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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

Historical Events Of 1973

• 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 – United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
• January 27, 1973 – The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict’s last recorded American combat casualty.
• February 3, 1973 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
• February 22, 1973 – Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
• February 27, 1973 – The American Indian Movement (AIM) occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
• April 4, 1973 – The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
• July 10, 1973 – National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on the recognition of Bangladesh.
• 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 21, 1973 – The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.

Who Were Born On 1973?

• January 5, 1973 – Phil Joel, New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player (Newsboys)
• March 22, 1973 – Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
• April 6, 1973 – Donnie Edwards, American football player
• May 14, 1973 – Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer and actress (All Saints and Appleton)
• May 25, 1973 – Molly Sims, American model and actress
• June 18, 1973 – Matt Parsons, Australian rugby player
• September 14, 1973 – Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor
• November 14, 1973 – Dana Snyder, American comedian, actor, and producer
• December 5, 1973 – Andrei Krasnopjorov, Estonian footballer
• December 20, 1973 – David Nedohin, Canadian curler and sportscaster