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1973 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2029. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1973 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1973
- January 7, 1973 – Mark Essex fatally shoots ten people and wounds 13 others at Howard Johnson’s Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, before being shot to death by police officers.
- January 14, 1973 – Elvis Presley’s concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
- January 23, 1973 – A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland.
- February 3, 1973 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
- March 29, 1973 – Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
- August 2, 1973 – A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
- September 19, 1973 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
- October 22, 1973 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 338 calling for ceasefire of Yom Kippur War is adopted.
- October 31, 1973 – Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aboard a hijacked helicopter that lands in the exercise yard.
- December 18, 1973 – The Islamic Development Bank is founded.
Who Were Born On 1973?
- January 15, 1973 – Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer
- March 8, 1973 – Kurt Mollekens, Belgian race car driver
- March 23, 1973 – Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
- April 3, 1973 – Yo Oizumi, Japanese television personality and actor
- April 17, 1973 – Theo Ratliff, American basketball player
- May 18, 1973 – Donyell Marshall, American basketball player and coach
- June 21, 1973 – Pascal Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 17, 1973 – Liam Kyle Sullivan, American comedian and actor
- August 5, 1973 – Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist
- October 6, 1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor