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Year '''1973''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 [[Gregorian calendar]].
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The year 1973 has been designated the ''[[Year of the Ox]]'' in the [[Chinese Zodiac]].
== Events of 1973 ==
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===January===
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* [[January 1]]
**<!--January 1-->The [[United Kingdom]], the [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[Denmark]] enter the ''[[European Community|European Economic Community]]'', which later became the [[European Union]].
**<!--January 1-->[[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]] sells the [[New York Yankees]] for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by [[George Steinbrenner]]. It was 3.2 million dollars more than CBS bought the Yankees for.
* [[January 14]]
**<!--January 14-->[[Elvis Presley]]'s [[Aloha from Hawaii|concert]] in [[Hawaii]] is watched by over a billion people live worldwide.
**<!--January 14-->The [[Miami Dolphins]] defeat the [[Washington Redskins]] 14-7 in [[Super Bowl VII]] to complete the NFL's first Perfect Season.
* [[January 15]] - [[Vietnam War]]: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] announces the suspension of offensive action in [[North Vietnam]].
* [[January 17]] - [[Ferdinand Marcos]] becomes [[President for Life]] of the [[Philippines]].
* [[January 18]] - Eleven [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] councillors in [[Clay Cross]], [[Derbyshire]], [[England]], were ordered to pay £6,985 for not enforcing the Housing Finance Act.
* [[January 20]]
**<!--January 20-->U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] is inaugurated for his second term.
**<!--January 20-->[[Guinea-Bissau]] nationalist [[Amilcar Cabral]] is assassinated.
* [[January 21]] - The [[Communist League (Denmark)|Communist League]] is founded in [[Denmark]].
* [[January 22]]
**<!--January 22-->''[[Roe v. Wade]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] overturns state bans on abortion.
**<!--January 22-->[[George Foreman]] defeats [[Joe Frazier]] for the heavyweight world [[boxing]] championship.
**<!--January 22-->A [[Royal Jordanian]] [[Boeing 707]] flight from [[Jeddah]] crashes in [[Kano]], [[Nigeria]]; 176 people are killed.
**<!--January 22-->Former U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] dies at his [[Stonewall, Texas]] ranch leaving no former U.S. President living until the resignation of [[Richard M. Nixon]] in 1974.
* [[January 23]]
**<!--January 23-->[[Eldfell]] on the [[Iceland]]ic island of [[Heimaey]] erupts.
**<!--January 23-->U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] announces that a peace accord has been reached in [[Vietnam]].
* [[January 25]] - English actor [[Derren Nesbitt]] is convicted of assaulting his wife [[Anne Aubrey]].
* [[January 27]] - [[Paris Peace Accords]] are signed. Allies officially wins Vietnam War.
* [[January 31]] - [[Pan American]] and [[Trans World Airlines]] cancelled their options to buy 13 [[Concorde]] airliners.
===February===
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* [[February 6]]
** [[Toronto]]: Construction on the [[CN Tower]] begins.
* [[February 11]]
**<!--February 11-->[[Vietnam War]]: The first release of American prisoners of war from [[Vietnam]] takes place.
* [[February 12]] - [[Ohio]] becomes the first [[U.S. state]] to post distance in [[SI|metric]] on signs. (See: [[Metric system in the United States]]).
* [[February 13]] - The [[United States Dollar]] was devalued by 10%.
* [[February 16]] - The [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales]] ruled that the ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|Sunday Times]]'' could publish articles on [[Thalidomide]] and Distillers Company, despite ongoing legal actions by parents (the decision was overturned in July by the [[Judicial functions of the House of Lords|House of Lords]]).
* [[February 21]] - [[Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114]] ([[Boeing 727]]) is shot down by [[Israel]]i [[fighter aircraft]] over the [[Sinai Desert]], after the passenger plane is suspected of being an enemy military plane. Only 5 (1 crew member and 4 passengers) of 113 survive.
* [[February 22]] - [[Sino-American relations]]: Following President [[Richard Nixon]]'s [[Nixon visit to China 1972|visit]] to [[mainland China]], the [[United States]] and the [[People's Republic of China]] agree to establish liaison offices.
* [[February 26]] - [[Edward Heath]]'s [[United Kingdom|British]] government publishes a Green Paper on prices and incomes policy.
* [[February 27]] - The [[American Indian Movement]] occupies [[Wounded Knee, South Dakota]].
* [[February 28]] - Polling day in the [[Republic of Ireland]] general election.
=== March ===
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* [[March 1]] - [[Dick Taverne]], who had resigned from the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] on leaving the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], was re-elected as a 'Democratic Labour' candidate.
* [[March 3]] - [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] win the [[Football League Cup]] final at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]], beating [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] 1-0 in the final.
* [[March 7]] - [[Comet Kohoutek]] is discovered.
* [[March 8]]
**<!--March 8-->In the 'Border Poll', voters in [[Northern Ireland]] vote to remain part of the [[United Kingdom]]. Irish nationalists are encouraged to boycott the referendum.
**<!--March 8-->[[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bombs explode in [[Whitehall]] and the [[Old Bailey]] in [[England]].
* [[March 11]] - Sir [[Richard Sharples]], Governor of [[Bermuda]], was assassinated in Government House.
* [[March 17]]
**<!--March 17-->Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] opens the modern [[London Bridge#Modern London Bridge|London Bridge]].
**<!--March 17-->Many of the few remaining [[United States]] soldiers begin to leave [[Vietnam]]. One reunion of a former POW reuniting with his family is immortalized in the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning photograph ''[[Burst of Joy]]''.
**<!--March 17-->[[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[Dark Side of the Moon]]'', one of rock's landmark albums, is released.
* [[March 20]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] government White Paper on [[Northern Ireland]] proposes re-establishment of an Assembly elected by proportional representation, with a possible All-Ireland council.
* [[March 21]] - [[Lofthouse Colliery disaster]] in Great Britain.
* [[March 22]] - [[United Kingdom]] government announces that the [[Channel Tunnel]] could be finished by 1980, costing £366m.
* [[March 23]] - [[Watergate scandal]] (United States): In a letter to [[John Sirica|Judge John Sirica]], [[Watergate burglaries|Watergate]] burglar [[James W. McCord Jr.]] admits that he and other defendants have been pressured to remain silent about the case. He names [[John N. Mitchell|Attorney General John Mitchell]] as 'overall boss' of the operation.
* [[March 29]] - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam.
* [[March 31]] - [[Carowinds]] opens.
