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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 1, 1973 – Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are admitted into the European Economic Community.
• 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 11, 1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
• March 17, 1973 – The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
• April 4, 1973 – The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
• August 23, 1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term “Stockholm syndrome”.
• September 26, 1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
• October 6, 1973 – Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
• October 16, 1973 – Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Who Were Born On 1973?

• January 18, 1973 – Guo Degang, Chinese actor
• February 28, 1973 – Masato Tanaka, Japanese wrestler
• March 4, 1973 – Penny Mordaunt, English politician
• May 31, 1973 – Kate Howey, English martial artist and coach
• June 12, 1973 – Jason Caffey, American basketball player and coach
• July 23, 1973 – Himesh Reshammiya, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
• July 26, 1973 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress
• August 12, 1973 – Jonathan Coachman, American basketball player, wrestler, and sportscaster
• August 14, 1973 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
• October 24, 1973 – Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic