Fun Facts to Celebrate a June Birthday
Celebrating a June birthday? Download this June birth month fun facts sheet to display at a birthday party or give with a birthday gift. Included are the June birthstone and flower, a few fun holidays, interesting people born in June, and this month in history events.
June Birthstone
The birthstone most associated with June is the pearl, known in its iridescent white form, but available in a variety of colors.
Naturally occurring pearls are created in mollusks (clams, oysters, mussels) when an irritant gets inside the shell and the mollusk creates a coating in response.
June Flower
The birth flower associated with June is the rose. This classic flower has long been associated with love and affection and comes in a variety of colors, each of which has a different meaning. Typically red symbolizes love, pink stands for admiration, orange for excitement, and yellow for happiness.
It’s believed that roses were cultivated 5000 years ago in China.
A secondary June birth flower is the honeysuckle, a woody climbing vine.
June Quote or Poem
“O Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on earth.”
Roman Payne
June Fun Holidays
Great Outdoors Month
National Say Something Nice Day (6/1)
National Cheese Day (6/4)
National Eat Your Vegetables Day (6/17)
National Smoothie Day (6/21)
National Camera Day (6/29)
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Famous June Birthdays
Geoff Slater (Canadian artist known for paintings created using one continuous line)
Michael Phelps (American Olympic swimmer)
Brian Jacques (author of Redwall series)
Johanna Spyri (author of Heidi)
Robert Schumann (German composer)
George Stephenson (known as the father of railways)
Tim Berners-Lee (computer scientist known as the inventor of the World Wide Web)
Barbara McClintock (American botanist responsible for the notion of genetic recombination)
Elon Musk (founder of SpaceX, Tesla and other companies)
John Wesley (English theologian and evangelist, known for his role in founding the Methodist movement)
Jacques Cousteau (pioneering French oceanographer)
Katharine Graham (American newspaper publisher)
For more June birthdays, quotes, and other June-related learning ideas:
What Can I Learn Today: June Homeschool Ideas
June Events in History
Magna Carta issued (1215)
U.S. Army founded (1775)
First roller coaster in America opened (1884)
Statue of Liberty arrived in New York (1885)
Ford Motor Company incorporated (1903)
George Orwell published “1984” (1949)
Dr. Heimlich publishes his technique to help choking victims (1974)
Pack of gum was first item scanned by UPC barcode (1974)
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June Birth Month Fact Sheet
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