=== April ===
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* [[April 2]] - The [[LexisNexis]]<!-- confirmed here --> computerized legal research service begins.
* [[April 3]] - The first handheld cellular phone call made by [[Martin Cooper]], who conceived the phone, in New York City.
* [[April 4]] - The [[World Trade Center]]<!-- confirmed here --> officially opens in [[New York City]] with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
* [[April 6]]
**<!--April 6-->''[[Pioneer 11]]'' is launched on a mission to study the [[solar system]].
**<!--April 6-->[[Ron Blomberg]] of the [[New York Yankees]] becomes the first [[designated hitter]] in [[Major League Baseball]].
* [[April 7]] - ''Tu te reconnaîtras'' by Anne-Marie David (music by Claude Morgan, text by Vline Buggy) wins [[Eurovision Song Contest 1973]] for [[Luxembourg]].
* [[April 10]] - Israeli commandos raid Beirut, assassinating 3 leaders of the Palestinian Resistance Movement. The Lebanese army's inaction brings the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Saib Salam, a Sunni Muslim.
* [[April 11]] - The [[British House of Commons]] voted against restoring [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom|capital punishment]] by a margin of 142 votes.
* [[April 12]] - The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] wins control of the [[Greater London Council]].
* [[April 17]]
**<!--April 17-->The [[Germany|German]] counter-terrorist force [[GSG 9]]<!-- confirmed here --> is officially formed.
**<!--April 17-->[[Federal Express]] officially begins operations, with the launch of 14 small aircraft from [[Memphis International Airport]]. On that night, Federal Express delivers 186 packages to 25 U.S. cities from Rochester, NY, to Miami, Fla.
* [[April 20]] - An [[Indian Pacific]] train en route to Perth, derails near [[Broken Hill, New South Wales]]. The train destroyed a quarter mile of track when it left the rails.
* [[April 28]] - Six Irishmen, including [[Joe Cahill]], are arrested by the [[Irish Naval Service]] off [[County Waterford]] on board a coaster carrying five tons of weapons destined for the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]].
* [[April 30]] - Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and others have resigned.
===May===
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* [[May 1]] - An estimated 1,600,000 workers in the [[United Kingdom]] stopped work in support of a [[Trade Union Congress]] "day of national protest and stoppage" against the Government's anti-inflation policy.
* [[May 3]] - The [[Sears Tower]] in [[Chicago]] is finished, becoming the world's tallest building.
* [[May 5]]
**<!--May 5-->[[Shambu Tamang]] becomes the youngest person to climb to the summit of [[Mount Everest]]. <!--confirmed in [[Shambu Tamang]]-->
**<!--May 5-->[[Sunderland AFC]] defeats [[Leeds United A.F.C.]] in the [[FA Cup]] final.
**<!--May 5-->[[Secretariat]] wins the [[Kentucky Derby]].
* [[May 8]] - A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the [[American Indian Movement]] who were occupying the [[Pine Ridge Reservation]] at [[Wounded Knee, South Dakota]], ends with the surrender of the militants. <!--confirmed in [[American Indian Movement]]-->
* [[May 10]] - The [[Polisario Front]],a Sahrawi movement dedicated to the independence of Western Sahara, is formed.
* [[May 14]]
**<!--May 14-->''[[Skylab]]'', the [[United States]]' first [[space station]], is launched.
**<!--May 14-->The [[British House of Commons]] votes to abolish [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom|capital punishment]] in [[Northern Ireland]].
* [[May 17]] - [[Watergate scandal]]: Televised hearings begin in the [[United States Senate]].
* [[May 18]] - [[Cod war#The Second Cod War|Cod War]]: [[Joseph Godber]], [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]], announces that [[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]]s will protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed 50-mile limit round [[Iceland]].
* [[May 19]] - [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] wins the [[Preakness Stakes]].
* [[May 20]] - Motorcycle racer [[Jarno Saarinen]] dies at Monza, Italy.
* [[May 22]] - [[Antony Lambton|Lord Lambton]] resigns from the British government over a '[[Prostitution|call girl]]' scandal.
* [[May 24]] - [[George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe|Earl Jellicoe]], [[Lord Privy Seal]] and [[Leader of the House of Lords]] in Britain, resigned over a separate prostitution scandal.
* [[May 25]] - ''[[Skylab 2]]'' ([[Pete Conrad]], [[Paul Weitz]], [[Joseph Kerwin]]) is launched on a mission to repair the ''[[Skylab]]'' space station.
* [[May 27]] - By virtue of the non-retroactivity of Soviet copyright laws, all works published before this date are [[public domain]]. This applies worldwide.{{noMention}}
=== June ===
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* [[June 1]] - The [[Greece|Greek]] military junta abolishes the [[monarchy]] and proclaims a [[republic]].
* [[June 3]] - A [[Tupolev Tu-144]] crashes at the Paris air show; 15 are killed.
* [[June 4]] - A [[patent]] for the [[automated teller machine|ATM]]<!-- confirmed here--> is granted to [[Donald Wetzel]], Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
* [[June 9]] - [[Secretariat (racehorse)|Secretariat]] wins the [[Belmont Stakes]], becoming the first [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing]] winner since 1948.
* [[June 10]] - The grandson of [[J. Paul Getty]] is kidnapped in [[Rome]].{{noMention}}
* [[June 16]] - U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] begins several talks with Soviet leader [[Leonid Brezhnev]].
* [[June 20]] - The [[1973 Ezeiza massacre|Ezeiza massacre]] occurs in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. Snipers shoot on left-wing Peronists, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 300.
* [[June 22]] - [[W. Mark Felt]]<!-- confirmed here--> ("Deep Throat") retires from the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]].
* [[June 23]] - A house fire in [[Kingston upon Hull]], [[England]], which kills a 6-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 fire deaths caused over the next 7 years by arsonist [[Bruce George Peter Lee|Peter Dinsdale]].
* [[June 24]] - Soviet leader [[Leonid Brezhnev]] addresses the American people on television, the first to do so.
* [[June 25]]
**<!--June 25-->[[Erskine Hamilton Childers]] is elected the fourth [[President of Ireland]].
**<!--June 25-->[[Watergate scandal]]: Former [[White House]] counsel [[John Dean]] begins his testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee.
