1973 (
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common year starting on MondayThis is the calendar for any common year starting on Monday . Examples: Gregorian year 1990, 2001 & 2007 or Julian year 1918 ....
(link will display full calendar) of the 1973
Gregorian calendarThe Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas...
.
January
- January 1 – The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
, the Republic of IrelandIreland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
and DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
enter the European Economic CommunityThe European Community is the first of the three pillars of the European Union created under the Maastricht Treaty . It is based upon the principle of supranationalism and has its origins in the European Economic Community, the predecessor of the European Union. If the Treaty of Lisbon comes into...
, which later becomes the European UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 Member States, located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community...
.
- January 1 – CBS sells the New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of Major League Baseball's American League East Division...
for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George SteinbrennerGeorge Michael Steinbrenner III is an American billionaire businessman, and owner and the former principal executive of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. His outspokenness and role in driving up player salaries have made him one of the sport's most controversial figures...
(3.2 million dollars more than CBS bought the Yankees for).
- January 14 – Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King....
's concertAloha from Hawaii is a music concert that was headlined by Elvis Presley, and broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 14, 1973. It was watched by over one billion viewers worldwide. and remains the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history...
in HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
. The first worldwide telecast by an entertainer watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings.
- January 14 – Super Bowl VII
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 the National Football League champion following the 1972 regular season...
: The Miami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins are a professional football team based in the Miami, Florida metropolitan area. They play home games at Land Shark Stadium, in the suburb of Miami Gardens. They are headquartered at the Miami Dolphins Training Facility in Davie, Florida. The Dolphins belong to the Eastern...
defeat the Washington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland. The team's headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn, Virginia, a community...
14–7 to complete the NFL's first Perfect Season.
- January 15 – Vietnam War
The Vietnam War or the Second Indochina War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975...
: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
announces the suspension of offensive action in North VietnamNorth Vietnam, also called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam , was a communist state that ruled the northern half of Vietnam from 1954 until 1976....
.
- January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate . He was Senate President in 1963...
becomes President for LifePresident for Life is a title assumed by some dictators to remove their term limit, in the hope that their authority, legitimacy, and term will never be disputed....
of the PhilippinesThe Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
.
- January 18 – Eleven Labour Party
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently begun to organise again...
councillors in Clay CrossClay Cross is a former mining town and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, about six miles south of Chesterfield. It is directly on the A61, the former Roman road Ryknield Street...
, DerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains...
, EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, are ordered to pay £6,985 for not enforcing the Housing Finance Act.
- January 20 – U.S. President Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
is inaugurated for his second term.
- January 21 – The Communist League
The Communist League was a political party in Denmark. KF was founded on 21 January 1973 in Århus, by the 'Leninist Fraction' inside the Left Socialists ....
is founded in DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
.
- January 22 – Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade, , a landmark case decided by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion, is one of the most controversial and politically significant cases in U.S. Supreme Court history.In Roe v...
: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion.
- January 22 – George Foreman
George Edward Foreman is an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and successful entrepreneur....
defeats Joe FrazierJoseph "Billy" Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe , is an Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
for the heavyweight world boxingBoxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win...
championship.
- January 22 – A Royal Jordanian
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(link will display full calendar) of the 1973
Gregorian calendarThe Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas...
.
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January
- January 1 – The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
, the Republic of IrelandIreland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
and DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
enter the European Economic CommunityThe European Community is the first of the three pillars of the European Union created under the Maastricht Treaty . It is based upon the principle of supranationalism and has its origins in the European Economic Community, the predecessor of the European Union. If the Treaty of Lisbon comes into...
, which later becomes the European UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 Member States, located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community...
.
- January 1 – CBS sells the New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of Major League Baseball's American League East Division...
for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George SteinbrennerGeorge Michael Steinbrenner III is an American billionaire businessman, and owner and the former principal executive of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. His outspokenness and role in driving up player salaries have made him one of the sport's most controversial figures...
(3.2 million dollars more than CBS bought the Yankees for).
- January 14 – Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King....
's concertAloha from Hawaii is a music concert that was headlined by Elvis Presley, and broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 14, 1973. It was watched by over one billion viewers worldwide. and remains the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history...
in HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
. The first worldwide telecast by an entertainer watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings.
- January 14 – Super Bowl VII
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 the National Football League champion following the 1972 regular season...
: The Miami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins are a professional football team based in the Miami, Florida metropolitan area. They play home games at Land Shark Stadium, in the suburb of Miami Gardens. They are headquartered at the Miami Dolphins Training Facility in Davie, Florida. The Dolphins belong to the Eastern...
defeat the Washington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland. The team's headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn, Virginia, a community...
14–7 to complete the NFL's first Perfect Season.
- January 15 – Vietnam War
The Vietnam War or the Second Indochina War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975...
: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
announces the suspension of offensive action in North VietnamNorth Vietnam, also called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam , was a communist state that ruled the northern half of Vietnam from 1954 until 1976....
.
- January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate . He was Senate President in 1963...
becomes President for LifePresident for Life is a title assumed by some dictators to remove their term limit, in the hope that their authority, legitimacy, and term will never be disputed....
of the PhilippinesThe Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
.
- January 18 – Eleven Labour Party
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently begun to organise again...
councillors in Clay CrossClay Cross is a former mining town and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, about six miles south of Chesterfield. It is directly on the A61, the former Roman road Ryknield Street...
, DerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains...
, EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, are ordered to pay £6,985 for not enforcing the Housing Finance Act.
- January 20 – U.S. President Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
is inaugurated for his second term.
- January 21 – The Communist League
The Communist League was a political party in Denmark. KF was founded on 21 January 1973 in Århus, by the 'Leninist Fraction' inside the Left Socialists ....
is founded in DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
.
- January 22 – Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade, , a landmark case decided by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion, is one of the most controversial and politically significant cases in U.S. Supreme Court history.In Roe v...
: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion.
- January 22 – George Foreman
George Edward Foreman is an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and successful entrepreneur....
defeats Joe FrazierJoseph "Billy" Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe , is an Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
for the heavyweight world boxingBoxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win...
championship.
- January 22 – A Royal Jordanian
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MCMLXXIIIRoman numerals are a numeral system of ancient Rome based on letters of the alphabet, which are combined to signify the sum of their values. The first ten Roman numerals are:...
) was a
common year starting on MondayThis is the calendar for any common year starting on Monday . Examples: Gregorian year 1990, 2001 & 2007 or Julian year 1918 ....
(link will display full calendar) of the 1973
Gregorian calendarThe Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas...
.
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January
- January 1 – The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
, the Republic of IrelandIreland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
and DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
enter the European Economic CommunityThe European Community is the first of the three pillars of the European Union created under the Maastricht Treaty . It is based upon the principle of supranationalism and has its origins in the European Economic Community, the predecessor of the European Union. If the Treaty of Lisbon comes into...
, which later becomes the European UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 Member States, located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community...
.
- January 1 – CBS sells the New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of Major League Baseball's American League East Division...
for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George SteinbrennerGeorge Michael Steinbrenner III is an American billionaire businessman, and owner and the former principal executive of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. His outspokenness and role in driving up player salaries have made him one of the sport's most controversial figures...
(3.2 million dollars more than CBS bought the Yankees for).
- January 14 – Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King....
's concertAloha from Hawaii is a music concert that was headlined by Elvis Presley, and broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 14, 1973. It was watched by over one billion viewers worldwide. and remains the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history...
in HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
. The first worldwide telecast by an entertainer watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings.
- January 14 – Super Bowl VII
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 the National Football League champion following the 1972 regular season...
: The Miami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins are a professional football team based in the Miami, Florida metropolitan area. They play home games at Land Shark Stadium, in the suburb of Miami Gardens. They are headquartered at the Miami Dolphins Training Facility in Davie, Florida. The Dolphins belong to the Eastern...
defeat the Washington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland. The team's headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn, Virginia, a community...
14–7 to complete the NFL's first Perfect Season.
- January 15 – Vietnam War
The Vietnam War or the Second Indochina War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975...
: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
announces the suspension of offensive action in North VietnamNorth Vietnam, also called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam , was a communist state that ruled the northern half of Vietnam from 1954 until 1976....
.
- January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate . He was Senate President in 1963...
becomes President for LifePresident for Life is a title assumed by some dictators to remove their term limit, in the hope that their authority, legitimacy, and term will never be disputed....
of the PhilippinesThe Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
.
- January 18 – Eleven Labour Party
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently begun to organise again...
councillors in Clay CrossClay Cross is a former mining town and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, about six miles south of Chesterfield. It is directly on the A61, the former Roman road Ryknield Street...
, DerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains...
, EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, are ordered to pay £6,985 for not enforcing the Housing Finance Act.
- January 20 – U.S. President Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
is inaugurated for his second term.
- January 21 – The Communist League
The Communist League was a political party in Denmark. KF was founded on 21 January 1973 in Århus, by the 'Leninist Fraction' inside the Left Socialists ....
is founded in DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
.
- January 22 – Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade, , a landmark case decided by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion, is one of the most controversial and politically significant cases in U.S. Supreme Court history.In Roe v...
: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion.
- January 22 – George Foreman
George Edward Foreman is an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and successful entrepreneur....
defeats Joe FrazierJoseph "Billy" Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe , is an Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
for the heavyweight world boxingBoxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win...
championship.
- January 22 – A Royal Jordanian
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الملكية الأردنية...
Boeing 707The Boeing 707 is a four-engine commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly pronounced as "Seven Oh Seven"...
flight from JeddahJeddah is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh...
crashes in KanoKano is the state capital of Kano State in northern Nigeria. Kano is the largest city in Nigeria - with an estimated population in 2007 of 9,848,885. The principal inhabitants of the city are the Hausa people...
, NigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger...
; 176 people are killed.
- January 22 – Former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...
dies at his Stonewall, TexasStonewall is a census-designated place in Gillespie County, Texas, United States. The population was 469 at the 2000 census. It was named for Thomas J. Jackson, by Israel P. Nunez, who established a stage station near the site in 1870....
ranch, leaving no former U.S. President living until the resignation of Richard M. Nixon in 1974.
- January 23 – Eldfell
Eldfell is a composite volcanic cone just over 200 metres high on the Icelandic island of Heimaey. It formed in a volcanic eruption which began without warning just outside the town of Heimaey on 23 January 1973. Its name means Mountain of Fire in Icelandic.The eruption caused a major crisis...
on the IcelandThe Republic of Iceland is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km². Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík, whose surrounding area is home to approximately two thirds of the national population...
ic island of HeimaeyHeimaey is the largest island in the Vestmannaeyjar cluster, approximately 4 nautical miles off the south coast of Iceland...
erupts.
- January 23 – U.S. President Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
announces that a peace accord has been reached in VietnamVietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east...
.
- January 25 – English actor Derren Nesbitt
Derren Nesbitt is an English actor who was in demand in the 1960s and 1970s for roles that combined the muscular and the debonair, sometimes as Nazi German villains in films centred on the events of the Second World War.Born in London, the son of South African comedian Harry Nesbitt, he was best...
is convicted of assaulting his wife Anne AubreyAnne Aubrey is a British actress.She was mainly active in films in the 1950s and 1960s, starring in the 1961 Vladimir Pogacic film Karolina Rijecka. For a time she worked closely with Anthony Newley...
.
- January 27 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War or the Second Indochina War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975...
ends with the signing of the Paris Peace AccordsThe Paris Peace Accords of 1973, intended to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam Conflict, ended direct U.S. military involvement and temporarily stopped the fighting between north and south...
.
- January 31 – Pan American and Trans World Airlines
For the Jordanian cargo airline, see Transworld Aviation.Trans World Airlines renamed TWA Airlines LLC in 2001 was a major United States-based airline with hubs in St. Louis, New York , with focus cities in Kansas City, Missouri; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Los Angeles, California. The airline...
cancelled their options to buy 13 ConcordeThe Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde aircraft was a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner, a supersonic transport . It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation...
airliners.
February
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- February 6 – Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...
: Construction on the CN TowerThe CN Tower, located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a communications and observation tower standing tall. It surpassed the height of the Ostankino Tower while still under construction in 1975, becoming the tallest free-standing structure on land in the world...
begins.
- February 11 – Vietnam War
The Vietnam War or the Second Indochina War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975...
: The first American prisoners of war are released from VietnamVietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east...
.
