What Happened in 1973

Donald J. Kirchoff Becomes President of Castle & Cooke

Donald J. Kirchoff becomes president of Castle & Cooke. Read more

'Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?' is Published

How can a wise, older man perched on a cactus not have perils of wisdom to offer readers about the value of life, liberty, and opportunity? Page... Read more

Castle & Cooke Becomes Leader in North American Banana Market

Castle & Cooke develop two large banana plantations on the coasts of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Castle & Cooke banana operations become the leader... Read more

Bill Gates enrolls at Harvard University

Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973. He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT[18] and subsequently enrolled at Harvard College in the fall of... Read more

"Bang The Drum Slowly" Is Released

Bang the Drum Slowly is a 1973 film adaptation of the 1956 baseball novel of the same name by Mark Harris. It was previously dramatized in 1956 on... Read more

The Bee Gees release Life in a Tin Can

Life in a Tin Can is the Bee Gees' eleventh studio album (ninth worldwide), released in January 1973. The Bee Gees moved their base of operations... Read more

AC/DC is formed

AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard... Read more

Sydney Opera House Completed

There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great... Read more

'The Shape of Me and Other Stuff' is Published

Using silhouettes for illustrations, Dr. Seuss offers an entertaining lesson in learning shapes with this book. By asking young readers to consider... Read more

Nissan Caravan is First Produced

The Nissan Caravan is a van designed by Nissan for use as a fleet vehicle or cargo van. Outside Japan the car was sold as either Nissan Urvan or... Read more

"Ashani Sanket" Is Released

Distant Thunder (Ashani Sanket) is a 1973 Bengali film by the renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by... Read more

United States Negotiates Release of POW's from North Vietnam through Operation Homecoming

Operation Homecoming was a series of diplomatic negotiations that in January 1973 made possible the return of 591 American prisoners of war held by... Read more

Maya Angelou marries Paul du Feu

In 1973, Angelou married Paul du Feu, a British-born carpenter and remodeler, and moved to Sonoma, California with him. The years to follow were... Read more

George W. Bush Attends Harvard Business School

Beginning in the fall of 1973, Bush attended the Harvard Business School, where he earned an MBA. He is the only U.S. President to have earned an MBA. Read more

Karen Marley is born

Karen Marley, second daughter of Bob Marley, was born in England in 1973 but grew up in Jamaica. Karen has always had a passion for fashion and... Read more

Funkadelic releases Cosmic Slop

Cosmic Slop is a the fifth studio album by Funkadelic, released in 1973 on Westbound Records. While it has been favorably reevaluated by critics... Read more

Empire is Written for the PLATO System

In reviewing how other early game designers describe their firsts, the innovations they initiated, I felt it important to keep my descriptions... Read more

Joe Biden serves as US Senator

When Biden did take office on January 3, 1973, at age 30 (the minimum age to become a U.S. Senator), he became the sixth-youngest senator in U.S.... Read more

Sean Paul Is Born

Sean Paul was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and spent his early years "comfortably" in Upper Saint Andrew Parish, a few miles north of his birthplace.... Read more

Aerosmith releases self-titled debut album

Aerosmith is the self-titled debut album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1973. Read more

Super Bowl VII - Dolphins 14, Redskins 7

Super Bowl VII was an American football game played on January 14, 1973, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, to decide... Read more

George H.W. Bush Serves as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee

Amidst the Watergate scandal, Nixon asked Bush to become chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973. Bush accepted, and held this... Read more

Richard Nixon's second inauguration

The election of 1972 consolidated the gains that the President had made with the electorate in 1968. Although the Democratic Party maintained... Read more

President Lyndon B. Johnson Dies

Lyndon Baines Johnson died at his ranch at 4:39 p.m. on January 22, 1973 at age 64, from a third myocardial infarction (heart attack). His death... Read more

Supreme Court Issues its Decision on Roe v Wade

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), a landmark case decided by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion, is one of the most... Read more