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Clockwise from top-left: the Thai popular uprising resulted in the end of the ruling military dictatorship of anti-communist Thanom Kittikachorn, the U.S. launches its first space station; an armed conflict between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria takes place; a group of military officers led by General Augusto Pinochet seized power in a U.S.-backed coup; students in Athens protest the Greek military; Paris Peace Accords are signed to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War; the Sydney Opera House is opened; OPEC proclaimed an oil embargo, which caused an oil crisis.
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1973 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1973
MCMLXXIII
Ab urbe condita2726
Armenian calendar1422
ԹՎ ՌՆԻԲ
Assyrian calendar6723
Baháʼí calendar129–130
Balinese saka calendar1894–1895
Bengali calendar1380
Berber calendar2923
British Regnal year21 Eliz. 2 – 22 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2517
Burmese calendar1335
Byzantine calendar7481–7482
Chinese calendar壬子年 (Water Rat)
4670 or 4463
    — to —
癸丑年 (Water Ox)
4671 or 4464
Coptic calendar1689–1690
Discordian calendar3139
Ethiopian calendar1965–1966
Hebrew calendar5733–5734
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2029–2030
 - Shaka Samvat1894–1895
 - Kali Yuga5073–5074
Holocene calendar11973
Igbo calendar973–974
Iranian calendar1351–1352
Islamic calendar1392–1393
Japanese calendarShōwa 48
(昭和48年)
Javanese calendar1904–1905
Juche calendar62
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4306
Minguo calendarROC 62
民國62年
Nanakshahi calendar505
Thai solar calendar2516
Tibetan calendar阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
2099 or 1718 or 946
    — to —
阴水牛年
(female Water-Ox)
2100 or 1719 or 947
Unix time94694400 – 126230399

1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1973rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 973rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1970s decade.

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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Sears Tower

June

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July

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August

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Flag of CARICOM

September

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La Moneda Palace being bombed amidst heavy fighting between government forces and the Chilean Military who was staging a coup, on September 11th.

October

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October 20: Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II
October 30: The Bosphorus Bridge is opened by Turkish President Fahri Korutürk

November

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Mariner 10 space probe, on U.S. Stamps, Space Exploration History, Issue of 1975

December

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Date unknown

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  • A large Song dynasty trade ship of c. 1277 A.D. is dredged up from the waters near the southern coast of China with 12 compartments in its hull. It confirms the descriptions of bulkheaded hull compartments for junks in Zhu Yu's Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119.

Births

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Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December · Date unknown

January

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Sean Paul
Hande Yener
Essam El Hadary

February

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Oscar De La Hoya
Svetlana Boginskaya
Mishal Husain
Varg Vikernes
Tara Strong

March

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Matteo Salvini
Jim Parsons
Larry Page

April

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David Blaine
Elodie Bouchez
Pharrell Williams
Jennifer Esposito
Haile Gebrselassie

May

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Tori Spelling
Sasha Alexander
Ruslana
Jack McBrayer
Minae Noji

June

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Heidi Klum
Kevin Feige
Ceca
Neil Patrick Harris
Juliette Lewis
Marija Naumova
Andre Lange

July

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Patrick Wilson
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
Ali Landry
Rufus Wainwright
Omar Epps
Kate Beckinsale

August

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Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Vera Farmiga
Kristen Wiig
Sergey Brin

September

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Paul Walker
Nas

October

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Neve Campbell
Ioan Gruffudd
Kari Korhonen
Seth MacFarlane
Edge

November

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Aishwarya Rai
Steven Ogg
Ryan Giggs

December

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Monica Seles
Tyra Banks
Stephenie Meyer

Deaths

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Deaths
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

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Lyndon B. Johnson

February

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Hans D. Jensen

March

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Pearl S. Buck
Sir Noël Coward

April

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Pablo Picasso
Sir Arthur Fadden

May

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Frances Marion

June

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Erich von Manstein

July

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Betty Grable
Veronica Lake
Bruce Lee

August

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Walter Ulbricht
Fulgencio Batista
Karl Ziegler

September

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Salvador Allende
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

October

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Paavo Nurmi
Ludwig von Mises
Abebe Bikila

November

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Arturo de Córdova
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen

December

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David Ben-Gurion
Bobby Darin
İsmet İnönü

Nobel Prizes

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