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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 22, 1973 – A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
- February 3, 1973 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
- February 21, 1973 – Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
- July 5, 1973 – A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills eleven firefighters.
- July 29, 1973 – Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
- October 8, 1973 – Greek military junta of 1967–74: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos appoints Spyros Markezinis as Prime Minister of Greece with the task to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
- October 16, 1973 – Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 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 25, 1973 – George Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners’ coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
- December 18, 1973 – The Islamic Development Bank is founded.
Who Were Born On 1973?
- March 11, 1973 – Sylvia Day, American author and blogger
- March 18, 1973 – Max Barry, Australian author and blogger
- April 27, 1973 – Duško Adamović, Serbian footballer
- April 28, 1973 – Serge Zwikker, Dutch-American basketball player
- September 8, 1973 – Khamis Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer
- September 12, 1973 – Said Ali al-Shihri, Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 2013)
- September 20, 1973 – Jo Pavey, English runner
- October 11, 1973 – Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer
- November 14, 1973 – Moka Only, Canadian rapper and producer (Swollen Members)
- December 18, 1973 – Fatuma Roba, Ethiopian runner