- February 12 – Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
becomes the first U.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...
to post distance in metricSi, si, or SI may refer to :- Places :* Mount Si, a mountain in state of Washington* Si County, county in Anhui, China* Si River, a river in China* Slovenia, a European nation Si, si, or SI may refer to (all SI unless otherwise stated):- Places :* Mount Si, a mountain in state of Washington* Si...
on signs (see Metric system in the United States).
- February 13 – The United States Dollar
The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States. The U.S. dollar is normally abbreviated as the dollar sign, $, or as USD or US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies and from others that use the $ symbol. It is divided into 100 cents .The U.S...
is devalued by 10%.
- February 16 – The Court of Appeal of England and Wales
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales is the second most senior court in the English legal system, with only the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom above it....
rules that the Sunday TimesThe Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper, distributed in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International, which is in turn owned by News Corporation. Times Newspapers also owns The Times, but the two papers were founded...
can publish articles on ThalidomideThalidomide is a sedative-hypnotic and multiple myeloma medication. The drug is a potent teratogen in rabbits and primates including humans: severe birth defects may result if the drug is taken during pregnancy....
and Distillers Company, despite ongoing legal actions by parents (the decision is overturned in July by the House of LordsThe House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, also had a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom until 31 July 2009, when the functions were assumed by the new Supreme Court starting on 1 October 2009, in accordance with the Constitutional Reform...
).
- February 21 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was a regularly-scheduled flight from Tripoli to Cairo via Benghazi. At 10:30 on February 21, 1973, the 727-224 left Tripoli, but became lost due to a combination of bad weather and equipment failure over northern Egypt around 13:44...
(Boeing 727The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, narrow-body, three-engine, T-tailed commercial jet airliner. The first Boeing 727 flew in 1963 and for over a decade it was the most produced commercial jet airliner in the world. When production ended in 1984, a total of 1,831 aircraft had been produced...
) is shot down by IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
i fighter aircraftA fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs. Fighters are small, fast, and maneuverable...
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
Sino-American or U.S.-China relations refers to international relations between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China . Most analysts have characterized present Sino-American relations as complex and multi-faceted, with the United States and the People's Republic of China...
: Following President Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
's visit to mainland ChinaMainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China , excluding Hong Kong and Macau, which are under the jurisdiction of the PRC but run on different economic and...
, the United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
agree to establish liaison offices.
- February 26 – Edward Heath
Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE , often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975...
's BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
government publishes a Green Paper on prices and incomes policy.
- February 27 – The American Indian Movement
The American Indian Movement is a Native American activist organization in the United States. AIM gained international press when it seized of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 1972, and in 1973 had a standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian...
occupies Wounded Knee, South DakotaWounded Knee is a census-designated place in Shannon County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 328 at the 2000 census....
.
- February 28 – The Republic of Ireland
Ireland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
general election is held.
- February 28 – The landmark postmodern novel Gravity's Rainbow
Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern novel written by Thomas Pynchon and first published on February 28 1973.The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military, and, in particular, the quest...
by Thomas PynchonThomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. is an American novelist based in New York City and noted for his dense and complex works of fiction. Hailing from Long Island, Pynchon spent two years in the United States Navy and earned an English degree from Cornell University...
is published.
March
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- March 1 – Dick Taverne, who had resigned from the Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. It alone has parliamentary sovereignty, conferring upon it ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and its territories...
on leaving the Labour PartyThe Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently begun to organise again...
, is re-elected as a 'Democratic Labour' candidate.
- March 3 – Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English professional football club based in Tottenham, North London which currently plays in the Premier League...
wins the Football League CupThe Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Carling Cup, is an English football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
final at Wembley, beating Norwich CityNorwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk.Norwich are currently members of League One, having been relegated from the Championship in 2008–09...
1–0.
- March 7 – Comet Kohoutek
Comet Kohoutek, formally designated C/1973 E1, 1973 XII, and 1973f, was first sighted on March 7, 1973 by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek. It attained perihelion on December 28 that same year....
is discovered.
- March 8 – In the 'Border Poll', voters in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and it is situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
vote to remain part of the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. Irish nationalists are encouraged to boycott the referendum.
- March 8 – Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation which sought to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and bring about a united Ireland by force of arms and political persuasion...
bombs explode in WhitehallWhitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional Charing Cross, now at the southern end of Trafalgar Square and marked by the statue of Charles I, which is often regarded as the heart of London...
and the Old BaileyThe Central Criminal Court in the United Kingdom, commonly known as the Old Bailey, is a court building in central London, one of a number of buildings housing the Crown Court. The Crown Court sitting at the Central Criminal Court deals with major criminal cases from Greater London and, in...
in EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
- March 10 – Sir Richard Sharples
Major Sir Richard Christopher Sharples KCMG OBE MC , St. George, Bermuda) was a British politician and Governor of Bermuda from late 1972 to 10 March 1973 when he was shot dead by assassins linked to the militant Black Beret Cadre, a small Bermudian Black Power group.Sharples passed out from...
, Governor of BermudaBermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1,770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1,350 kilometres south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada...
, is assassinated in Government House.
- March 17 – Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known informally as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...
opens the modern London Bridge.
- March 17 – Many of the few remaining United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
soldiers begin to leave VietnamVietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east...
. One reunion of a former POW with his family is immortalized in the Pulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City....
-winning photograph Burst of JoyBurst of Joy is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Associated Press photographer Slava "Sal" Veder, taken on March 17, 1973 at Travis Air Force Base in California...
.
- March 17 – Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band who, in the late 1960s, earned recognition for their psychedelic and space rock music, and in the 1970s, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. Pink Floyd's work is marked by philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album cover art,...
's The Dark Side of the MoonThe Dark Side of the Moon is the sixth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. Released in March 1973, the concept built on the ideas that the band had explored in their live shows and previous recordings, but it lacks the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their...
, one of rock's landmark albums, is released.
- March 20 – A British
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
government White Paper on Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and it is situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
proposes the re-establishment of an Assembly elected by proportional representation, with a possible All-Ireland council.
- March 21 – The Lofthouse Colliery disaster
The Lofthouse Colliery disaster was a mining accident which took place in Lofthouse Gate, West Yorkshire, England in 1973.On March 21 1973 miners at Lofthouse, West Yorkshire Colliery were working at a coal face which unknown to them was close to some 19th century mine workings which had become...
occurs in Great Britain.
- March 23 – Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
(United States): In a letter to Judge John SiricaJohn Joseph Sirica was the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where he became famous for his role in the Watergate scandal...
, Watergate burglar James W. McCord Jr. admits that he and other defendants have been pressured to remain silent about the case. He names former Attorney General John MitchellJohn Newton Mitchell was the first United States Attorney General ever to be convicted of illegal activities and was imprisoned. He also served as campaign director for the Committee to Re-elect the President, which engineered the Watergate first break-in and employed Watergate burglar James W....
as 'overall boss' of the operation.
- March 29 – The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam.
April
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- April 2 – The LexisNexis
LexisNexis , a division of Reed Elsevier, offers a widely used, searchable, and identically named archive of content from newspapers, magazines, legal documents and other printed sources...
computerized legal research service begins.
- April 3 – The first handheld cellular phone call is made by Martin Cooper
Martin Cooper was the lead engineer of the Motorola team that developed the handheld mobile phone . Motorola Executive Helped spur Cellphone Revolution, Oversaw Ill-fated Iridium Project, Wall Street Journal, June 20-21, 2009,- Early life :Martin Cooper grew up in Chicago during the Great Depression...
in New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
.
- April 4 – The World Trade Center
The World Trade Center was a complex in Lower Manhattan in New York City whose seven buildings were destroyed in 2001 in the September 11 terrorist attacks...
officially opens in New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
with a ribbon cutting ceremonyA ribbon cutting ceremony is a public ceremony conducted to inaugurate the opening to the general public of a new building or business.Often, the ceremony is conducted in just the manner the name suggests: by tying a ceremonial ribbon across the main entrance of the building, which is then cut in a...
.
- April 6 – Pioneer 11
Pioneer 11 was the second mission of the Pioneer program to investigate Jupiter and the outer solar system and the first to explore Saturn and its main rings. Pioneer 11 used Jupiter's mass in a gravity assist to alter its trajectory toward Saturn...
is launched on a mission to study the solar systemThe Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by gravity, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago...
.
- April 6 – Ron Blomberg
Ronald Mark Blomberg , nicknamed Boomer, is a former Major League Baseball designated hitter, first baseman, and right fielder...
of the New York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of Major League Baseball's American League East Division...
becomes the first designated hitterIn baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6.10, an official position adopted by the American League in 1973 that allows teams to designate a player, known as the designated hitter , to bat in place of the pitcher each time he would otherwise come to...
in Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between...
.
- April 7 – Tu te reconnaîtras
"Tu te reconnaîtras" , sung in French by Anne-Marie David representing Luxembourg, was the winning song at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 – on one of the rare occasions when a country has won the contest two years in succession...
by Anne-Marie DavidAnne-Marie David is a French singer. She has the rare, although not unique, distinction of having represented two different countries at the Eurovision Song Contest, with considerable success on both occasions....
(music by Claude Morgan, text by Vline Buggy) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1973The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the eighteenth Eurovision Song Contest and was held in Luxembourg. The language rule forcing countries to enter songs sung in any of their national languages was dropped, so performers from some countries sang in English....
for LuxembourgLuxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small, landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany...
.
- April 10 – Israel
Israel officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
i commandos raid BeirutBeirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan Area, which...
, assassinating 3 leaders of the Palestinian Resistance MovementPalestinian political violence refers to acts of violence undertaken to further the political objectives of Palestinians in their fight for self-determination...
. The Lebanese army's inaction brings the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Saib Salam, a Sunni Muslim.
- April 11 – The British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members...
voted against restoring capital punishmentCapital punishment was used in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states of England and Scotland from the earliest times until the punishment was abolished in the twentieth century. The last executions, by hanging, took place in 1964, prior to capital punishment being abolished for murder...
by a margin of 142 votes.
- April 12 – The Labour Party
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently begun to organise again...
wins control of the Greater London CouncilThe Greater London Council was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area.-Creation:...
.
- April 17 – The German
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
counter-terrorist force GSG 9The GSG 9 der Bundespolizei is the elite counter-terrorism and special operations unit of the German Federal Police and is considered by Interpol to be one of the best of its kind in the world...
is officially formed.
- April 17 – Federal Express
FedEx Corporation , originally known as FDX Corporation, is a logistics services company, based in the United States. The name "FedEx" is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company's original air division, Federal Express, which was used from 1978 until 2000.-History:FedEx Corporation was...
officially begins operations, with the launch of 14 small aircraft from Memphis International AirportMemphis International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located three miles south of the central business district of Memphis, a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States...
. On that night, Federal Express delivers 186 packages to 25 U.S. cities from Rochester, New YorkRochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and...
, to Miami, FloridaMiami is a major coastal city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida. With an estimated population of 424,662 in 2007, Miami is the largest city within the Miami metropolitan area, which is the...
.
- April 20 – An Indian Pacific
|}The Indian Pacific is a twice-weekly passenger rail service running between Perth and Sydney, Australia operated by Great Southern Railway, with locomotives provided by Pacific National, usually led by an NR class...
train en route to Perth, derails near Broken Hill, New South WalesBroken Hill is an isolated mining city and Local Government Area in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. The world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, has roots in the town....
, destroying a quarter mile of track.
- April 24 – Synaesthetic was born.
- April 28 – Six Irishmen, including Joe Cahill
Joe Cahill was a prominent Irish republican and former chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army .- Background :...
, are arrested by the Irish Naval ServiceThe Irish Naval Service is the navy of Ireland and is one of the three standing branches of the Irish Defence Forces...
off County WaterfordCounty Waterford is one of the traditional counties of Ireland and is located within the province of Munster. It was named after the city of Waterford ....
, on board a coaster carrying 5 tons of weapons destined for the Provisional Irish Republican ArmyThe Provisional Irish Republican Army is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation which sought to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and bring about a united Ireland by force of arms and political persuasion...
.
- April 30 – Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
: President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aides H.R. Haldeman, John EhrlichmanJohn Daniel Ehrlichman was counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon. He was a key figure in events leading to the Watergate first break-in and the ensuing Watergate scandal, for which he was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury...
, and others have resigned.
May
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- May 1 – An estimated 1,600,000 workers in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
stop 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
Willis Tower, formerly named Sears Tower, is a 108-story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its completion in 1973 it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York...
in ChicagoChicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...
is finished, becoming the world's tallest building.
