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1973 Calendar

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•  February 3, 1973 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
•  February 11, 1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
•  April 30, 1973 – Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and others have resigned.
•  May 29, 1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
•  July 10, 1973 – The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
•  July 13, 1973 – Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the “Nixon tapes” to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.
•  October 14, 1973 – In the Thammasat student uprising over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the Thanom military government; 77 are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
•  October 23, 1973 – A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.
•  November 3, 1973 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
•  November 14, 1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.

•  January 21, 1973 – Duane Lee Chapman, II, American bounty hunter
•  March 4, 1973 – Massimo Brambilla, Italian football player
•  April 22, 1973 – Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
•  June 30, 1973 – Chan-ho Park, South Korean baseball player
•  July 5, 1973 – Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer
•  August 1, 1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
•  August 30, 1973 – Lisa Ling, American journalist
•  October 3, 1973 – Angélica Gavaldón, American/Mexican tennis player
•  November 5, 1973 – Johnny Damon, American baseball player
•  December 21, 1973 – Irakli Alasania, Georgian politician and diplomat