Contents

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 23, 1973 – United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
• 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.
• June 28, 1973 – Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
• July 31, 1973 – A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
• September 19, 1973 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
• September 26, 1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
• November 4, 1973 – The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are deserted and are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
• November 7, 1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon’s veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
• November 17, 1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors “I am not a crook.”

Who Were Born On 1973?

• April 14, 1973 – Adrien Brody, American actor and producer
• April 21, 1973 – Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian hurdler and coach
• April 23, 1973 – Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
• April 24, 1973 – Gabby Logan, English gymnast and radio host
• May 13, 1973 – Eric Lewis, American pianist
• June 21, 1973 – Juliette Lewis, American actress and singer (Juliette and the Licks)
• July 3, 1973 – Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (d. 2013)
• August 7, 1973 – Danny Graves, Vietnamese-American baseball player
• September 21, 1973 – Heather Brewer, American author
• December 30, 1973 – Jason Behr, American actor