- May 5 – Shambu Tamang
Shambu Tamang is a Sherpa from Nepal and once held the record as the youngest person to successfully ascend Mount Everest, reaching the summit on May 5, 1973. Records differ on his actual age at the time of the successful climb; although most records claim he was 16 years of age, it is currently...
becomes the youngest person to climb to the summit of Mount EverestMount Everest – also called Sagarmāthā , Chomolungma or Qomolangma or Zhumulangma – is the highest mountain on Earth, and the highest point on the Earth's crust, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit,...
.
- May 5 – Sunderland AFC defeats Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club , commonly referred to as simply Leeds United, or informally Leeds, are an English professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire...
in the FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The name "FA Cup" usually refers to the English men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held...
final.
- May 5 – Secretariat
Secretariat was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, who in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in twenty-five years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series – the Kentucky Derby , and the Belmont Stakes – records that still stand today.Secretariat was the...
wins the Kentucky DerbyThe Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter miles at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ...
.
- May 8 – A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and American Indian Movement
The American Indian Movement is a Native American activist organization in the United States. AIM gained international press when it seized of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 1972, and in 1973 had a standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian...
activists who were occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South DakotaWounded Knee is a census-designated place in Shannon County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 328 at the 2000 census....
, ends with the surrender of the militants.
- May 10 – The Polisario Front
The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro is a Sahrawi rebel movement working for the independence of Western Sahara from Morocco...
, a Sahrawi movement dedicated to the independence of Western Sahara, is formed.
- May 10 – The New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, known familiarly as the Knicks, are a professional National Basketball Association team based in New York City, and the most valuable franchise in the league, valued at $608 million...
defeat the Los Angeles LakersThe Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA...
, 102–93 in Game 5 of the NBA FinalsThe NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each June. The series was named the NBA World Championship Series until 1986....
to win the NBA title.
- May 14 – Skylab
Skylab was the United States' first space station, and the second space station visited by a human crew. It was also the only space station NASA launched alone...
, the United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
' first space stationA space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live in outer space. To date, only low earth orbital stations have been implemented, otherwise known as orbital stations...
, is launched.
- May 14 – The British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members...
votes to abolish capital punishmentCapital punishment was used in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states of England and Scotland from the earliest times until the punishment was abolished in the twentieth century. The last executions, by hanging, took place in 1964, prior to capital punishment being abolished for murder...
in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and it is situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
.
- May 17 – Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
: Televised hearings begin in the United States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution . Each U.S state is represented by two senators,...
.
- May 18 – Cod War: Joseph Godber
Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Baron Godber of Willington PC was a British Conservative politician and cabinet minister.-Background:...
, BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and FoodThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The post was originally named President of the Board of Agriculture and was created in 1889...
, announces that Royal NavyThe Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of HM Armed Forces . From the beginning of the 18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early...
frigateA frigate is a warship. The term has been used for warships of many sizes and roles over the past few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and manoeuvrability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
s will protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed 50-mile limit round IcelandThe Republic of Iceland is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km². Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík, whose surrounding area is home to approximately two thirds of the national population...
.
- May 19 – Secretariat
Secretariat was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, who in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in twenty-five years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series – the Kentucky Derby , and the Belmont Stakes – records that still stand today.Secretariat was the...
wins the Preakness StakesThe Preakness Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race 1-3/16 mile thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...
.
- May 22 – Lord Lambton resigns from the British government over a 'call girl
Prostitution is the act or practice of engaging in sex acts for hire. In most cultures, prostitution is viewed by many as a deviant profession, either illegal or socially discouraged...
' scandal.
- May 24 – Earl Jellicoe
George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS was a British politician and statesman, diplomat and businessman....
, Lord Privy SealThe Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain. The office is one of the traditional sinecure offices of state...
and Leader of the House of LordsLeader of the House of Lords is a function in the British government that is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, most often Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal or Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Leader of the House takes charge of the government's...
in Britain, resign over a separate prostitution scandal.
- May 25 – Skylab 2
Skylab 2 was the first manned mission to Skylab, the first U.S. orbital space station. The mission was launched on a Saturn IB rocket and carried a three-person crew to the station. The name Skylab 2 also refers to the vehicle used for that mission...
(Pete ConradCharles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. , was an American astronaut and engineer, and the third person to walk on the Moon. He also described himself as the first man to dance on the Moon...
, Paul WeitzPaul Joseph Weitz is an American former astronaut who flew in space twice.-Personal data:Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on July 25, 1932. Married to the former Suzanne M. Berry of Harborcreek, Pennsylvania. Two children: Matthew and Cynthia. Hunting and fishing are among his hobbies. His mother, Mrs...
, Joseph Kerwin) is launched on a mission to repair damage to the recently launched SkylabSkylab was the United States' first space station, and the second space station visited by a human crew. It was also the only space station NASA launched alone...
space station.
- May 25 – Héctor José Cámpora
Héctor José Cámpora Demaestre was president of Argentina from 25 May until 13 July 1973.Cámpora, affectionately known as el Tío , was born in the city of Mercedes, in the Province of Buenos Aires...
becomes democratic president of the Argentine Republic ending the 1966 to 1973 Revolución Argentina military dictatorship.
- May 27 – By virtue of the non-retroactivity of Soviet copyright laws, all works published before this date are public domain
The public domain is a range of abstract materials—commonly referred to as intellectual property—which are not owned or controlled by anyone. The term indicates that these materials are therefore "public property", and available for anyone to use for any purpose...
. This applies worldwide.{{noMention}}
June
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- June 1 – The Greek
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
military junta abolishes the monarchyThe person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch. It was a common form of government in the world during the ancient and medieval times. A Monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged with an individual, who is the head of state, often for life or...
and proclaims a republicA republic is a form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch and the people have an impact on its government. The word 'republic' is derived from the Latin phrase res publica which can be translated as "a public affair".Both modern and ancient republics vary widely in their...
.
- June 3 – A Tupolev Tu-144
The Tupolev Tu-144 was the world's first supersonic transport aircraft , constructed under the direction of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau headed by Alexei Tupolev....
crashes at the Paris air show; 15 are killed.
- June 4 – A patent
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention....
for the ATMAn automated teller machine is a computerized telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public space without the need for a human clerk or bank teller...
is granted to Donald WetzelDonald C. Wetzel is an American engineer, known for holding the USA patent to the automatic teller machine.Born in New Orleans, Louisiana he graduated from Jesuit High School and got a...
, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
- June 9 – Secretariat wins the Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown, following five weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes...
, becoming the first Triple Crown of Thoroughbred RacingThe Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a Thoroughbred racehorse...
winner since 1948.
- June 10 – The grandson of J. Paul Getty
Jean Paul Getty was an American industrialist who lived his last 24 years in the United Kingdom. He founded the Getty Oil Company, and in 1957 Fortune magazine named him the richest living American. At his death, he was worth more than $2 billion...
is kidnapped in RomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated municipality , with over 2.7 million residents in , while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 3.46 million. The metropolitan area of Rome is estimated by OECD to have a population of 3.7 million...
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- June 16 – U.S. President Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
begins several talks with Soviet leader Leonid BrezhnevLeonid Ilyich Brezhnev was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, serving in that position longer than anyone except Joseph Stalin...
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- June 20 – The Ezeiza massacre
The Ezeiza massacre took place on June 20, 1973 near the Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Peronist masses, including many young people, had gathered there to acclaim Juan Perón's definitive return from an 18-year exile in Spain. The police counted three and a half million...
occurs in Buenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital, and largest city, of Argentina, currently the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the eastern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, ArgentinaArgentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico,...
. Snipers shoot on left-wing Peronists, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 300.
- June 22 – W. Mark Felt
William Mark Felt, Sr. was an agent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation who retired in 1973 as the Bureau's Associate Director...
("Deep Throat") retires from the Federal Bureau of InvestigationThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency. The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
.
- June 23 – A house fire in Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 25 miles from the North Sea on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary...
, EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, 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 Peter DinsdaleBruce George Peter Lee became one of Britain’s most prolific killers when he was convicted of 26 charges of manslaughter in 1981.-Background:...
.
- June 24 – Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, serving in that position longer than anyone except Joseph Stalin...
addresses the American people on television, the first to do so.
- June 25 – Erskine Hamilton Childers
Erskine Hamilton Childers served as the fourth President of Ireland from 1973 until his death in 1974. He was a Teachta Dála from 1938 until 1973...
is elected the 4th President of IrelandThe President of Ireland is the head of state of Ireland. The President is usually directly elected by the people for seven years, and can be elected for a maximum of two terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute...
.
- June 25 – Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
: Former White HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the residence of every...
counsel John DeanJohn Wesley Dean III was White House Counsel to United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973...
begins his testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee.
- June 26 – At Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport, located in Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk.-Overview:...
, 9 persons are killed in the explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
- June 28 – Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists
Unionism in Ireland is an ideology that favours the maintenance or strengthening of the political and cultural ties between Ireland and Great Britain....
and nationalistsIrish nationalism comprises political and social movements and sentiment inspired by a love for Irish culture, language and history, and a sense of pride in Ireland and the Irish people...
in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and it is situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
for the first time.
- June 30 – A very long total solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is fully or partially covered. This can only happen during a new moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth. At least two and up to five solar eclipses can occur each year on Earth,...
occurs. 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
The Drug Enforcement Administration is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice, tasked with combating drug smuggling and use within the U.S...
is founded.
- July 2 – The United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election....
passes the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) mandating Special EducationSpecial education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...
federally.
- July 5 – The Isle of Man Post
Isle of Man Post , formerly the Isle of Man Post Office, operates postal delivery and post office counter services on the Isle of Man.-History:...
begins to issue its own postage stampA postage stamp is adhesive paper evidence of a fee paid for postal services. Usually a small rectangle attached to an envelope, the stamp signifies the person sending it has fully or partly paid for delivery...
s.
- July 5 – The catastrophic BLEVE
BLEVE , is an acronym for boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion. This is a type of explosion that can occur when a vessel containing a pressurized liquid is ruptured. Such explosions can be extremely hazardous....
(Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, ArizonaKingman is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 27,271. The nearby communities of Golden Valley and Butler bring the Kingman area's total population to around 40,000...
, following a fire that broke out as propanePropane is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. It is derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing...
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 is gazetted as a national monument
The Preservation of Monuments Board , a statutory board within the Government of Singapore under the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts , has so far gazetted 58 buildings and structures in Singapore as the National Monuments of Singapore...
.
- July 10 – The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often referred to as the Commonwealth and previously as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-three independent member states. Most of them were formerly part of the British Empire. They co-operate within a framework of common values...
.
- July 11 – Varig Flight 820
Varig Flight 820 was a scheduled airline service from Galeão Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Orly Airport, Paris, France. On 11 July 1973, the Boeing 707 made an emergency landing in a field in the Orly commune due to smoke in the cabin...
crashes near OrlyOrly is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.7 km from the center of Paris.The name of Orly came from Latin Aureliacum, "the villa of Aurelius"....
, FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
; 123 are killed.
- July 12 – 1973 National Archives Fire
The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973, also referred to as the 1973 National Archives fire was a fire that occurred at the National Personnel Records Center in Overland, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, on July 12, 1973, striking a severe blow to the National Archives and Records...
: A major fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records CenterThe National Personnel Records Center is an agency of the National Archives and Records Administration, created in 1956. It is divided into two large Federal Records Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri...
in St. Louis, Missouri.
- July 16 – Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
: Former White HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the residence of every...
aide Alexander ButterfieldAlexander Porter Butterfield was the deputy assistant to Richard Nixon from 1969 until 1973. He was a key figure in the Watergate scandal. He later became Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.-Flying career:...
informs the United States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution . Each U.S state is represented by two senators,...
Watergate Committee that President Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
- July 17 – King Mohammed Zahir Shah
Mohammed Zahir Shah was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning for four decades, from 1933 until he was ousted by a coup in 1973. Following his return from exile he was given the title 'Father of the Nation' in 2002 which he held until his death.-Family background and early life:Zahir Shah was...
of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud KhanMohammed Daoud Khan or Muḥammad Dāwud Ḫān was an Afghan prince and politician in Afghanistan who overthrew the monarchy of his first cousin Zahir Shah and became the first President of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination in 1978 as a result of a revolution led by the Marxist People's...
while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
- July 20 – France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
and New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
.
