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First day of winter, and half way through the year. Welcome to June everyone!
Symbols of June
- Birth stone: Pearl, alexandrite and moonstone
- Flower: Rose
- Zodiac signs: Gemini and Cancer
History
The month of June comes from the Roman, or Julian, calendar. June was initially named Iunius. The name either comes from the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter, or from the work "iuniores", the Latin word for "younger ones". In the early Roman calendar June only had 29 days. It was Julius Caesar who added the additional day giving June 30 days.
It is the first day of winter and is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year.
On this day:
- 1958: De Gaulle returns to tackle Algeria
France's General Charles de Gaulle is invited back to the helm as the crisis in Algeria threatens to bring civil war to France itself. - 1970: British Prime Minister hit by flying egg
The Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, has been hit in the face with an egg thrown by a young conservative demonstrator. - 1979: End of white rule in Rhodesia
Rhodesia formally ends nearly 90 years of white minority rule and declares it will now be known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. - 1985: Hippies clash with police at Stonehenge
More than 300 people are arrested as police intercept a convoy of hippies going to Stonehenge. - 1993: Serb attack on football match kills 11
Serb forces shell a football match in Bosnia killing 11 people, including four children. - 2001: Nepal royal family massacred
The heir to the throne of Himalayan kingdom of Nepal massacres the royal family before turning the gun on himself.
Enjoy!
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