Day (Israel)
**Philippine–Spanish Friendship Day (Philippines)
**Public holidays in Sudan, Revolution Day (Sudan)

June symbols

*June's birthstones are pearl, alexandrite and moonstone (gemstone), moonstone.
*The birth flowers are rose and honeysuckle.
*The zodiac signs for the month of June are Gemini (astrology), Gemini (until June 20) and Cancer (astrology), Cancer (from June 21 onwards). Both of these dates are for United States Eastern Daylight Time. For the world UT/GMT the dates are 19–20.The Earth passed the junction of the signs at 21:43 UT/GMT June 20, 2020, and will pass it again at 03:32 UT/GMT June 21, 2021.. Signs in UT/GMT for 1950–2030.

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