- July 21 – The Philippines receives its second Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest run by the Miss Universe Organization.The contest was founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills...
title, with Margarita Moran as the winner.
- July 23 – The Avianca
Avianca S.A. is the flag carrier airline of Colombia. Avianca was founded in Barranquilla in 1940, as a result of the merger of Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transporte Aéreo or SCADTA , and Servicio Aéreo Colombiano or SACO...
Building in BogotáBogotá – officially named Bogotá, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá – is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants...
, ColombiaColombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the northwest by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean...
suffers a serious fire.
- July 25 – The Soviet
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from , Sovetskiy Soyuz...
Mars 5 space probe is launched.
- July 28 – The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen
The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a 1973 rock festival which once received the Guinness Book of World Records entry for "Largest audience at a pop festival." An estimated 600,000 rock fans came to the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway outside of Watkins Glen, New York on July 28, 1973, to see The...
, a massive rock festival featuring The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers BandThe Allman Brothers Band is a Southern rock band once based in Macon, Georgia, United States. The band was formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman and Gregg Allman...
and The BandThe Band was a rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999. The original group consisted of four Canadians: Robbie Robertson ; Richard Manuel ; Garth Hudson ; and Rick Danko , and...
, attracts over 600,000 music fans.
- July 28 – Skylab 3
Skylab 3 was the second manned mission to Skylab. The Skylab 3 mission started July 28, 1973, with the launch of three astronauts on the Saturn IB rocket, and lasted 59 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes...
(Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Alan BeanAlan LaVern Bean is a former NASA astronaut and engineer, and became the fourth person to walk on the moon at the age of thirty-seven years in November 1969.-Biography:...
) is launched, to conduct various medical and scientific experiments aboard SkylabSkylab was the United States' first space station, and the second space station visited by a human crew. It was also the only space station NASA launched alone...
.
- July 29 – Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...
racing driver Roger WilliamsonRoger Williamson was a racing driver from England, who was killed during the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix.- Biography :...
dies in an accident, witnessed live on European television, during the 1973 Dutch Grand PrixThe 1973 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Zandvoort on July 29, 1973. Zandvoort returned to the Formula 1 calendar following a year's absence for extensive safety upgrades to the race track including new asphalt, new barriers and a new race control tower...
.
- July 30 – An 11-year legal action for the victims of Thalidomide
Thalidomide is a sedative-hypnotic and multiple myeloma medication. The drug is a potent teratogen in rabbits and primates including humans: severe birth defects may result if the drug is taken during pregnancy....
ends.{{noMention}}
- July 31 – Militant protesters led by Ian Paisley
Rev Dr Ian Richard Kyle Paisley is a veteran politician and church minister in Northern Ireland. As the then leader of the Democratic Unionist Party , the largest single grouping in the 2007 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, he was elected First Minister with Sinn Féin's Martin...
disrupt the first sitting of the Northern Ireland AssemblyThe Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...
.
- July 31 – A Delta Air Lines Flight 173 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 3,000 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 1 – The film American Graffiti
American Graffiti is a 1973 coming of age comedy-drama film co-written/directed by George Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips and Harrison Ford...
is released.
- August 2 – A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland
The Summerland Disaster occurred when a fire spread through the Summerland leisure centre in Douglas on the Isle of Man on the night of August 2, 1973. 50 people were killed and 80 seriously injured.-Background:Summerland was opened on the 25th of May 1971...
amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Manright|thumb|250px|Loch Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglasright|thumb|250px|Sea terminal in DouglasDouglas is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,218 people . It is located at the mouth of the River Douglas, and a sweeping...
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- August 5 – Black September
The Black September Organization was a Palestinian militant group, founded in 1970. The group's name derives from the Black September conflict begun on 16 September 1970, when King Hussein of Jordan declared military rule in response to a fedayeen coup d’état to seize his kingdom — resulting in...
members open fire at the AthensAthens , the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
airport; 3 are killed, 55 injured.
- August 8 – South Korean politician Kim Dae-Jung is kidnapped in Tokyo
, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....
by the KCIA.
- August 8 – The death of Dean Corll
Dean Arnold Corll was an American serial killer who, together with two younger accomplices named David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley, committed the Houston Mass Murders in Houston, Texas...
leads to the discovery of the Houston Mass Murders: 27 boys were killed by 3 men.
- August 15 – The U.S. bombing of Cambodia
The Kingdom of Cambodia , formerly known as Kampuchea , is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 14 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh...
ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia.
- August 23 – The Norrmalmstorg robbery
The Norrmalmstorg robbery was a bank robbery and hostage crisis best known as the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome. It occurred at the Norrmalmstorg square in Stockholm, Sweden in 1973...
occurs, famous for the origin of the term Stockholm syndromeStockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in abducted hostages, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger or risk in which they have been placed...
.
September
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- September 3 – The British
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
Trade Union Congress expels 20 members for registering under the Industrial Relations Act 1971The Industrial Relations Act 1971 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, since repealed. It was largely based on proposals outlined in the governing Conservative Party's manifesto for the 1970 general election...
.
- September 11 – Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
's democratically elected government is overthrown in a military coup after serious instability. President Salvador AllendeSalvador Isabelino Allende Gossens was a physician and the first democratically elected Marxist socialist to become president of a state in the Americas....
commits suicideSalvador Allende, President of Chile, committed suicide during the Chilean coup of 1973. Since that time, there has been great controversy between supporters and detractors of Allende on the circumstances of his death, since the military junta's version of his suicide was discounted by his supporters...
during the coup in the presidential palace, and General Augusto PinochetAugusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army general and later head of state as president. He was the Commander in Chief of the Chilean army from 1973 to 1998, president of the Government Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981 and President of the Republic from 1974 until the return of...
heads a U.S.-backed military juntaA military junta is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term derives from the Spanish junta meaning committee, specifically a board of directors...
that governs Chile for the next 16 years.
- September 15 – Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf was King of Sweden from 1950 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden....
dies. His grandson, Carl XVI GustafCarl XVI Gustaf has been King of Sweden since 15 September 1973. He is the only son of the late Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha...
, becomes king.
- September 18 – The two German Republics, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic was a Communist state that originated from the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany and the Soviet sector of occupied Berlin...
(East Germany), are admitted to the United NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace...
.
- September 20 – The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes was a nationally televised tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King, held in Houston, Texas, on September 20, 1973. Riggs was a master showman, sports hustler, and a 1940s tennis star who, for three years, had been the World No. 1...
: Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King is a tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...
defeats Bobby RiggsRobert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs was a 1930s–40s tennis player who was the World No. 1 or the co-World No. 1 player for three years, first as an amateur in 1941, then as a professional in 1946 and 1947...
in a televised tennis match, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3, at the Astrodome in Houston, TexasTexas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States.The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies"...
.
- September 22 – Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger , is a German-born American political scientist, diplomat, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the Nixon Administration....
, United States National Security Advisor, starts his term as United States Secretary of StateThe United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence. The current Secretary of...
.
- September 27 – Soviet space program
The Soviet space program refers to the rocketry and space exploration programs conducted by the Soviet Union from the 1930s until its dissolution in 1991...
: Soyuz 12Soyuz 12 was a 1973 manned test flight by the Soviet Union of the newly-redesigned Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft that was intended to provide greater crew safety in the wake of the Soyuz 11 tragedy. The flight marked the return of the Soviets to manned space operations after the 1971 accident...
, the first Soviet manned flight since the Soyuz 11Soyuz 11 was the first successful visit to the world's first space station, Salyut 1. However the mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule depressurised during preparations for re-entry, killing the three-man crew. This accident resulted in the only cosmonaut deaths to occur in space...
tragedy in 1971, is launched.
- September 28 – ITT is bombed in New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
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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- October 6 – Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to October 26, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of...
: The fourth and largest ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
–IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
i conflict begins, as EgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...
ian and SyriaSyria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south and Israel to the southwest....
n forces attack IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
i forces in the Sinai PeninsulaThe Sinai Peninsula or Sinai The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai (sina; Egyptian Arabic: سينا sina; sina'a; is a triangular peninsula in Egypt. It lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, forming a land bridge between Africa and Southwest...
and Golan HeightsThe Golan Heights is a strategic plateau and mountainous region at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains and remains a highly contested land straddling the borders of Syria and Israel. Two-thirds of the area is currently governed by Israel...
on Yom KippurYom Kippur , also known as the Day of Forgiveness, is the holiest day of the year for religious Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services...
.
- October 8 – LBC
LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...
Radio begins broadcasting on 97.3 FM in London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
.
- October 10 – Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice President of the United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and then, in federal court in Baltimore, MarylandBaltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore City in order to distinguish it from surrounding...
, pleads no contest to charges of income taxAn income tax is a tax levied on the income of individuals or business . Various income tax systems exist, with varying degrees of tax incidence. Income taxation can be progressive, proportional, or regressive. When the tax is levied on the income of companies, it is often called a corporate tax,...
evasion on $29,500 he received in 1967, while he was governor of MarylandMaryland is a state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east. It is comparable in size to the European country of Belgium. According to the U.S...
. He is fined $10,000 and put on 3 years' probation.
- October 14 – Students revolt in Bangkok, Thailand.
- October 17 – The Arab Oil Embargo against several countries which support Israel triggers the 1973 energy crisis.
- October 20 – The Saturday Night Massacre
The Saturday Night Massacre was the term given by political commentators to U.S. President Richard Nixon's executive dismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox, and the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus on October 20,...
: U.S. President Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
orders Attorney General Elliot RichardsonElliot Lee Richardson was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. As U.S...
to dismiss WatergateThe Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
Special Prosecutor Archibald CoxArchibald Cox, Jr., was an American lawyer and law professor who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy; he became best known as the first special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal...
. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General William RuckelshausWilliam Doyle Ruckelshaus is an American attorney and civil servant. He served as the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, was subsequently acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and then Deputy Attorney General of the United States...
. Solicitor General Robert BorkRobert Heron Bork is an American legal scholar who has advocated the judicial philosophy of originalism. Bork formerly served as Solicitor General, acting Attorney General, and judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...
, third in line at the Department of JusticeThe United States Department of Justice is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans...
, then fires Cox. The event raises calls for Nixon's impeachment.
- October 20 – The Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre on Bennelong Point in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, who in 2003 received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour...
is opened by Elizabeth IIElizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known informally as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...
after 14 years of construction work.
- October 26 – The Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to October 26, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of...
ends.
- October 26 – The United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace...
recognizes the independence of Guinea-BissauThe Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in western Africa, and one of the smallest states in continental Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....
.
- October 27 – The Canon City meteorite, a 1.4 kilogram
The kilogram is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units .[The spelling kilogram is the modern spelling used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures , the U.S...]
chondrite type meteoriteA meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives an impact with the Earth's surface. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids...
, strikes Earth in Fremont County, ColoradoFremont County is the thirteenth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county is named for explorer and presidential candidate John C. Frémont. The county population was 46,145 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Cañon City. The Cañon City...
.
- October 30 – The Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and fifth largest city proper in the world with a population of 12.6 million. Istanbul is also a megacity, as well as the cultural and financial centre of Turkey. The city covers 39 districts of the Istanbul province...
, TurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey
, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe...
is completed, connecting the continents of EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
and AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the...
over the BosporusThe Bosphorus or Bosporus , also known as the Istanbul Strait , is a strait that forms part of the boundary between the European part of Turkey and its Asian part . It is one of the Turkish Straits, along with the Dardanelles...
for the first time in history.
- October 31 – Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape
The 1973 Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape occurred on October 31, 1973, when three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, after a hijacked helicopter landed in the prison's exercise yard...
: Three Provisional Irish Republican ArmyThe Provisional Irish Republican Army is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation which sought to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and bring about a united Ireland by force of arms and political persuasion...
members escape from Mountjoy PrisonMountjoy Prison , founded as Mountjoy Gaol, nicknamed The Joy, is a closed, medium security prison located in Phibsboro in the centre of Dublin, Ireland....
, DublinDublin is the largest city and capital of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath ; the English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn meaning "black pool". It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the...
, Republic of IrelandIreland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
after a hijacked helicopter lands in the exercise yard.
