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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.
•  May 8, 1973 – A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
•  May 29, 1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
•  July 11, 1973 – Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on-board.
•  October 8, 1973 – Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir’s armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
•  October 19, 1973 – President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
•  October 27, 1973 – The Cañon City meteorite, a 1.4 kg chondrite type meteorite, strikes in Fremont County, Colorado.
•  November 22, 1973 – The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
•  December 3, 1973 – Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
•  December 17, 1973 – Terrorism: 30 passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport.

•  January 11, 1973 – Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
•  February 16, 1973 – Christian Bassedas, Argentine footballer
•  March 4, 1973 – Len Wiseman, American director
•  March 15, 1973 – Boris Durdevic, Croatian musician
•  March 21, 1973 – Ananda Lewis, American model and television personality
•  April 22, 1973 – Adem Poric, Australian footballer
•  May 5, 1973 – Tina Yothers, American actress
•  August 8, 1973 – Toby Allen, Australian singer (Human Nature)
•  September 17, 1973 – Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer
•  September 23, 1973 – Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist