Born on 20 June 1973

At A Glance

20 June 1973 at a glance

Day of the week

20 June 1973 was a Wednesday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” by Tony Orlando and Dawn was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1973

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.

Star sign

The star sign for 20 June is Gemini.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 20 June 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.

Birthstone

The birthstone for June is Pearl.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 20 June 1973 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 20 June

• 1960 The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
• 1963 Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow.
• 1972 Watergate scandal: An 18+1⁄2-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
• 1975 The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
• 1982 The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.

Famous people born on 20 June

• Nicole Kidman, American-Australian actress (born 1967)
• John Goodman, American actor (born 1952)
• Lionel Richie, American singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (born 1949)
• Frank Lampard, English footballer (born 1978)

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