* [[June 26]] - At [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]],<!--confirmed here --> 9 persons are killed in the explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
* [[June 28]] - Elections are held for the [[Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973|Northern Ireland Assembly]], which will lead to power-sharing between [[Unionism in Ireland|unionists]] and [[Irish nationalism|nationalists]] in [[Northern Ireland]] for the first time.
* [[June 30]] - Very long total [[solar eclipse]]<!--confirmed here -->. During the entire 2nd millennium, only 7 total solar eclipses exceeded 7 minutes of totality.
=== July ===
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* [[July 1]] - The United States [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] is founded.
* [[July 2]] - The [[United States Congress]] passes the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) mandating [[Special Education]] federally.
* [[July 5]]
**<!--July 5-->The [[Isle of Man Post]] begins to issue its own [[postage stamp]]s.
**<!--July 5-->The catastrophic [[BLEVE]] (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in [[Kingman, Arizona]], following a fire that broke out as [[propane]] was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters. This explosion has become a classic incident, studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
* [[July 6]] - [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore]] was gazetted as a [[national monument]].
* [[July 10]] - The [[Bahamas]] gains full independence within the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* [[July 11]] - [[Varig Flight 820]] disaster near [[Orly]], [[France]] - 123 killed.
* [[July 12]] - [[1973 National Archives Fire]]: A major fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the [[National Personnel Records Center]] in St. Louis, Missouri.
* [[July 16]] - [[Watergate Scandal]]: Former [[White House]] aide [[Alexander Butterfield]] informs the [[United States Senate]] Watergate Committee that President [[Richard Nixon]] had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
* [[July 17]] - King [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]] of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]] while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
* [[July 20]] - [[France]] resumes nuclear bomb tests in [[Mururoa Atoll]], over the protests of [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].
* [[July 21]] - The Philippines receives its second [[Miss Universe]] title, with [[Maria Margarita Moran-Floirendo|Margarita Moran]] as the winner.
*[[July 23]] - The [[Avianca]] Building in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] suffers a serious fire.
* [[July 25]] - The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ''[[Mars 5]]'' space probe is launched.
* [[July 28]]
**<!--July 28-->The [[Summer Jam at Watkins Glen]], a massive rock festival featuring [[The Grateful Dead]], [[The Allman Brothers Band]] and [[The Band]], attracts over 600,000 music fans.
**<!--July 28-->''[[Skylab 3]]'' ([[Owen Garriott]], [[Jack Lousma]], [[Alan Bean]]) is launched, to conduct various medical and scientific experiments aboard ''[[Skylab]]''.
* [[July 29]] - [[Formula One]] racing driver [[Roger Williamson]] dies in an accident, witnessed live on European television, during the [[1973 Dutch Grand Prix]].
* [[July 30]] - An 11-year legal action for the victims of [[Thalidomide]] ends.{{noMention}}
* [[July 31]]
**<!--July 31-->Militant protesters led by [[Ian Paisley]] disrupt the first sitting of the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]].
**<!--July 31-->A [[Delta Air Lines Flight 173]] [[DC9|DC9-31]] aircraft lands short of Boston's [[Logan Airport]] runway in poor visibility, striking a sea wall about 165 feet (50 m) to the right of the runway centerline and about 3000 feet (914 m) short. All 6 crew members and 83 passengers are killed, 1 of the passengers dying several months after the accident.
===August===
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* [[August 2]] - A flash fire kills 51 at the [[Summerland disaster|Summerland]] amusement centre at [[Douglas, Isle of Man]].{{noMention}}
* [[August 5]] - [[Black September (group)|Black September]] members open fire at the [[Athens]] airport; 3 are killed, 55 injured.
* [[August 8]]
**<!--August 8-->[[South Korean]] politician [[Kim Dae-Jung]] is kidnapped in [[Tokyo]] by the [[KCIA]].
**<!--August 8-->Death of [[Dean Corll]] leads to discovery of the Houston Mass Murders: 27 boys were killed by 3 men.
* [[August 15]] - The U.S. bombing of [[Cambodia]] ends, marking the official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia.
* [[August 23]] - The [[Norrmalmstorg robbery]] occurs, famous for the origin of the term [[Stockholm syndrome]].
=== September ===
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* [[September 3]] - The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Trade Union Congress]] expelled 20 members for registering under the [[Industrial Relations Act 1971]].
* [[September 11]] - [[Chile]]'s democratically-elected government is overthrown in a military coup after serious instability. President [[Salvador Allende]] [[Death of Salvador Allende|commits suicide]] during the coup in the presidential palace, and General [[Augusto Pinochet]] heads a [[U.S.]]-backed [[military junta]] that will govern Chile for the next 16 years.
* [[September 15]] - [[Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden]] dies. His grandson, [[Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden|Carl XVI Gustav]], becomes king.
* [[September 18]] - The two German Republics, the [[Federal Republic of Germany]] (West Germany) and the [[German Democratic Republic]] (East Germany), are admitted to the [[United Nations]]<!--confirmed here-->.
* [[September 20]] - ''[[The Battle of the Sexes]]'': [[Billie Jean King]] defeats [[Bobby Riggs]] in a televised tennis match, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, at the [[Astrodome]] in [[Houston]], [[Texas]].
* [[September 22]] - [[Henry Kissinger]], [[United States National Security Advisor]], starts his term as [[United States Secretary of State]]<!--confirmed here-->.
* [[September 27]] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Soviet space program|space programme]]: Launch of [[Soyuz 12]], the first manned flight since 1971.
* [[September 28]] - [[ITT]]<!--confirmed here--> is bombed in [[New York City]] by Leftist terrorists protesting the restoration of the Chilean Constitution ordered by the Chilean judicial and legislative branches against the Allende administration.
===October===
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[[Image:Sydney Opera House Sails.jpg|thumb|120px|right|'''[[October 20|Oct. 20]]''': [[Sydney Opera House]] open]]
* [[October 6]] - [[Yom Kippur War]]: The fourth and largest [[Arab]]-[[Israel]]i conflict begins, as [[Egypt]]ian and [[Syria]]n forces attack [[Israel]]i forces in the [[Sinai Peninsula]] and [[Golan Heights]] on [[Yom Kippur]].
* [[October 8]] - [[LBC]] Radio's first broadcast on 97.3 FM
* [[October 10]] - [[Spiro T. Agnew]] resigns as Vice President of the [[United States]] and then, in federal court in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], pleads no contest to charges of [[income tax]] evasion on $29,500 he received in 1967, while he was governor of [[Maryland]]. He is fined $10,000 and put on 3 years' probation.
