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)   

Jan 02   Chris woodruff: Knoxville tenn, tennis star (1993 ncaa division i)   

Jan 02   Fredric ford: Wlaf cb (scotland claymores)/nfl cornerback (eagles)   

Jan 02   Sarah schwald: Bellingham wash, 1.5k runner   

Jan 02   Lucy davis: British actress   

Jan 02   Will kirby: American actor   

Jan 04   Lamont warren: Nfl running back (indianapolis colts)   

Jan 16   Josie davis: La calif, actress (sarah-charles in charge) [or jun 19]   

Jan 05   Cornelis van dis: Dutch mp (sgp),    

Jan 11   Isabel randolph: Actress (missing corpse),   

Jan 15   Jef alpaerts: Flemish pianist/conductor,    

Jan 16   Ray barrett: Sportscaster (gillette summer sports reel),    

Jan 17   Fred essler: Actor (unsinkable molly brown),   

Jan 19   Max adrian: Actor (boy friend, her favorite husband),   

Jan 20   Amilcar l cabral: Fought for guinea bissau independence, murdered 51   

Jan 22   Lyndon b johnson: President (1963-69),