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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 15, 1973 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
• February 3, 1973 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
• April 30, 1973 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that White House Counsel John Dean has been fired and that other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, have resigned.
• June 20, 1973 – Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
• July 28, 1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
• August 14, 1973 – The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
• October 6, 1973 – Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
• October 8, 1973 – Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir’s armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
• October 19, 1973 – President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
• October 27, 1973 – A 1.4 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes in Cañon City, Colorado.

Who Were Born On 1973?

• January 14, 1973 – Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
• February 10, 1973 – Sergei Shishkin, Russian footballer
• March 7, 1973 – Ray Parlour, English footballer
• April 11, 1973 – Jennifer Esposito, American actress and dancer
• April 23, 1973 – Cem Yılmaz, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• May 22, 1973 – Madhureeta Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• October 24, 1973 – Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• November 19, 1973 – Billy Currington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• December 4, 1973 – Steven Menzies, Australian rugby player
• December 20, 1973 – David Nedohin, Canadian curler and sportscaster