Page 16: Historical Events In 1973

Dec 05   In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album   

Dec 06   Gerald Ford sworn-in as inaugural unelected VP, succeeds Spiro T Agnew   

Dec 06   Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer, dies at 94.   

Dec 07   Wings release "Band on the Run"   

Dec 10   Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81.   

Dec 11   Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World   

Dec 14   Yitzhak Edel, composer, dies at 77   

Dec 15   Jean Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is are discovered alive in southern Italy five months after his kidnapping   

Dec 15   Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61.   

Dec 15   Pirates of Caribbean opens at Disneyland   

Dec 16   O.J. Simpson is recorded as becoming inaugural NFLer to rush 2000 yard in a season.   

Dec 16   Syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies.   

Dec 17   Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101.   

Dec 18   Giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64   

Dec 18   Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days.   

Dec 20   Bobby Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), dies of heart failure at 37   

Dec 21   Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US and USSR meet in Geneva.   

Dec 22   Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87   

Dec 22   Pierre Berton quoted in Canadian Magazine as saying, "A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe."   

Dec 23   "The Young and the Restless" premiers on TV   

Dec 23   6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices   

Dec 23   Arthur Richardson, cricketer (9 Tests 1924-26), dies.   

Dec 24   Ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200   

Dec 25   Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799405 miles).   

Dec 26   2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours   

Dec 26   Harold B Lee, US head of Mormon Church, dies at 74   

Dec 26   Soyuz 13 returns to Earth   

Dec 27   LA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8   

Dec 28   Gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.   

Dec 30   Henri-Paul Busser, composer, dies at 101   

Dec 30   The inaugural picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab).   

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

Jan 02   Chris Woodruff, Knoxville Tenn, tennis star (1993 NCAA Division I) was born in the year 1973.   

Jan 02   Fredric Ford, WLAF CB (Scotland Claymores)/NFL cornerback (Eagles) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Sarah Schwald, Bellingham Wash, 1.5k runner was born in the year 1973.   

Jan 02   Lucy Davis, British actress was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lamont Warren, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)   

Jan 16   Josie Davis, LA Calif, actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge) [or Jun 19] was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79 in the year 1973.   

Jan 11   Isabel Randolph, actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83 in the year 1973.   

Jan 15   On this day in history jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68   

Jan 16   In the year 1973 ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65   

Jan 17   In the year 1973 fred Essler, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 77   

Jan 19   In the year 1973 max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69   

Jan 20   On this day in history death of amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51   

Jan 22   On this day in history lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64