November
{{Month3|11|3|0}}
- November 1: Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
: Acting Attorney General Robert BorkRobert Heron Bork is an American legal scholar who has advocated the judicial philosophy of originalism. Bork formerly served as Solicitor General, acting Attorney General, and judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...
appoints Leon JaworskiLeonidas "Leon" Jaworski was the Special Prosecutor during the Watergate Scandal...
as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.{{noMention}}
- November 3 – Pan Am cargo flight 160, a Boeing 707-321C, crashes at Logan International Airport
{{Disputeabout|Listing of Delta and US Airways Shuttle|date=September 2009}}{{Redirect|Boston Airport|other airports serving Boston|List of airports in the Boston area}}{{Redirect|Logan Airport}}...
, BostonBoston is the capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England"...
, killing 3.
- November 3 – Mariner program
The Mariner program was a program conducted by the American space agency NASA that launched a series of robotic interplanetary probes designed to investigate Mars, Venus and Mercury...
: NASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program. NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for...
launches Mariner 10Mariner 10 was a robotic space probe launched on November 3, 1973 to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was launched approximately 2 years after Mariner 9 and was the last spacecraft in the Mariner program...
toward MercuryFor the liquid metallic element, see Mercury .Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three...
(on March 29, 1974 it becomes the first space probeA robotic spacecraft is a spacecraft with no humans on board, that is usually under telerobotic control. A robotic spacecraft designed to make scientific research measurements is often called a space probe. Many space missions are more suited to telerobotic rather than crewed operation, due to...
to reach that planet).
- November 7 – The Congress of the United States overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 was a United States Congress joint resolution providing that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad only by authorization of Congress or if the United States is already under attack or serious threat...
, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
- November 8 – Millennium '73
Millennium '73 was a free three-day festival held in November 1973 at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas by the Divine Light Mission . It featured Prem Rawat, then known as Guru Maharaj Ji, a 15-year-old guru and the leader of a fast-growing Western religious movement...
, a festival hosted by Guru Maharaj Ji at the Astrodome, is called by supporters the "most significant event in human history".
- November 11 – Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...
and IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
sign a United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-sponsored cease-fire accord.
- November 14 – In the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
, Princess AnneAnne, Princess Royal is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
marries a commoner, Captain Mark PhillipsMark Anthony Peter Phillips, CVO, ADC is a former Olympic gold-medal-winning horseman and first husband of Anne, Princess Royal...
, in Westminster AbbeyThe Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to popularly and informally as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster...
(they divorce in 1992).
- November 16 – Skylab program: NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program. NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for...
launches Skylab 4Skylab 4 was the fourth Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew on board the space station. The mission started November 16, 1973 with the launch of three astronauts on a Saturn IB rocket, and lasted 84 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes...
(Gerald Carr, William Pogue, Edward GibsonEdward George Gibson, PhD, is a former NASA astronaut.-Personal:Gibson was born November 8, 1936, in Buffalo, New York and is married to the former Julie Anne Volk of the Town of Tonawanda, New York. He has four children...
) from Cape Canaveral, FloridaCape Canaveral is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 8,829 at the 2000 census. As of 2008, the estimated population according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 10,147...
on an 84-day mission.
- November 16 – U.S. President Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization ActThe Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act is a United States federal law signed by Richard Nixon on November 16, 1973 that authorized the building of an oil pipeline connecting the North Slope of Alaska to Port Valdez...
into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
- November 17 – Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
: In Orlando, FloridaOrlando is a major city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan region...
, U.S. President Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
tells 400 Associated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
managing editors "I am not a crook."
- November 17 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising
The Athens Polytechnic uprising in 1973 was a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. The uprising began on November 14, 1973, escalated to an open anti-junta revolt and ended in bloodshed in the early morning of November 17 after a series of events...
occurs against the military regimeThe word regime refers to a set of conditions, most often of a political nature. It may also be used synonymously with "regimen", for example in the phrases "exercise regime" or "medical regime".-Politics:In politics, a regime is the form of government: the set of rules, cultural or social norms,...
in AthensAthens , the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
, GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
.
- November 21 – U.S. President Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, reveals the existence of an 18½-minute gap in one of the White HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the residence of every...
tape recordings related to WatergateThe Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, on August 9, 1974...
.
- November 25 – Greek
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
dictator George PapadopoulosGeorgios Papadopoulos was the head of the military coup d'état that took place in Greece on April 21, 1967 and leader of the military government that ruled the country from 1967 to 1974.- Early life and military career :...
is ousted in a military coup led by Lieutenant General Phaidon Gizikis.
- November 27 – The United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution . Each U.S state is represented by two senators,...
votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald FordGerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
as Vice President of the United StatesThe Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people through the Electoral College to a four-year term...
.
- November 29 – 104 people are killed in a Taiyo department store fire in Kumamoto, Kyūshū
or Kyushu is the 3rd-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include Kyūkoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima...
, Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
December
{{Month3|12|5|0}}
- December – Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
breaks diplomatic contacts with SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
.{{noMention}}
- December 1 – Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
gains self government from AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
.
- December 3 – Pioneer program
The Pioneer program is a series of United States unmanned space missions that was designed for planetary exploration. There were a number of such missions in the program, but the most notable were Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11, which explored the outer planets and left the solar system...
: Pioneer 10Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt, which it entered on July 15, 1972, and to make direct observations of Jupiter, which it passed by on December 3, 1973. It was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 36A on March 3, 1972 at 01:49:00 UTC...
sends back the first close-up images of JupiterJupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass slightly less than one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all of the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas...
.
- December 6 – The United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as the "House," is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, the upper house being the United States Senate. The composition and powers of the House and the Senate are established in Article One of the Constitution...
votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald FordGerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
as Vice President of the United States; he is sworn in the same day.
- December 15 – Gay rights: The American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential worldwide. Its some 38,000 members are mainly American but some are international...
removes homosexualityHomosexuality is the romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among members of the same sex, situationally or as an enduring disposition. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is considered to lie within the heterosexual-homosexual continuum of human sexuality, and refers to an individual’s...
from its DSM-II.
- December 16 – O.J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the metropolitan area of Buffalo, New York. They play their home games in the suburb of Orchard Park, and beginning in 2008, one home game is played in Toronto. They are members of the Eastern Division of the American Football...
became the first running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a pro football season.
- December 20 – Spanish prime minister Luis Carrero Blanco
Don Luis Carrero-Blanco, 1st Duke of Carrero-Blanco Grandee of Spain was a Spanish admiral and long-time ally of dictator Francisco Franco.- Biography :...
is assassinated in MadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous city by urban area in the European Union after Paris and London.The city is located on the river...
by the terrorist organization ETAor ETA , is a terrorist, criminal, Basque nationalist and separatist organization. Founded in 1959, it evolved from a group advocating traditional cultural ways to a paramilitary group with the goal of independence for the greater Basque Country from a Marxist-Leninist perspective.Since 1968, ETA...
.
- December 23 – OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is a cartel of twelve countries made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela. OPEC has maintained its headquarters in Vienna since 1965, and hosts regular...
doubles the price of crude oil.{{noMention}}
- December 28 – The Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is the most wide-ranging of the dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s...
is passed in the United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
- December 30 – Terrorist Carlos fails in his attempt to assassinate British businessman Joseph Sieff.{{noMention}}
- December 31 – In the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
, due to coal shortages caused by industrial action, the Three-Day WeekThe Three-Day Week was one of several measures introduced in the United Kingdom by the Conservative Government 1970-1974 to conserve electricity, the production of which was severely limited due to industrial action by coal miners...
electricity consumption reduction measure comes into force.
Undated
- The National House Building Council
The National House Building Council was originally set up as the National House Builders Registration Council in the United Kingdom in 1936...
is formed in the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
.
- The COSC
COSC aka C.O.S.C. is Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres, the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute, which is the institute responsible for certifying the accuracy and precision of wristwatches in Switzerland.-Background:...
The Swiss Official ChronometerA chronometer watch is a watch tested and certified to meet certain precision standards. In Switzerland, only timepieces certified by the COSC may use the word 'Chronometer' on them....
testing Institute is founded in SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
by 5 WatchA watch is a timepiece that is made to be worn on a person. It is usually a wristwatch, worn on the wrist with a strap or bracelet. In addition to the time, modern watches often display the day, date, month and year, and electronic watches may have many other functions.Most inexpensive and...
CantonsThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
& Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FHThe Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH is the Swiss watch industry's leading trade association.-History:...
.
- The title Queen of Australia is created by the Royal Style and Titles Act.
- Confirming the descriptions of bulkhead hull compartments
A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship. Other kinds of partition elements within a ship are decks and deckheads.-Etymology:...
for Chinese sailing shipsA junk is a Chinese sailboat design dating from ancient times and still in use today. Junks were originally developed during the Han Dynasty and were used as ocean going vessels as early as the 2nd century AD. They were further evolved in the later dynasties, and were built and used throughout...
in Zhu Yu'sZhu Yu was an author of the Chinese Song Dynasty . He retired in Huang Gang of Hubei province, bought a country house and named it "Pingzhou"; he called himself "Expert Vegetable Grower of Pingzhou ".Between 1111 and 1117 AD, Zhu Yu wrote the book Pingzhou Ketan , and had it published in 1119 AD...
Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 A.D., a large Song DynastyThe Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...
trade ship of c. 1277 A.D. is dredged up from the waters near the southern coast of ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
that had 12 bulkhead compartment rooms in its hullA hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull comes the superstructure and deckhouse. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type...
.
January–February
- January 1 – Danny Lloyd
Danny Lloyd is a former American child actor.His first and best-known role is that of Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, with Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. He was selected for the role of Danny Torrance due to his ability to maintain his concentration for extended periods of...
, American actor
- January 4 – Greg de Vries
Greg de Vries is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 6 – Scott Ferguson
Scott Ferguson is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany...
, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 7 – Jonna Tervomaa
Jonna Marika Tervomaa is a Finnish pop singer and songwriter. She became famous at the age of ten, when she won the song contest "Syksyn Sävel" with the song "Minttu sekä Ville"...
, Finnish singer
- January 8 – Sean Paul
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques , simply known as Sean Paul, is a Jamaican dancehall musician.-1973-1999: Early life:...
, Jamaican singer
- January 10 – Ryan Drummond
Ryan Drummond , is an actor, comedian, and clown, and is best known as the original voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the popular Sega video game franchise. He was replaced in this role by Jason Anthony Griffith shortly after Deem Bristow's death in 2005...
, American actor
- January 11 – Joanna Brodzik
Joanna Honorata Brodzik is a Polish actress. She is most famous for her roles in two soap operas: Magda M...
, Polish actress
- January 11 – Rahul Dravid
Rahul Sharad Dravid is one of the most experienced cricketers in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. He was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in October 2005 and resigned from the post in September 2007. Dravid was honored as one of the...
, Indian cricketer
- January 12 – Sakshi Tanwar, Indian actress
- January 12 – Hande Yener
Hande Yener is a Turkish pop superstar. Over the past decade, she has introduced different styles to the ever expanding, Turkish pop music scenery. Each one of her albums has managed to generate a lot of interest as well as anticipation due to the different styles, genres and rhythms that she...
, Turkish Singer
- January 13 – Nikolai Khabibulin
Nikolai Ivanovich Khabibulin is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender, who is currently signed to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League . He has previously played for the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks. He is often known by his...
, Russian hockey player
- January 13 – Gloria Yip
Gloria Yip Wan-Yee is a Hong Kong actress and singer of Guangdong ancestry, best known for her four films with director Lam Ngai Kai, and to Western audiences, her "special appearance" in Lam's Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky and principal supporting role in the cult classic...
, Hong KongHong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...
actress
- January 14 – Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella , also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and is currently driving for Ferrari in place of the injured Felipe Massa...
, Italian race car driver
- January 15 – Tomáš Galásek
Tomáš Galásek is a Czech football player. He is a Holding midfielder who is also strong as a centre back and plays for FSV Erlangen-Bruck.- Career :...
, Czech football player
- January 16 – Josie Davis
Josie Davis is a Young Artist Award-winning American actress and producer, best known for her role as Sarah Powell in the television sitcom Charles in Charge from 1987 to 1990.-Television Work:...
, American actress
- January 17 – Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo , also known as Cuauh , is a Mexican professional soccer player who currently plays for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer of US....
, Mexican football player
- January 18 – Crispian Mills
Crispian Mills/ Krishna Kantha Dasa is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the son of actress Hayley Mills and director Roy Boulting, the grandson of John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell , nephew of Juliet Mills and Jonathan Mills, and half-brother to Jason "Ace" Lawson...