* [[October 14]] - [[History of Thailand since 1973#Revolution|Student Revolt in Bangkok, Thailand]]
* [[October 17]] - The Arab Oil Embargo against several countries which support Israel triggers the [[1973 energy crisis]]<!--confirmed here-->.
* [[October 20]]
**<!--October 20-->The [[Saturday Night Massacre]]: U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] orders Attorney General [[Elliot Richardson]] to dismiss [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] Special Prosecutor [[Archibald Cox]]. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General [[William Ruckelshaus]]. Solicitor General [[Robert Bork]], third in line at the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], then fires Cox. The event raises calls for Nixon's impeachment.
**<!--October 20-->The [[Sydney Opera House]]<!--confirmed here--> is opened by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] after 14 years of construction work.
* [[October 26]]
**<!--October 26-->The [[Yom Kippur War]] ends.
**<!--October 26-->[[United Nations]] recognize the independence of [[Guinea-Bissau]].
* [[October 27]] - The Canyon City meteorite, a 1.4 [[kilogram]] chondrite type [[meteorite]], strikes Earth in [[Fremont County, Colorado]].{{noMention}}
* [[October 30]] - The [[Bosporus Bridge]] in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]] is completed, connecting the continents of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] over the [[Bosporus]] for the first time in history.
* [[October 31]] - [[1973 Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape|Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape]]. Three [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] members escaped from [[Mountjoy Prison]], [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland]] after a hijacked helicopter landed in the exercise yard.
=== November ===
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* [[November 1]]: [[Watergate scandal]]: Acting Attorney General [[Robert Bork]] appoints [[Leon Jaworski]] as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.{{noMention}}
* [[November 3]]
**<!--November 3-->[[Pan Am]] cargo flight 160, a [[Boeing 707#Notable_accidents|Boeing 707-321C]], crashes at [[Logan International Airport]], [[Boston]], killing 3.
**<!--November 3-->[[Mariner program]]: [[NASA]] launches ''[[Mariner 10]]'' toward [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] (on [[March 29]], [[1974]] it becomes the first [[space probe]] to reach that planet).
* [[November 7]] - The [[Congress of the United States]] overrides President [[Richard M. Nixon]]'s veto of the [[War Powers Resolution]]<!--confirmed here-->, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
* [[November 11]] - [[Egypt]] and [[Israel]] sign a [[United States]]-sponsored cease-fire accord.
* [[November 14]] - In the [[United Kingdom]], [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]] marries a commoner, Captain [[Mark Phillips]], in [[Westminster Abbey]] (they divorce in 1992).
* [[November 16]]
**<!--November 16-->[[Skylab program]]: [[NASA]] launches ''[[Skylab 4]]'' ([[Gerald Carr]], [[William Pogue]], [[Edward Gibson]]) from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]] on an 84-day mission.
**<!--November 16-->U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] signs the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act]] into law, authorizing the construction of the [[Alaska Pipeline]].
* [[November 17]]
**<!--November 17-->[[Watergate scandal]]<!--confirmed here-->: In [[Orlando, Florida]], U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] tells 400 [[Associated Press]] managing editors "I am not a crook."
**<!--November 17--> A student uprising occurs against the military [[regime]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]].
* [[November 21]] - U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]]'s attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, reveals the existence of an 18½-minute gap in one of the [[White House]] tape recordings related to [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]].
* [[November 25]] - [[Greece|Greek]] dictator [[George Papadopoulos]] is ousted in a military [[coup]] led by Lieutenant General [[Phaidon Gizikis]].
* [[November 27]] - The [[United States Senate]] votes 92-3 to confirm [[Gerald Ford]] as [[Vice President of the United States]].
* [[November 29]] - 104 people killed in a Taiyo department store fire in [[Kumamoto]], [[Kyūshū]], [[Japan]].
=== December ===
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* December - [[Chile]] breaks diplomatic contacts with [[Sweden]].{{noMention}}
* [[December 1]] - [[Papua New Guinea]] gains self government from [[Australia]].
* [[December 3]] - [[Pioneer program]]: ''[[Pioneer 10]]'' sends back the first close-up images of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]].
* [[December 6]] - The [[United States House of Representatives]] votes 387-35 to confirm [[Gerald Ford]] as Vice President of the United States; he is sworn in the same day.
* [[December 15]] - [[Gay rights]]: The [[American Psychiatric Association]] removes [[homosexuality]] from its [[DSM-II]].
* [[December 16]] - [[O.J. Simpson]] of the [[Buffalo Bills]] became the first running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a pro football season.
* [[December 23]] - [[OPEC]] doubles the price of [[crude oil]].{{noMention}}
* [[December 28]] - The [[Endangered Species Act]] is passed.
* [[December 30]] - Terrorist [[Ilich Ramírez Sánchez|Carlos]] fails in his attempt to assassinate British businessman Joseph Sieff.{{noMention}}
* [[December 31]] - In the [[United Kingdom]], due to coal shortages caused by industrial action, the electricity consumption reduction measure - the [[Three-Day Week]] comes into force.
=== Undated ===
* The [[National House Building Council]] was formed in the [[United Kingdom]].
* The [[COSC]] The Swiss Official [[chronometer watch|Chronometer]] testing Institute was founded in [[Switzerland]] by five [[Watch]] [[Cantons of Switzerland|Cantons]] & [[Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH]].
* Title [[Queen of Australia]] is created by the Royal Style and Titles Act (1973).
*Confirming the descriptions of [[Bulkhead (partition)|bulkhead hull compartments]] for [[Junk (ship)|Chinese sailing ships]] in [[Zhu Yu (author)|Zhu Yu's]] ''Pingzhou Table Talks'' of 1119 AD, a large [[Song Dynasty]] trade ship of c. [[1277]] AD was dredged up from the waters near the southern coast of [[China]] that had 12 bulkhead compartment rooms in its [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]].
