Page 13: Historical Events In 1973

Sep 09   Samuel N Behrman, US stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80.   

Sep 10   Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton.   

Sep 11   Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup   

Sep 11   Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile (1970-73), dies at 65   

Sep 12   Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77   

Sep 13   ABC announces it obtained TV rights for the 1976 Olympics.   

Sep 13   Betty Field, actress (Kings Row), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 60.   

Sep 14   Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s.   

Sep 16   Buff Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13.   

Sep 16   Frederic Meyer, actor (Faraway Hill), dies at 63.   

Sep 17   Hugo Winterhalter, composer, dies at 63.   

Sep 18   Nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80   

Sep 19   Bob Gilbert, actor (Never the Twain Shall Meet), dies of hepatitis 75   

Sep 20   Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist, dies   

Sep 20   Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match.   

Sep 21   Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39   

Sep 21   Dr. Henry Kissinger is confirmed by the US Senate as Secretary of State.   

Sep 22   "A Little Night Music" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway.   

Sep 22   Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's inaugural Jewish Secretary of State.   

Sep 23   A S Neill, British headmaster, dies at at 89.   

Sep 23   Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power   

Sep 24   Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) declares independence   

Sep 25   3-man crew of Skylab II make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days.   

Sep 25   Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium.   

Sep 26   Anton Schnack, German writer/poet, dies at 81.   

Sep 26   Concorde flies from Washington DC to Paris in 3h33m   

Sep 27   Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days).   

Sep 28   Mantan Moreland, comedian (Watermelon Man), dies at 71.   

Sep 29   Soyuz 12 returns to Earth.   

Sep 29   W H Auden, Vienna poet, dies   

Oct 01   Joe Devlin actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74.   

Oct 01   Joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74   

Oct 02   Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies.   

Oct 02   Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76.   

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Jan 02   Abu Wilson, running back (Indianapolis Colts) was born in the year 1973.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of chris Woodruff, Knoxville Tenn, tennis star (1993 NCAA Division I)   

Jan 02   In the year 1973 birth of fredric Ford, WLAF CB (Scotland Claymores)/NFL cornerback (Eagles)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of sarah Schwald, Bellingham Wash, 1.5k runner   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lucy Davis, British actress   

Jan 02   Will Kirby, American actor was born in the year 1973.   

Jan 04   Lamont Warren, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts) was born in the year 1973.   

Jan 16   Josie Davis, LA Calif, actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge) [or Jun 19] was born in the year 1973.   

Jan 05   Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1973 isabel Randolph, actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83   

Jan 15   Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65 in the year 1973.   

Jan 17   On this day in history fred Essler, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 77   

Jan 19   Max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   In the year 1973 death of amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51   

Jan 22   In the year 1973 lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64