facts behind JUNE

*June is the 6th month of the year.

*The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera.

*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.

*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.

Events in June

*Madaraka Day June 1 Kenya
*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).
*Caribbean-American Heritage Month, , in the United States of America.
*Kamehameha Day, on June 11, is a state holiday in Hawaii, US
*Philippine Independence Day
*Feast of St. Anthony of Padua June 13
*Disney's Donald Duck's "birthday" June 9.
*Bloomsday in Ireland
*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
*Father's Day
*The second Sunday in June is Canadian Rivers Day.