=== Ongoing ===
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Rhodesian Bush War]]
* [[The Troubles]]
== Births ==
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=== January-February ===
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* [[January 1]] - [[Danny Lloyd]], American actor
* [[January 6]] - [[Scott Ferguson]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[January 7]] - [[Jonna Tervomaa]], Finnish singer
* [[January 8]] - [[Sean Paul]], Jamaican singer
* [[January 11]]
**<!--January 11-->[[Joanna Brodzik]], Polish actress
**<!--January 11-->[[Rahul Dravid]], Indian cricketer
* [[January 12]] - [[Sakshi Tanwar]], Indian Actress
* [[January 13]]
**<!--January 13-->[[Nikolai Khabibulin]], Russian hockey player
**<!--January 13-->[[Gloria Yip]], [[Hong Kong]] actress
* [[January 14]] - [[Giancarlo Fisichella]], Italian race car driver
* [[January 15]] - [[Tomáš Galásek]], Czech football player
* [[January 16]] - [[Josie Davis]], American actress
* [[January 17]] - [[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]], Mexican football player
* [[January 18]] - [[Crispian Mills]], British musician ([[The Jeevas]] and [[Kula Shaker]])
* [[January 19]]
**<!--January 19-->[[Antero Manninen]], Finnish cellist
**<!--January 19-->[[Karen Lancaume]], French actress (d. [[2005]])
**<!--January 19-->[[Ann-Kristin Aarønes]], Norwegian footballer
**<!--January 19-->[[Aaron Yonda]], YouTube celebrity
* [[January 21]] - [[Chris Kilmore]], DJ of the American alternative rock band [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]
* [[January 29]] - [[Jason Schmidt]], baseball player
*[[January 30]] - [[Jalen Rose]], American basketball player
* [[February 1]]
**<!--February 1-->[[Yuri Landman]], Dutch artist and musician
**<!--February 1-->[[Nick Mitchell]], American wrestler
* [[February 2]] - [[Aleksander Tammert]], Estonian discus thrower
* [[February 3]] - [[Ilana Sod]], Mexican journalist
* [[February 4]] - [[Oscar de la Hoya]], American boxer
* [[February 7]] - [[Kate Thornton]], British TV presenter
* [[February 8]] - [[Sonia Deol]], British-Asian presenter
* [[February 9]] - [[Svetlana Boginskaya]], Soviet gymnast
* [[February 11]] - [[Varg Vikernes]], Norwegian musician ([[Burzum]])
* [[February 12]] - [[Tara Strong]], Canadian-born voice actress
* [[February 14]] - [[Steve McNair]], American football player
* [[February 15]] - [[Amy Van Dyken]], American swimmer
* [[February 16]] - [[Cathy Freeman]], Australian athlete
* [[February 18]] - [[Claude Makélélé]], French footballer
* [[February 20]] - [[Kimberley Davies]], Australian actress
* [[February 22]]
**<!--February 22-->[[Shota Arveladze]], Georgian football player
**<!--February 22-->[[Gustavo Assis-Brasil]], Brazilian guitarist
* [[February 24]]
**<!--February 24-->[[Chris Fehn]], American percussionist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]])
**<!--February 24-->[[Jordan Jovtchev]], Bulgarian gymnast
* [[February 26]]
**<!--February 26-->[[Marshall Faulk]], American football player
**<!--February 26-->[[Ole Gunnar Solskjær]], Norwegian footballer
**<!--February 26-->[[Jenny Thompson]], American swimmer
* [[February 28]] - [[Eric Lindros]], Canadian hockey player
===March-April===
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* [[March 1]]
**<!--March 1-->[[Ryan Peake]], Canadian musician ([[Nickelback]])
**<!--March 1-->[[Chris Webber]], American basketball player
* [[March 5]] - [[Ryan Franklin]], baseball pitcher
* [[March 9]] - [[Aaron Boone]], baseball player
* [[March 10]] - [[John LeCompt]], American musician
* [[March 13]] - [[Edgar Davids]], Dutch footballer
* [[March 17]] - [[Caroline Corr]], Irish musician ([[The Corrs]])
* [[March 19]] - [[Magnus Hedman]], Swedish footballer
* [[March 23]] - [[Jason Kidd]], American basketball player
* [[March 24]] - [[Jacek Bąk]], Polish footballer
* [[March 26]] - [[T. R. Knight]], American actor
* [[March 29]] - [[Marc Overmars]], Dutch footballer
* [[March 30]] - [[Adam Goldstein]], American DJ
* [[April 1]] - [[Stephen Fleming]], [[New Zealand]] [[cricket]] [[captains]]
* [[April 2]] - [[Roselyn Sanchez]], Puerto Rican actress
* [[April 3]] - [[Matthew Ferguson]], Canadian actor
* [[April 4]] - [[David Blaine]], American magician
* [[April 5]] - [[Pharrell Williams]], American musician and producer ([[The Neptunes]])
* [[April 6]] - [[Rie Miyazawa]], Japanese actress and singer
* [[April 10]] - [[Roberto Carlos da Silva|Roberto Carlos]], Brazilian football player
* [[April 11]] - [[Jennifer Esposito]], American actress
* [[April 14]] - [[Adrien Brody]], an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[United States|American]] [[actor]]
* [[April 16]] - [[Bonnie Pink]], Japanese singer
* [[April 24]] - [[Sachin Tendulkar]], Indian cricketer
* [[April 25]] - [[Fredrik Larzon]], Swedish musician ([[Millencolin]])
* [[April 28]] - [[Melissa Fahn]], American actress
* [[April 30]]
**<!--April 30-->[[Jeff Timmons]], American singer
**<!--April 30-->[[Akon]], [[Senegalese]]-American hip hop and R&B singer
=== May-June ===
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* [[May 1]]
**<!--May 1-->[[Oliver Neuville]], German footballer
**<!--May 1-->[[Paul Burke (rugby player)|Paul Burke]], Irish rugby player
* [[May 3]] - [[Michael Reiziger]], Dutch footballer
* [[May 4]] - [[Guillermo Barros Schelotto]], Argentine footballer