, British musician (The JeevasThe Jeevas were an English rock band. Its members were Crispian Mills , Andy Nixon , and Dan McKinna .Mills was previously the vocalist of Kula Shaker. Nixon and McKinna are previous members of Straw. Mills rejoined Kula Shaker in late 2005, and The Jeevas disbanded.Nixon and McKinna have formed a...
, Kula ShakerKula Shaker are an English multi-platinum selling psychedelic rock band who came to prominence during the Britpop era. The band became known for their interest in Indian culture, and numerous tracks such as "Tattva" and "Govinda" were written in Sanskrit and featured traditional Indian instruments...
)
- January 19 – Antero Manninen
Antero Manninen is a session musician and former band member of Finnish Cello metal quartet Apocalyptica. He was an official member but did not write the music and left in 1999 due to prior commitments, although he has come back to help the band because they are currently short one member.Besides...
, Finnish cellist
- January 19 – Karen Lancaume
Karen Lancaume , also known as Karen Bach, was a French adult film star. She appeared in around 40 movies between 1996 and 2000...
, French actress (d. 2005)
- January 19 – Ann-Kristin Aarønes
Ann Kristin "Anka" Aarønes is a retired Norwegian footballer.She first played for Spjelkavik IL, then for Trondheims-Ørn and the Norwegian national team. Later she played for the WUSA's New York Power, during the first season.-References:...
, Norwegian footballer
- January 19 – Aaron Yonda
Aaron Yonda is a comedian and director from Madison, Wisconsin. He is most notable for playing the role of Chad Vader in Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager, a web serial he co-produces with friend Matt Sloan, who also provides the voice of Chad...
, American YouTube celebrity
- January 19 – Wang Junxia
Wang Junxia is a Chinese former long-distance runner.-Career:She was coached by Ma Junren until 1995 and by Mao Dezhen from 1995 to her retirement after 1996 Olympics....
, Chinese long-distance runner
- January 19 – Yevgeny Sadovyi
Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovyi is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.-Career:Born in Volzhski, Sadovyi started swimming at age six...
, Russian swimmer
- January 21 – Chris Kilmore
Chris Kilmore is an American DJ. He is the turntablist and keyboardist of the rock band Incubus.-Early History:Chris Kilmore was raised outside of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania by an adoptive family, and attended Northern High School, which is located in Dillsburg...
, American rock DJ (IncubusIncubus is an American Grammy Award-nominated rock band, from Calabasas, California. Formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school. The band expanded to include bassist Alex Katunich , and Gavin Koppell...
)
- January 21 – Duane Lee Chapman II
Duane Lee Chapman II. born , in Pampa, Texas and is a Hawaii-based bail bondsman and bounty hunter. He currently resides in Hawaii, and works within a family run bail bonds business across the Hawaiian islands...
American bail bondsman
- January 29 – Jason Schmidt
Jason David Schmidt is an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. On December 6, 2006, he signed with the Dodgers, and received a three-year, $47 million contract....
, American baseball player
- January 30 – Jalen Rose
Jalen Anthony Rose is a retired American professional basketball player. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five" that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both Freshmen and Sophomores...
, American basketball player
- January 31 – Shingo Katayama
Shingo Katayama is a Japanese golfer.Katayama was born in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. He turned professional in 1995 and has played full time on the Japan Golf Tour since 1997. He topped the Japan Golf Tour money list five times: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008...
, Japanese golfer
- February 1 – Yuri Landman
Yuri Landman is a Dutch musical instrument inventor and musicologist who has made several experimental electric string instruments for a list of artists among which Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Liars, Jad Fair of Half Japanese and Liam Finn...
, Dutch artist and musician
- February 1 – Nick Mitchell
Nicholas "Nick" Edward Mitchell is an American professional wrestler who is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment as Mitch of the Spirit Squad on the Raw brand.-American football career:...
, American wrestler
- February 2 – Aleksander Tammert
Aleksander Tammert is an Estonian discus thrower.-Athletics career:Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified Tammert received the bronze medal...
, Estonian discus thrower
- February 3 – Ilana Sod
Ilana Sod is currently MTV Latin America's Newscaster and Editor-in-Chief for Public affairs programming...
, Mexican journalist
- February 4 – Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar "The Golden Boy" De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. He won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother Joel Jr. were all boxers...
, American boxer
- February 4 – James Hird
James Alan Hird is a retired Australian rules footballer and former captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Primarily a midfielder–half forward, tall and weighing , Hird was often given free rein by Essendon coaches to play wherever he thought warranted...
, Australian rules footballer
- February 5 – Deng Yaping
Deng Yaping is a Chinese table tennis player, who won six world championships and four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997...
, Chinese table tennis player
- February 7 – Kate Thornton
Kate Louise Thornton is an English journalist and television presenter, most famous for being the first host of The X Factor and being the new anchor of Loose Women as of 2009...
, British TV presenter
- February 8 – Sonia Deol
Sonia Deol is a British radio and television presenter who has presented the Sonia Deol Show on the BBC Asian Network.-Background:...
, British-Asian presenter
- February 9 – Svetlana Boginskaya
Svetlana Leonidovna Boginskaya is a Soviet/Belarusian gymnast. She was called the "Belarusian Swan" and the "Goddess of Gymnastics" due to her height, balletic grace, and long lines. She is especially renowned for the drama and artistry she displayed on floor exercise...
, Soviet gymnast
- February 10 – Gunn-Rita Dahle, Norwegian mountain biker
- February 11 – Varg Vikernes
Varg Vikernes is a Norwegian black metal musician, convicted murderer and arsonist, and former far-right political activist. In 1991 Vikernes conceived the one-man music project Burzum, which quickly became popular within the early Norwegian black metal scene. In 1992 he joined the band Mayhem and...
, Norwegian rock musician (BurzumBurzum is the musical project by Varg Vikernes . It began during 1991 in Bergen, Norway and quickly became prominent within the early Norwegian black metal scene...
)
- February 12 – Tara Strong
Tara Lynn Charendoff-Strong is a Canadian American actress, voice-over artist, comedian, musician, singer, and businesswoman, perhaps best known for voice acting in animated films and television.-Early life and career:...
, Canadian-born voice actress
- February 14 – Steve McNair
Steve LaTreal McNair , nicknamed Air McNair, was an American football quarterback who spent the majority of his NFL career with the Tennessee Titans....
, American football player (d. 2009)
- February 15 – Amy Van Dyken
Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat...
, American swimmer
- February 16 – Cathy Freeman
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, OAM is an Australian sprinter who is particularly associated with the 400 metres race. She became the Olympic champion for 400 m in the 2000 Sydney games, at which she lit the Olympic Flame...
, Australian athlete
- February 18 – Claude Makélélé
Claude Makélélé Sinda is a French international football player who currently plays defensive midfield for Paris Saint-Germain in the French Ligue 1 and also serves as their captain...
, French footballer
- February 20 – Kimberley Davies
Kimberley Davies is an Australian actress most famous for playing Annalise Hartman on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1993 to 1996...
, Australian actress
- February 22 – Scott Phillips
Scott "Flip" Phillips is the drummer for the bands Alter Bridge and the newly reformed Creed.Phillips started out playing in a band called Crosscut at the age of 18 ....
- February 22 – Shota Arveladze
Shota Arveladze is a former Georgian professional football player. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 246 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team.- Career :...
, Georgian football player
- February 22 – Gustavo Assis-Brasil
Gustavo Assis-Brasil is a Brazilian jazz guitarist. Based in Boston, he is considered a major pioneer in organizing the study and development of the hybrid picking technique, for guitar. In 1999 he received a full scholarship to get his Master's degree at Berklee College of Music and The Boston...
, Brazilian guitarist
- February 24 – Chris Fehn
Christopher Michael "Chris" Fehn , or known by his number #3, is an American musician known as one of the two custom percussionists of the Grammy Award winning heavy metal band Slipknot.-Personal life and career:...
, American rock percussionist (SlipknotSlipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995. Slipknot consists of nine members, the current band members are Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor...
)
- February 24 – Jordan Jovtchev
Jordan Jovtchev is a Bulgarian gymnast.He won silver in the men's rings at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 9.850. In the same Olympic Games, Jovtchev won bronze in the men's floor exercise with a score of 9.775...
, Bulgarian gymnast
- February 26 – Marshall Faulk
Marshall William Faulk is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League. He is currently an analyst for NFL Total Access on the NFL Network. He played football in college for San Diego State University, before being drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1994...
, American football player
- February 26 – Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Ole Gunnar Solskjær, is a Norwegian football manager and former footballer who spent all but 6 years of his career playing for Manchester United, often dubbed the "Baby-faced assassin". He is the current Manchester United Reserve team manager...
, Norwegian footballer
- February 26 – André Tanneberger
ATB is:*ATB is a German DJ*Active Time Battle system is a feature of role-playing games*Mountain bike is an off-road bicycle*All Terrain Boarding is an extreme sport also known as Mountain boarding...
, German DJ
- February 26 – Jenny Thompson
Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts resident who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...
, American swimmer
- February 27 – Peter Andre
Peter Andre is an English-born Australian singer–songwriter and television personality. He currently produces music in the genres of pop, R&B and reggae...
, singer
- February 28 – Eric Lindros
Eric Bryan Lindros is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was the first overall pick in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He retired in November 2007, after playing the 2006–07 season with the Dallas Stars.-Personal life:...
, Canadian hockey player
- February 28 – Masato Tanaka
Masato Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling in Japan and in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the United States...
, Japanese professional wrestler
March–April
- March 1 – Ryan Peake
Ryan Peake is the Canadian lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band, Nickelback. Other members of the band include lead singer Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, and Daniel Adair. Peake is the second oldest member of the band and has a wife and children...
, Canadian rock musician (NickelbackNickelback is a Grammy award nominated Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta, formed in 1995. Founded by members Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and then-drummer Brandon Kroeger. Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian groups, having sold 30 million records worldwide...
)
- March 1 – Chris Webber
Mayce Edward Christopher Webber, III , better known as Chris Webber and nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer, a former NBA Rookie of the Year, and a former #1 overall NBA Draftee...
, American basketball player
- March 5 – Ryan Franklin
Ryan Ray Franklin is a Major League Baseball player. Franklin is a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.-Early life:...
, American baseball pitcher
- March 9 – Aaron Boone
Aaron John Boone is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Houston Astros. He previously played for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Washington Nationals....
, American baseball player
- March 10 – John LeCompt
John Charles LeCompt is an American musician who has been part of the Little Rock heavy metal music scene since the mid-1990s. He has been associated with a great number of bands, ranging from the unknown and unsigned to multi-platinum sellers, most notably the alternative metal band Evanescence...
, American musician
- March 13 – Edgar Davids
Edgar Steven Davids is a Dutch professional footballer. He plays as a defensive midfielder who most recently played for AFC Ajax. After beginning his professional career with Ajax, he played for AC Milan, Juventus, FC Barcelona, Internazionale, Tottenham Hotspur before returning to the Amsterdam...
, Dutch footballer
- March 13 – David Draiman
David Michael Draiman is a songwriter and the lead singer for the band Disturbed, from Chicago, Illinois.-Education and personal life:...
song writer and lead singer for the band DisturbedDisturbed is a Grammy Award-nominated American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1996 when musicians Dan Donegan, Steve "Fuzz" Kmak, and Mike Wengren hired singer David Draiman. Since the band's formation, they have sold over 11 million albums worldwide, making them one of the most...
- March 15 – Lee Jung-jae
Lee Jung-jae is a South Korean actor and model.- Filmography :- External links :...
, South Korean actor & model
- March 17 – Caroline Corr
Caroline Corr MBE is the drummer for the folk-rock band, The Corrs. Caroline is 5'4", the second shortest after Andrea Corr in the band & family. In addition to the drums, Caroline also plays the bodhrán, piano, and occasional backing vocals...
, Irish musician (The CorrsThe Corrs are a Celtic folk rock group from Dundalk, Ireland. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea ; Sharon ; Caroline ; and Jim ....
)
- March 19 – Magnus Hedman
Magnus Hedman is a Swedish former football goalkeeper. He played 58 matches for the Sweden national football team, and represented his country at two FIFA World Cup and two European Championship tournaments....
, Swedish footballer
- March 19 – Simmone Jade Mackinnon
Simmone Jade Mackinnon is an Australian actress. She played the role of Stevie Hall Ryan in the Australian series McLeod's Daughters from 2003 until the final season in 2009...
