June 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.
June symbols: The birthstones of June are pearl, alexandrite and moonstone. The birth flower is rose. The zodiac signs for the month of June are Gemini (until June 20) and Cancer (June 21 onwards).
Historical Events for June, 1973
Day of Week 9th » In horseracing, Secretariat (horse) or Secretariat wins the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing called Triple Crown.
Day of Week 20th » 1973 Ezeiza massacre known as Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronism called Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
Day of Week 21st » In handing down the decision in 'Miller v. California' 413 US 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller Test for obscenity in U.S. law.
Day of Week 23rd » A fire at a house in Kingston upon Hull or Hull, England which kills a six year old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist Bruce George Peter Lee or Peter Dinsdale.
Day of Week 24th » The UpStairs Lounge arson attack took place on June 24, 1973 at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Thirty-two people died as a result of fire or smoke i
Day of Week 26th » At Plesetsk Cosmodrome nine people are killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
Day of Week 27th » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
Day of Week 28th » Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between Unionism in Ireland unionists and Irish nationalism nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.