* [[May 7]] - [[Paolo Savoldelli]], Italian professional road racing cyclist
* [[May 10]]
** [[Gareth Ainsworth]], English footballer
** [[Rüştü Reçber]], Turkish football goalkeeper
* [[May 12]] - [[Forbes March]], American actor
* [[May 14]] - [[Natalie Appleton]], Canadian singer
* [[May 16]] - [[Jason Acuna]], American skateboarder and actor also known as ''Wee-Man''
* [[May 16]] - [[Tori Spelling]], American actress
* [[May 17]] - [[Joshua Homme]], American musician
* [[May 18]] - [[Kazuhiro Hayashi]] , Japanese professional wrestle
* [[May 19]] - [[Dario Franchitti]], Scottish race car driver
* [[May 21]] - [[Noel Fielding]], British comedian
* [[May 23]] - [[Jacopo Gianninoto]], Italian musician
* [[May 24]] - [[Dermot O'Leary]], British TV presenter
* [[May 25]]
**<!--May 25-->[[Demetri Martin]], American comedian
**<!--May 25-->[[Jean-Pierre Canlis]], American glass artist
* [[May 30]] - [[Leigh Francis]], British comedian
* [[May 31]] - [[Dominique van Roost]], Belgian tennis player
* [[June 1]]
**<!--June 1-->[[Fred Deburghgraeve]], Belgian swimmer
**<!--June 1-->[[Heidi Klum]], German model
**<!--June 1-->[[Derek Lowe]], baseball player
* [[June 6]] - [[Kat Swift]], US Presidential Candidate ([[Green Party]])
* [[June 8]] - [[Lexa Doig]], Canadian actress
* [[June 9]]
**<!--June 9-->[[Tedy Bruschi]], American football player
**<!--June 9-->[[Iain Lee]], British comedian and radio and television presenter
* [[June 10]]
**<!--June 10-->[[Faith Evans]], American singer
**<!--June 10-->[[Flesh-N-Bone]], American Rapper
* [[June 12]] - [[Darryl White]], Australian footballer
* [[June 13]] - [[Sam Adams (football player)|Sam Adams]], American football player
* [[June 14]] - [[Ceca Raznatovic]], Serbian singer
* [[June 15]]
**<!--June 15-->[[Neil Patrick Harris]], American actor
**<!--June 15-->[[Greg Vaughan]], American actor
* [[June 19]] - [[Yuko Nakazawa]], Japanese singer
* [[June 20]] - [[Chino Moreno]], American musician
* [[June 21]] - [[Juliette Lewis]], American actress
* [[June 22]] - [[Carson Daly]], American talk show host
* [[June 24]] - [[Alexander Beyer]], German actor
* [[June 26]]
**<!--June 26-->[[Gretchen Wilson]], American singer
**<!--June 26-->[[Paweł Małaszyński]], Polish actor
* [[June 28]] - [[Adrian Annus]], Hungarian athlete
* [[June 30]] - [[Chan Ho Park]], Korean [[Major League Baseball]] player
===July-August===
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* [[July 3]] - [[Emma Cunniffe]], British actress
* [[July 7]] - [[Natsuki Takaya]],Japanese manga-ka
* [[July 9]] - [[Kelly Holcomb]], American football player
* [[July 11]] - [[Konstantinos Kenteris]], Greek athlete
* [[July 14]] - [[Halil Mutlu]], Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
* [[July 15]]
**<!--July 15-->[[John Dolmayan]], Lebanese-born drummer ([[System of a Down]])
**<!--July 15-->[[Chris Taylor (comedian)|Chris Taylor]], Australian comedian ([[The Chaser]])
* [[July 16]]
**<!--July 16-->[[Stefano Garzelli]], Italian professional road racing cyclist
**<!--July 16-->[[Graham Robertson]], American filmmaker and author
* [[July 17]]
**<!--July 17-->[[Eric Moulds]], American football player
**<!--July 17-->[[Liam Kyle Sullivan]], American comedian
* [[July 20]] - [[Peter Forsberg]], Swedish hockey player
* [[July 20]] - [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway]]
* [[July 22]] - [[Daniel Jones (musician)|Daniel Jones]], Australian musician and record producer
* [[July 23]]
**<!--July 23-->[[Nomar Garciaparra]], American baseball player
**<!--July 23-->[[Francis Healy|Fran Healy]], British singer ([[Travis (band)|Travis]])
**<!--July 23-->[[Monica Lewinsky]], White House intern
* [[July 25]] - [[Dani Filth]], Israeli- born musician ([[Cradle of Filth]])
* [[July 26]] - [[Kate Beckinsale]], English actress
* [[July 27]] - [[Gorden Tallis]], Australian rugby league player
* [[July 28]] - [[Steve Staios]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[July 30]] - [[Markus Näslund]], Swedish ice hockey player
* [[August 6]] - [[Asia Carrera]], American actress
* [[August 8]] - [[Scott Stapp]], American singer ([[Creed (band)|Creed]])
* [[August 12]] - [[Richard Reid (terrorist)|Richard Reid]], English terrorist
* [[August 12]] - [[Grey DeLisle]], American voice actress/American singer
* [[August 14]] - [[Jared Borgetti]] , Mexican Footballer
* [[August 14]] - [[Kieren Perkins]], Australian swimmer
* [[August 16]] - [[Damian Jackson]], baseball player
* [[August 19]] - [[Lilian Garcia]], American singer and ring announcer ([[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]])
* [[August 19]] - [[Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway|HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway]]
* [[August 20]] - [[Todd Helton]], American baseball player
* [[August 21]] - [[Steve McKenna]], hockey player
* [[August 21]] - [[Nikolai Valuev]], Russian heavyweight boxing champion
* [[August 22]]
**<!--August 22-->[[Howie Dorough]], American singer ([[Backstreet Boys]])
**<!--August 22-->[[Kristen Wiig]], American actress ([[Saturday Night Live]])
* [[August 24]]
**<!--August 24-->[[Inge de Bruijn]], Dutch swimmer
**<!--August 24-->[[Carmine Giovinazzo]], American actor
**<!--August 24-->[[Dave Chappelle]], American actor, comedian
* [[August 28]] - [[Kirby Morrow]], Canadian voice actor
* [[August 30]] - [[Lisa Ling]], American journalist
===September-October===
* [[September 1]] - [[Ram Kapoor]], Indian Actor.