, Australian actor
- March 23 – Jason Kidd
Jason Frederick Kidd is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks. He led the New Jersey Nets to two consecutive NBA Finals appearances and is considered to be one of the best players of his generation...
, American basketball player
- March 24 – Jacek Bąk
Jacek Bąk , is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender for Austria Wien in Austria. He has made 96 appearances for the Polish national football team.-Club career:...
, Polish footballer
- March 26 – T. R. Knight
Theodore Raymond "T.R." Knight is an American actor. Knight's most high-profile role to date was his role as Dr. George O'Malley on ABC's medical drama Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:...
, American actor
- March 26 – Larry Page
Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page, is a US computer scientist best known as cofounder of Google Inc. He is ranked 26th on the 2009 Forbes list of the world’s billionaires and is the 6th richest person in America...
, American entrepreneur
- March 29 – Marc Overmars
Marc Overmars is a retired Dutch football player. He is best known as a right-footed left-winger, although he is able to use both his feet with equal precision and power....
, Dutch footballer
- March 30 – Adam Goldstein
Adam Michael Goldstein was an American club DJ and musician better known as DJ AM. Goldstein was a member of the rock band Crazy Town, and worked on albums for Papa Roach, Madonna, and Will Smith, among others...
, American DJ (d. 2009)
- April 1 – Stephen Fleming
Stephen Paul Fleming is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...
, New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
cricketCricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, cricket had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being...
captainThe captain of a cricket team is an individual who, during the course of a match, has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
- April 2 – Roselyn Sanchez
Roselyn Sánchez is a Puerto Rican singer, model, and actress of film and television.-Early life:Sánchez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the youngest of four siblings, having three older brothers. She received her primary education in San Juan. At a young age, she showed an interest in both...
, Puerto Rican actress
- April 3 – Matthew Ferguson
Matthew Ferguson is an actor born on April 3, 1973, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts.-Performances:...
, Canadian actor
- April 4 – David Blaine
David Blaine is an American illusionist and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic. He has set and broken several world records...
, American magician
- April 5 – Pharrell, American musician and producer (The Neptunes
The Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for some successful Hip hop, R&B and Pop artists in the late-90s and 2000s....
)
- April 6 – Rie Miyazawa
is a Japanese actress and singer.- Life and career :Rie Miyazawa was born in Tokyo, to a Japanese mother and a Dutch father, and raised by her mother. Since her debut at age 11 in an advertisement for Kit Kat, she has many films, television shows, commercials, stage appearances and photo books to...
, Japanese actress and singer
- April 10 – Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha , commonly known as simply Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Fenerbahçe of the Turkcell Süper Lig, normally as a wing back. Roberto Carlos was a member of the Brazil national team in three World Cups, helping the team reach the final in...
, Brazilian football player
- April 11 – Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito is an American actress and dancer.-Personal life:Esposito, an Italian American, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a computer consultant and music producer. She has one older sister...
, American actress
- April 14 – Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody is an American actor. He received widespread recognition and subsequent acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist...
, Academy Award-winning AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
- April 15 – Emanuel Rego
Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, partnering Ricardo Santos...
, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- April 16 – Bonnie Pink
, known by her stage name, , is a Japanese singer / songwriter. She lived in New York during 1998 and speaks English . She writes and composes all her songs, and plays guitar and piano. Kaori Asada has said that the name Bonnie Pink is random and that she thought the words were cute together...
, Japanese singer
- April 18 – Haile Gebrselassie
Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long distance track and road running athlete. Gebrselassie has achieved major competition wins at distances between 1500 metres and the marathon, moving from outdoor, indoor and cross country running to road running in the latter part of his career...
, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- April 19 – George Gregan
George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history...
, Australian rugby union footballer
- April 22 – Christopher Sabat
Christopher Robin Sabat is an American voice actor and ADR Staff for the anime series at FUNimation Entertainment. He is best known for the voices for such notable characters as Shenron, Vegeta, Piccolo, and the others in Dragon Ball , General Cross Marian in D.Gray-man, and Alex Louis Armstrong...
, American voice actor
- April 24 – Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. In 2002, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, next to Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one day international batsman of all time, next to...
, Indian cricketer
- April 25 – Fredrik Larzon
Fredrik Larzon is the drummer of the Swedish skate-punk band Millencolin. He currently lives in Örebro, Sweden.He runs another project named Kvoteringen....
, Swedish rock musician (MillencolinMillencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October of 1992 by Erik Ohlsson, Mathias Färm and Nikola Sarcevic in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band...
)
- April 28 – Melissa Fahn
Melissa Fahn is an American voice and stage actress and singer known for her work in anime dubs and other mainstream animated series, as well as her work in Broadway and Los Angeles Theatre.-Biography:...
, American actress
- April 29 – Johan Hegg
Johan Hans Hegg is the vocalist of the melodic death metal band Amon Amarth from Sweden. Joining Amon Amarth in 1991 when its name was still Scum, Johan Hegg has appeared on all the band's releases, except for the Scum-era demo...
- April 30 – Jeff Timmons
Jeffrey Brandon Timmons was the founding member of the pop group 98 Degrees, which sold over 10 million records and charted eight top 40 singles. He has since worked as a solo artist and bodybuilder in Ohio...
, American singer
- April 30 – Akon
Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam, better known by his middle and stage name Akon , is a Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up”, the first single from his debut album Trouble...
, Senegalese-American hip hop and R&B singer
May–June
- May 1 – Oliver Neuville
Oliver Patric Neuville is a German footballer currently playing as a striker with Borussia Mönchengladbach. He was born of a German father and an Italian mother.-Club career:...
, German footballer
- May 1 – Paul Burke
Paul Burke is an Irish rugby union footballer who played at Fly Half. He has formerly played for Cork Constitution, London Irish, Munster, Bristol, Cardiff and Harlequins. He signed for English club Leicester Tigers for the 2006-7 season and helped take the team to three finals in that year...
, Irish rugby player
- May 3 – Brad Martin, American musician
- May 3 – Michael Reiziger
Michael John Reiziger is a former Dutch footballer, who played mainly as a right defender.-Club career:...
, Dutch footballer
- May 4 – Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Guillermo Barros Schelotto is an Argentine soccer player who currently plays for Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer.-Argentina:...
, Argentine footballer
- May 7 – Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia....
, Italian professional road racing cyclist
- May 8 – Hiromu Arakawa
is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō. Her renowned manga, Fullmetal Alchemist, became a hit, and was later adapted into two television anime. She often portrays herself as a bespectacled cow.-Biography:...
, Japanese manga artist
- May 8 – Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Alexander Brigstocke is an English comedian and satirist who has worked extensively in stand-up comedy, television and radio...
, British comedian
- May 10 – Gareth Ainsworth
Gareth Ainsworth is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a midfielder, where he has also had two spells as caretaker manager.-Playing career:...
, English footballer
- May 10 – Rüştü Reçber
Rüştü Reçber is a Turkish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Besiktas S.K.Rüştü is a Turkish football icon and his country's record international cap-holder...
, Turkish football goalkeeper
- May 12 – Forbes March
Forbes March is a Canadian actor. Although born in Bristol, South West England, he was raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia.-Biography:...
, American actor
- May 14 – Natalie Appleton
Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett is a Canadian pop singer who rose to fame as a member of the band All Saints. During All Saints' five years of inactivity, she was a member of Appleton with her younger sister Nicole.-Biography:...
, Canadian singer
- May 14 – Shanice
Shanice Lorraine Wilson , better known as Shanice, is an American singer-songwriter. In 1991, she scored a Top 5 Billboard hit with the single "I Love Your Smile", followed by another Top 5 single "Saving Forever for You" in 1993....
, American singer
- May 16 – Jason Acuna
Jason Bryant Acuña , better known as "Wee-Man", is an American TV host and actor. He is one of the stars of Jackass on MTV and the host of NESN's skateboarding show 54321. Acuña has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism and is tall. He is also a professional skateboarder...
, American skateboarder and actor
- May 16 – Tori Spelling
Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling is an American actress. Spelling became an international household name in the early 1990s for starring in the Beverly Hills, 90210 as Donna Martin. The original 90210 series became a worldwide phenomenon after airing 1990, and earned several notable awards such as a...
, American actress
- May 17 – Joshua Homme
Joshua Michael Homme is an American rock musician and record producer. He was a founding member of the stoner metal band Kyuss, as well as the founding and only continuous member of the hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age , in which he mainly sings and plays guitar...
, American musician
- May 18 – Kazuhiro Hayashi , Japanese professional wrestler
- May 19 – Dario Franchitti
George Dario Marino Franchitti is a Scottish racing driver of Italian descent. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500...
, Scottish race car driver
- May 21 – Noel Fielding
Noel Fielding is an English artist, comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he also co-writes with fellow actor Julian Barratt.-Career:...
, British comedian
- May 23 – Jacopo Gianninoto
Jacopo Gianninoto is an Italian lutenist, guitarist and composer.Gianninoto has studied Lute with Terrell Stone, Tiziano Bagnati and Francesca Torelli, specializing in 16th century music, and has performed research on several music manuscripts from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods...
, Italian musician
- May 24 – Dermot O'Leary
Dermot O'Leary is a presenter of radio and television, best known for presenting Big Brother's Little Brother and, currently, The X Factor.-Early life:...
, British TV presenter
- May 25 – Demetri Martin
Demetri Martin is an Emmy Award–nominated and Perrier comedy award–winning Greek-American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer, and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a standup comedian and as a contributor on The Daily Show...
, American comedian
- May 25 – Jean-Pierre Canlis
Jean-Pierre Canlis is an American glass artist.Jean-Pierre Canlis first picked up a glassblowing pipe in 1991 at the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawai'i. He later studied glass art at Alfred University's School of Art and Design in New York, and the Pilchuck School in Stanwood, Washington...
, American glass artist
- May 30 – Leigh Francis
Leigh Francis is an English comedy performer. He is most famous for his comedy series Bo' Selecta! and portrayal of fictional Romanian character Avid Merrion, as well as northern businessman Keith Lemon, in Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour & Celebrity Juice.-Early life and career:Francis...
, British comedian
- May 31 – Dominique van Roost, Belgian tennis player
- June 1 – Fred Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
- June 1 – Heidi Klum
Heidi Samuel is a German model who is an actress, television host, business woman, fashion designer, television producer, artist, and occasional singer...
, German model
- June 1 – Derek Lowe
Derek Christopher Lowe is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. He throws and bats right-handed.-Early years:...
, baseball player
- June 6 – Kat Swift
Kat Swift is a United States political activist, former co-chair of the Green Party of Texas, and spokesperson for the Green Party's National Women’s Caucus. She announced her intention to seek the 2008 Presidential nomination of the US Green Party at the 2004 Green Party National Convention in...
, American presidential candidate
- June 8 – Lexa Doig
Alexandra L Doig is a Canadian actress, known by her stage name Lexa Doig. She is perhaps best known for her role as Rommie in the science fiction TV series Andromeda, and had a recurring character on Stargate SG-1.-Career:At sixteen, she enrolled in a modelling course and was immediately picked...
, Canadian actress
- June 9 – Tedy Bruschi
Tedy Lacap Bruschi is a former professional American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft...
, American football player
- June 9 – Iain Lee
Iain Lee Rougvie is a British comedian, television, and radio presenter. His career began when he performed stand-up comedy gigs across venues in London. He subsequently became co-presenter of the comedy current affairs show The Eleven O'Clock Show on Channel 4...
, British comedian and radio and television presenter
- June 10 – Faith Evans
Faith Renée Evans is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and author. Born in Lakeland, Florida and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Evans moved to Los Angeles in 1993 for a career in music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B...
, American singer
- June 10 – Flesh-N-Bone
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, American Rapper
- June 12 – Darryl White
Darryl White is an Australian rules footballer whose career with the Brisbane Bears and Lions in the Australian Football League lasted from 1992 to 2005....
, Australian footballer
- June 13 – Sam Adams
Sam Aaron Adams is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Seattle Seahawks eighth overall in the 1994 NFL Draft...
, American football player
- June 13 – Cheryl "Coko" Clemons, American singer (SWV
Sisters with Voices, better known as SWV, is an American Grammy Award-nominated female R&B/pop trio from New York. Formed in 1990 as a gospel group, SWV had a series of hits, including "Weak", "Right Here/Human Nature", "I'm So Into You". The group disbanded in 1999 to pursue solo projects, and...
