1973 Calendar
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1973 Historical Event(s)
January 15, 1973
– Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
February 3, 1973
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
June 20, 1973
– Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
July 10, 1973
– The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
August 8, 1973
– Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
October 6, 1973
– Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
October 17, 1973
– OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria.
November 7, 1973
– The U.S. Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon’s veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
November 8, 1973
– The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay 2.9 million USD.
December 15, 1973
– The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II.
Who Were Born On 1973?
January 8, 1973
– Jason Stevens, Australian rugby league footballer
March 23, 1973
– Wim Eyckmans, Belgian racing driver
June 5, 1973
– Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka
June 23, 1973
– Marija Naumova, Latvian singer
July 20, 1973
– Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
July 25, 1973
– Mur Lafferty, American podcaster and writer
August 15, 1973
– Adam Willard, American musician (The Offspring)
October 24, 1973
– Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
October 28, 1973
– Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian football manager and former player
November 14, 1973
– Dana Snyder, American voice actor