* [[September 1]] - [[J.D. Fortune]], Canadian singer and new frontman of [[INXS]]
* [[September 4]] - [[Jason David Frank]], American actor and martial artist
* [[September 5]] - [[Rose McGowan]], American actress
* [[September 6]] - [[Carlo Cudicini]], Italian footballer
* [[September 7]] - [[Shannon Elizabeth]], American actress
* [[September 9]] - [[Kazuhisa Ishii]], Japanese baseball player
* [[September 12]] - [[Darren Campbell]], British athlete
* [[September 12]] - [[Paul Walker]], American actor
* [[September 13]] - [[Fabio Cannavaro]], Italian footballer
* [[September 14]] - [[Nas]], American rapper
* [[September 15]] - [[Julie Cox]], English actress
* [[September 17]]
**<!--September 17-->[[Anastacia]], American singer
**<!--September 17-->[[Ada Choi]], Hong Kong actress
* [[September 18]]
**<!--September 18-->[[Paul Brousseau]], Canadian ice hockey player
**<!--September 18-->[[Mark Shuttleworth]], South African entrepreneur
**<!--September 18-->[[Ami Onuki]], Japanese singer
* [[September 19]] - [[José Azevedo]], Portuguese cyclist
* [[September 21]] - [[Oswaldo Sanchez]] , Mexican Footballer
* [[September 22]] - [[Craig McRae]], Australian footballer
* [[September 24]] - [[Eddie George]], American football player
* [[September 25]] - [[Bridgette Wilson-Sampras]], American actress
* [[September 29]] - [[Joe Hulbig]], American ice hockey player
* [[October 2]] - [[Verka Serduchka]], Ukrainian pop star
* [[October 3]] - [[Neve Campbell]], Canadian actress
* [[October 4]] - [[Chris Parks]], American professional wrestler
* [[October 5]] - [[Annabelle Chvostek]], Canadian singer/songwriter/singer
* [[October 6]] - [[Ioan Gruffudd]], Welsh actor
* [[October 9]] - [[Terry Balsamo]], American guitarist
* [[October 10]] - [[Mario López]], American actor
* [[October 11]] - [[Takeshi Kaneshiro]], [[Taiwan]]ese/Japanese actor
* [[October 13]] - [[Nanako Matsushima]], Japanese actress
* [[October 19]] - [[Joaquin Gage]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[October 21]] - [[Beverly Turner]], British TV and radio presenter
* [[October 22]] - [[Ichiro Suzuki]], Japanese baseball player
* [[October 24]] - [[Levi Leipheimer]], American professional cyclist
* [[October 25]] - [[Maxi Mounds]], Female stripper, largest breasts in the world
* [[October 26]]
**<!--October 26-->[[Seth MacFarlane]], American animator and voice actor
**<!--October 26-->[[Takao Yoshida|Taka Michinoku]] Japanese professinal wrestler
* [[October 28]] - [[Montel Vontavious Porter|MVP]], [[WWE Smackdown!]] wrestler
* [[October 29]] - [[Robert Pirès]], French football player
* [[October 30]]
**<!--October 30-->[[Silvia Corzo]], Colombian newsreader
**<!--October 30-->[[Adam Copeland|Edge]], Canadian professional wrestler, two time [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Champion
=== November-December ===
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* [[November 1]] - [[Aishwarya Rai]], Indian actress
* [[November 3]]
**<!--November 3-->[[Sticky Fingaz]], American rapper
**<!--November 3-->[[Mick Thomson]], American guitarist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]])
* [[November 5]] - [[Johnny Damon]], baseball player
* [[November 9]]
** [[Nick Lachey]], American singer
** [[Maija Vilkkumaa]], Finnish pop singer
* [[November 10]] - [[Jacqui Abbott]], English singer ([[The Beautiful South]])
* [[November 11]] - [[Jason White (musician)|Jason White]], musician touring member with Green Day
* [[November 12]] - [[Martin M. Weiss]], American author
* [[November 14]]
**<!--November 14-->[[Lawyer Milloy]], American football player
**<!--November 14-->[[Dana Snyder]], American voice actor
* [[November 26]] - [[Peter Facinelli]], American actor
**<!--November 28-->[[Jade Puget]], American guitarist ([[AFI (band)|AFI]])
**<!--November 28-->[[Rob Conway]], American professional wrestler
* [[November 29]]
**<!--November 29-->[[Ryan Giggs]], Welsh footballer
**<!--November 29-->[[Raphael Smith]], South African screenwriter and songwriter
* [[November 30]] - [[Jason Reso]], Canadian professional wrestler
* [[December 2]]
**<!--December 2-->[[Monica Seles]], Yugoslavian-born tennis player
**<!--December 2-->[[Jan Ullrich]], German professional road bicycle racer
* [[December 3]] - [[Holly Marie Combs]], American actress
* [[December 4]]
**<!--December 4-->[[Tyra Banks]], American supermodel and talk show host
**<!--December 4-->[[Steven Menzies]], Australian [[rugby league]] player
* [[December 7]] - [[Terrell Owens]], American football player
* [[December 8]] - [[Corey Taylor]], vocalist for [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] and [[Stone Sour]]
* [[December 14]]
**<!--December 14-->[[Thuy Trang]], Vietnamese-born actress (d. [[2001]])
**<!--December 14-->[[Tomasz Radzinski]], Canadian footballer
* [[December 15]] - [[Surya Bonaly]], French figure skater
* [[December 16]] - [[Scott Storch]], American hip-hop producer
* [[December 17]] - [[Paula Radcliffe]], British athlete
* [[December 18]] - [[Darryl Brown]], Trinidad and West Indian cricketer
* [[December 24]] - [[Kerry Nettle]], Australian Senator
* [[December 25]] - [[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Chris Harris]], American professional wrestler
* [[December 27]]
**<!--December 27-->[[Wilson Cruz]], American actor
**<!--December 27-->[[Kristoffer Zegers]], Dutch composer
* [[December 29]] - [[Theo Epstein]], baseball general manager
* [[December 30]] - [[Jason Behr]], American actor
* [[December 30]] - [[Ato Boldon]], West Indian athlete
* [[December 31]] - [[Nikolay Tsiskaridze]], Russian dancer
==Deaths==
=== January-March ===
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* [[January 19]] - [[Max Adrian]], Northern Irish actor (b. [[1903]])
* [[January 22]] - [[Lyndon Johnson]], [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1908]])
* [[January 23]] - [[Kid Ory]], American musician (b. [[1886]])
* [[January 24]] - [[J. Carrol Naish]], American actor (b. [[1897]])
* [[January 26]] - [[Edward G. Robinson]], American actor (b. [[1893]])
* [[January 31]] - [[Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch]], Norwegian economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 11]] - [[Hans D Jensen]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1907]])
* [[February 15]] - [[Wally Cox]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
* [[February 16]] - [[Francisco Caamaño]], Dominican politician (b. [[1932]]) (executed)
* [[February 19]] - [[Joseph Szigeti]], Hungarian violinist (b. [[1892]])
* [[February 22]] - [[Elizabeth Bowen]], Irish novelist (b. [[1899]])
