Page 4: Historical Events In 1973
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Feb 12 On this day in history benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67
Feb 12 In the year 1973 the first US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines
Feb 13 US dollar devalues 10% in the year 1973.
Feb 15 On this day in history ottawa restricts oil exports to US, due to possible shortages.
Feb 15 Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55 in the year 1973.
Feb 15 In the year 1973 uSSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km)
Feb 16 In the year 1973 pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies
Feb 16 West Indies vs Australia at Kingston, first time since 1955 without Sobers in the year 1973.
Feb 16 On this day in history william Calley's murder conviction for the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam
Feb 18 In the year 1973 54-kg octopus measuring 7 meter across captured in Hood Canal, Washington
Feb 18 On this day in history franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82
Feb 20 On this day in history brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39
Feb 21 On this day in history chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out
Feb 21 Israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people in the year 1973.
Feb 22 In the year 1973 elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (Cat Jumps), dies in Lond at 73
Feb 22 In the year 1973 israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan commercial airliner (106 die)
Feb 22 US & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Washington DC in the year 1973.
Feb 23 Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London on this day in history.
Feb 24 On this day in history art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73
Feb 25 In the year 1973 juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders
Feb 26 In the year 1973 mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
Feb 26 In the year 1973 triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m
Feb 27 -Airborne mine countermeasures began off Haiphong during Operation Endsweep. This was a "first" in mine warfare in the year 1973.
Feb 27 Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-year contract with White Sox on this day in history.
Feb 27 In the year 1973 lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72
Feb 27 In the year 1973 pope Paul VI publishes constitution motu proprio Quo aptius
Feb 27 In the year 1973 supporters of the American American Indian Movement begin their occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, site of the 1890 Sioux massacre.
Feb 28 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 on this day in history.
Feb 28 On this day in history suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
Mar 01 Robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to win a major race in the year 1973.
Mar 02 On this day in history "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum
Mar 02 In the year 1973 cleo Noel, US ambassador to Sudan, assassinated
Mar 04 15th Grammy Awards The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America in the year 1973.
Mar 04 15th Grammy Awards: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America on this day in history.
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