1973 Calendar
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1973 Historical Event(s)
- January 1, 1973 – Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are admitted into the European Community.
- February 3, 1973 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
- April 6, 1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
- 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.
- July 28, 1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
- August 23, 1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term “Stockholm syndrome”.
- October 5, 1973 – Signature of the European Patent Convention.
- October 24, 1973 – Yom Kippur War ends
- October 30, 1973 – The Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time.
- November 1, 1973 – The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
Who Were Born On 1973?
- March 17, 1973 – Rico Blanco, Filipino singer (Rivermaya)
- March 21, 1973 – Stuart Nethercott, English footballer
- April 28, 1973 – Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
- August 2, 1973 – Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer
- August 4, 1973 – Eva Amaral, Spanish singer and songwriter
- August 19, 1973 – Callum Blue, British actor
- November 7, 1973 – Catê, Brazilian footballer (d. 2011)
- December 4, 1973 – Keith Caputo, American singer (Life Of Agony)
- December 11, 1973 – Mos Def, American rapper and actor
- December 24, 1973 – Stephenie Meyer, American author