* [[February 23]] - [[Dickinson W. Richards]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[March 3]] - [[Vera Panova]], Soviet-Russian writer (b. [[1905]])
* [[March 6]] - [[Pearl S. Buck]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1892]])
* [[March 8]] - [[Ron Pigpen McKernan]], American musician ([[Grateful Dead]]) (b. [[1945]])
* [[March 14]]
**<!--March 14-->[[Rafael Godoy]], Colombian composer (b. [[1907]])
**<!--March 14-->[[Chic Young]], American cartoonist (b. [[1901]])
* [[March 26]]
**<!--March 26-->[[Noel Coward]], English composer and playwright (b. [[1899]])
**<!--March 26-->[[George Sisler]], American baseball player (b. [[1893]])
=== April-June ===
* [[April 8]] - [[Pablo Picasso]], Spanish artist (b. [[1881]])
* [[April 16]] - [[Istvan Kertesz]], Hungarian conductor (b. [[1929]])
* [[April 19]] - [[Hans Kelsen]], Austrian-born legal theorist (b. [[1881]])
* [[April 21]] - [[Arthur Fadden]], thirteenth [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1894]])
* [[April 26]] - [[Irene Ryan]], American actress (b. [[1902]])
* [[April 30]] - [[Václav Renč]], Czech poet, dramatist and translator (b. [[1911]])
* [[May 2]] - [[Alan Carney]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1909]])
* [[May 11]] - [[Lex Barker]], American actor (b. [[1919]])
* [[May 14]] - [[Jean Gebser]], German author, linguist, and poet (b. [[1905]])
* [[May 18]] - [[Jeannette Rankin]], first U.S. Congresswoman (b. [[1880]])
* [[June 4]] - [[Arna Bontemps]], Harlem Renaissance writer (b. [[1902]])
* [[June 18]] - [[Roger Delgado]], English actor (b. [[1918]])
* [[June 30]] - Blessed [[Vasyl Velychkovsky|Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R]] Bishop and [[Martyr]] (b. [[1903]])
===July - September===
* [[July 2]] - [[Swede Savage]], American race car driver (b. [[1946]])
* [[July 6]] - [[Otto Klemperer]], German-born conductor (b. [[1885]])
* [[July 7]] - [[Veronica Lake]], American actress (b. [[1922]])
* [[July 8]] - [[Wilfred Rhodes]], English cricketer (b. [[1877]])
* [[July 20]] - [[Robert Smithson]], American artist (b. [[1938]])
* [[July 20]] - [[Bruce Lee]], Chinese American martial artist and actor (b. [[1940]])
* [[July 29]] - [[Roger Williamson]], British race car driver (b. [[1948]])
* [[August 1]]
**<!--August 1-->[[Gian Francesco Malipiero]], Italian composer (b. [[1882]])
**<!--August 1-->[[Walter Ulbricht]], East German Statesman (b. [[1893]])
* [[August 6]]
**<!--August 6-->[[James Beck]], British actor (b. [[1929]])
**<!--August 6-->[[Fulgencio Batista]], Cuban dictator (b. [[1901]])
* [[August 11]] - [[Karl Ziegler]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1898]])
*[[August 12]]
**[[Dayanand Bandodkar]], Chief Minister of Goa (b. [[1911]])
**[[Walter Rudolf Hess]], Swiss physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]])
*[[August 16]] - [[Selman Waksman]], Ukrainian-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[August 17]]
**<!--August 17-->[[Conrad Aiken]], American writer (b. [[1889]])
**<!--August 17-->[[Jean Barraqué]], French composer (b. [[1928]])
**<!--August 17-->[[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], American singer (The [[Temptations]]) (b. [[1939]])
* [[August 31]] - [[John Ford]], American film director (b. [[1895]])
* [[September 2]] - [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], British writer (b. [[1892]])
* [[September 11]] - [[Salvador Allende]], [[President of Chile]] (b. [[1908]])
* [[September 15]] - King [[Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[September 19]] - [[Gram Parsons]], American musician (b. [[1946]])
* [[September 20]] - [[Jim Croce]], American songwriter (b. [[1943]])
* [[September 23]] - [[Pablo Neruda]], Chilean poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1904]])
* [[September 26]] - [[Ralph Earnhardt]], American race car driver (b. [[1928]])
* [[September 29]] - [[W. H. Auden]], English poet (b. [[1907]])
* [[September 30]] - [[Peter Pitseolak]], Inuit photographer and author (b. [[1902]])
===October - December===
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* [[October 2]] - [[Paavo Nurmi]], Finnish runner (b. [[1897]])
* [[October 6]] - [[François Cevert]]. French race car driver (b. [[1944]])
* [[October 10]] - [[Ludwig von Mises]], Austrian economist (b. [[1881]])
* [[October 14]] - [[Edmund A. Chester]], American broadcaster and journalist (b.[[1897]])
* [[October 16]] - [[Gene Krupa]], American jazz drummer (b. [[1909]])
* [[October 18]] - [[Margaret Caroline Anderson]], American magazine publisher (b. [[1886]])
* [[October 17]] - [[Ingeborg Bachmann]], Austrian writer (b. [[1926]])
* [[October 22]] - [[Pablo Casals]], Catalan cellist and conductor (b. [[1876]])
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* [[November 10]] - [[David "Stringbean" Akeman]], American banjo player (b. [[1915]])
* [[November 11]] - [[Artturi Ilmari Virtanen]], Finnish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1895]])
* [[November 27]] - [[Frank Christian]], American musician (b. [[1887]])
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* [[December 1]] - [[David Ben-Gurion]], [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. [[1886]])
* [[December 3]] - [[Emile Christian]], American musician (b. [[1895]])
* [[December 20]] - [[Bobby Darin]], American singer (b. [[1936]])
* [[December 20]] - [[Luis Carrero Blanco]], first minister of [[Spain]] (assassinated) (b. [[1907]])
* [[December 25]] - [[Gabriel Voisin]], French aviation pioneer (b. [[1880]])
* [[December 25]] - [[İsmet İnönü]], Turkish general, prime minister, and president (b. [[1884]])
* [[December 26]] - [[Harold B. Lee]], president of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1899]])
===Undated===
* [[Jay C. Higginbotham]], American musician (b. [[1906]])
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Leo Esaki]], [[Ivar Giaever]], [[Brian David Josephson]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Ernst Otto Fischer]], [[Geoffrey Wilkinson]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Karl von Frisch]], [[Konrad Lorenz]], [[Nikolaas Tinbergen]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Patrick White]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Henry A. Kissinger]], [[Le Duc Tho]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - [[Wassily Leontief]]
==Templeton Prize==
* [[Mother Teresa]]
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.coinpage.com/1973-pictures.html 1973 Coin Pictures]
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