Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time. Date: June 28, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship. Date: June 27, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place 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, US. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation. Date: June 24, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
A fire at a house in 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 serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale. Date: June 23, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June…
In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution. Date: June 21, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day…
The Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino is inaugurated in Arica, Chile. Date: June 21, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board. Date: June 20, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured. Date: June 20, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
In a game versus the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers teammates Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey and Bill Russell play together as an infield for the first time, going on to set the Major League Baseball record of staying together for 8+1⁄2 years. Date: June 13, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia…
In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown. Date: June 9, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)