)
- June 14 – Ceca Raznatovic, Serbian singer
- June 15 – Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor. Prominent roles of his career include the title role in Doogie Howser, M.D., the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother and a fictionalized version of himself in the Harold & Kumar series...
, American actor
- June 15 – Greg Vaughan
James Gregory Vaughan, who has Greece & Native American Indian ancestry. This actor and former male fashion model has starred in soap operas such as The Young and the Restless and General Hospital...
, American actor
- June 19 – Yuko Nakazawa
is a Japanese pop and enka singer, and actress, best known as one of the original members of the all-female J-pop group Morning Musume. Currently, she is a solo artist within Hello! Project.- Biography :...
, Japanese singer
- June 20 – Chino Moreno
Chino Moreno is an American musician. He is the lead singer and guitarist in Deftones and Team Sleep.-Biography:...
, American musician
- June 21 – Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis is an American actress and musician.-Life and career:Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California to Geoffrey Lewis, an actor, and Glenis Duggan Batley, a graphic designer...
, American actress
- June 22 – Carson Daly
Carson Jones Daly is an American television host. He is the host of NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, a late-night talk show. Before his role as host of that program, Daly was a prominent VJ on MTV's Total Request Live, and a DJ for the Southern California based radio station KROQ...
, American talk show host
- June 24 – Alexander Beyer
Alexander Beyer is a German actor.He was born in Erfurt, East Germany. It is the capital of the Bundesland of Thuringia. He has appeared in such films as: Volker Schloendorff's The Legend of Rita , Leander Haussmann's Sun Alley , Johannes Kiefer's Gregor's Greatest Invention Alexander Beyer (born...
, German actor
- June 26 – Gretchen Wilson
Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party...
, American singer
- June 26 – Paweł Małaszyński, Polish actor
- June 28 – Adrian Annus
Adrián Annus is a Hungarian hammer thrower who was stripped of his gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens for a doping violation in a highly publicized scandal...
, Hungarian athlete
- June 30 – Chan Ho Park, Korean Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between...
player
July–August
- July 3 – Emma Cunniffe
Emma Cunniffe is a British film, stage and television actress.Her television credits include The Lakes , "Biddy" in a TV adaptation of Great Expectations, All the King's Men, Clocking Off , and Flesh and Blood with Christopher Eccleston. On stage she won the Barclays Theatre Award for Best...
, British actress
- July 7 – Natsuki Takaya
is the penname of a Japanese manga artist best-known for creating the series Fruits Basket. She was born on July 7, 1973; her birthday corresponds with Japan's Weaver Star Festival, Tanabata. She is a Cancer, and her blood type is A. Takaya is left-handed and once revealed that she wanted to be a...
, Japanese manga-ka
- July 9 – Kelly Holcomb
Bryan Kelly Holcomb is a former American football quarterback of the National Football League. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 1995...
, American football player
- July 11 – Konstantinos Kenteris
Konstantinos Kenteris, also spelled as Konstadinos Kederis is a Greek athlete. He won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and the 2002 European Championships in Athletics - he withdrew from the 2004 Summer Olympics held in his home...
, Greek athlete
- July 12 – Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri is a Italian football striker currently being a free agent.-Early life:Born in Bologna, Italy, his family moved to Australia for a period, in the suburb of Wetherill Park in South-Western Sydney and he attended Prairiewood High School. His father Roberto Vieri played for...
, Italian soccer player
- July 14 – Halil Mutlu
Halil Mutlu is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting. He is one of only four weightlifters to have won three consecutive gold medals at Olympic Games...
, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
- July 15 – John Dolmayan
John Ohannes Dolmayan is an Armenian-American songwriter and drummer. He is best known as the drummer of Grammy Award-winning rock band, System of a Down. The band has been on hiatus since 2006...
, Lebanese-born rock drummer for the band System of a DownSystem of a Down is an Armenian-American rock band from Glendale, California, formed in 1994...
- July 16 – Stefano Garzelli
Stefano Garzelli is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The high point of his career to date was his stirring overall win in the 2000 Giro d'Italia, after a close three-way competition with Gilberto Simoni and Francesco Casagrande.-Career:He started out as being a domestique for Marco...
, Italian professional road racing cyclist
- July 16 – Graham Robertson
Graham Robertson is an American filmmaker and author. A native of Denver, Colorado, Robertson studied film at the College of Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico...
, American filmmaker and author
- July 17 – Eric Moulds
Eric Shannon Moulds is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills 24th overall in the 1996 NFL Draft...
, American football player
- July 17 – Liam Kyle Sullivan
Liam Kyle Sullivan is an American comedian and actor. Sullivan has made several guest appearances on television programs – including Gilmore Girls, 8 Simple Rules, and Alias – but is best known for his internet videos...
, American comedian
- July 18 – Anders Jivarp, Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene and one of the pioneers of the melodic death metal genre, along with In Flames and At the Gates....
- July 20 – Peter Forsberg
is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Modo Hockey in Elitserien.His 19-year professional career includes 13 years in the National Hockey League , where he won two Stanley Cups and numerous individual honors. Internationally, with the Swedish national team, he won two...
, Swedish hockey player
- July 20 – HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway is the heir apparent to the throne of Norway. On birth he was named Prince Haakon Magnus but it was stressed in the announcement that he would go by the name Haakon. He became Crown Prince Haakon when his father ascended to the crown as Harald V in 1991...
- July 22 – Daniel Jones
Daniel Jones is a musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his part in the hugely popular Australian pop duo Savage Garden, whose international hit singles included the songs "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back", "Truly Madly Deeply", "I Knew I Loved You", and "Crash and Burn"...
, Australian musician and record producer
- July 23 – Nomar Garciaparra
Anthony Nomar Garciaparra is an American Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics. He previously played first base and third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and shortstop and third base for the Chicago Cubs, after a decade as an All-Star shortstop for the Boston Red Sox...
, American baseball player
- July 23 – Fran Healy
Francis "Fran" Healy is a Scottish musician. He is currently the lead singer and main songwriter of the Scottish band Travis, having written nearly all of the songs on their six studio albums. He is based in Berlin, Germany.-Early life:...
, British singer (TravisTravis are a Scottish alternative rock band from Glasgow, comprising Fran Healy , Dougie Payne , Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose...
)
- July 23 – Monica Lewinsky
Monica Samille Lewinsky is an American woman with whom then-United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an "improper relationship" while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996...
, American White House intern
- July 25 – Dani Filth
Dani Filth is the lyricist, vocalist and founding member of the British extreme metal band Cradle of Filth.-Biography:...
, Israeli-born musician (Cradle of FilthCradle of Filth are an English Extreme metal band from Suffolk, formed in 1991. They have been embraced and disowned with equal fervour by various metal communities, and their particular subgenre has provoked a great deal of discussion....
)
- July 26 – Kate Beckinsale
Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale is an English actress. Her best known films include Pearl Harbor , Underworld , Van Helsing , and Click .-Early life:...
, English actress
- July 27 – Gorden Tallis
Gorden James Tallis is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played from 1992 to 2004. He captained Australia, Queensland and the Brisbane Broncos with whom he won three premierships and one Clive Churchill Medal...
, Australian rugby league player
- July 28 – Steve Staios
Steven Staios is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL. He has played both right wing and defence in the NHL. Steve is of Macedonian origin....
, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 30 – Markus Näslund
Markus Näslund is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers, as well as the Elitserien for Modo Hockey...
, Swedish ice hockey player
- August 6 – Asia Carrera
Asia Carrera is a former American pornographic actress.- Early life and education :Asia Carrera was born in New York City to a Japanese father and German mother and is the oldest of four siblings...
, American actress
- August 6 – Vera Farmiga
Vera Ann Farmiga is an American actress, best known for her roles in the films Running Scared, The Departed, and Orphan.-Early life:...
, American actress
- August 8 – Scott Stapp
Scott Alan Stapp is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer of the band Creed.-Early life:Stapp was born Anthony Scott Flippen on August 8, 1973 in Cherokee, North Carolina, to his mother Lynda and his biological father, about whom little is known...
, American singer (CreedCreed is an American rock band from Tallahassee, Florida that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band disbanded in 2004 after three multi-platinum albums, selling an estimated 35 million records worldwide, including 26 million records in the United States alone...
)
- August 9 – Filippo Inzaghi
Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan....
, Italian footballer
- August 11 – Carolyn Murphy
Carolyn Murphy is an American model.-Biography:Carolyn Murphy was born in Panama City, Florida and grew up mainly in Northwest Florida, with brief periods in England and Maryland, as a result of her parents’ divorce. Her career began when at the age of 16, when her mother enrolled her in a...
, American model
- August 12 – Richard Reid, English terrorist
- August 12 – Grey DeLisle
Grey DeLisle is an American singer-songwriter, and voice actress.-Early life and early career:Grey DeLisle was born Erin Grey Van Oosbree in Fort Ord, California, of Irish, Dutch, French, Mexican, and Hispanic descent. She had a difficult childhood; her mother was addicted to drugs...
, American voice actress/American singer
- August 14 – Jared Borgetti
Jared Francisco Borgetti Echeverría is a Mexican football striker who currently plays for Puebla. Borgetti is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Mexican national team, with 46 goals...
, Mexican footballer
- August 14 – Kieren Perkins
Kieren John Perkins OAM , is a former Australian professional swimmer. One of the world's best-ever long-distance swimmers, he won two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000....
, Australian swimmer
- August 14 – Jay-Jay Okocha
Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha is a Nigerian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is known for his stepovers, skill and technique.-Early years:...
, Nigerian soccer player (footballer)
- August 15 – Adnan Sami
Adnan Sami Khan , popularly known simply as Adnan Sami, is a British born singer, musician pianist, actor and composer of Pakistani origin from Canada. His style merges Asian and Western styles and instrumentation and ranges from classical to jazz to modern pop-rock.-Early life and education:Sami...
, music composer, pianist, singer
- August 16 – Damian Jackson
Damian Jacques Jackson is a major league second baseman who currently plays for the Orange County Flyers of the independent Golden Baseball League . He bats and throws right-handed.-Early life:...
, baseball player
- August 19 – HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway , is the wife of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.-Background and education:...
- August 20 – Todd Helton
Todd "Lynn" Helton is the starting first baseman for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball....
, American baseball player
- August 21 – Steve McKenna
Steve McKenna is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and a veteran of eight seasons in the NHL.-Playing career:...
, hockey player
- August 21 – Nikolai Valuev
Nikolai Sergeyevich Valuev is a professional boxer and the reigning two-time WBA heavyweight champion.Valuev stands 7 feet tall and is the tallest and heaviest boxing world champion of all time.- Biography :...
, Russian heavyweight boxing champion
- August 21 – Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin is a Russian-born American computer scientist best known as the co-founder of Google, Inc., the world’s largest Internet company, based on its search engine and online advertising technology. As of 2009, Forbes ranks Brin as the 26th richest person in the world.Brin immigrated to the...
, Soviet-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of GoogleGoogle Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies. Google has also...
- August 22 – Howie Dorough
Howard Dwaine "Howie" Dorough is an American musician and member of the Backstreet Boys.-Early life:Dorough was born in Orlando, Florida, where he met his future buddy A.J Mclean. He has a Puerto Rican mother, Paula Lopes, and an Irish American father, Hoke Dorough, the youngest of 5. Although he...
, American singer (Backstreet BoysThe Backstreet Boys are a Grammy-nominated American vocal group. They were launched by boy band producer Lou Pearlman, and have been together since April 20, 1993...
)
- August 22 – Kristen Wiig
Kristen Carroll Wiig is an American comic actress who currently appears as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.She is a member of the Groundlings, and also appeared in the first season of Spike TV's The Joe Schmo Show....
, American actress
- August 24 – Inge de Bruijn
Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer, and a four-time Olympic champion and World Record holder.-Biography:Inge de Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and she had tried several sports before settling with swimming...
, Dutch swimmer
- August 24 – Carmine Giovinazzo
-Early life:Giovinazzo was born and raised on Staten Island, the son of Nancy and Dominick, who was a police officer. He comes from a family of policemen and has Italian , Norwegian and English ancestry. Growing up in the streets of Staten Island, Giovinazzo was an avid athlete; though he played...
, American actor
- August 24 – Grey DeLisle
Grey DeLisle is an American singer-songwriter, and voice actress.-Early life and early career:Grey DeLisle was born Erin Grey Van Oosbree in Fort Ord, California, of Irish, Dutch, French, Mexican, and Hispanic descent. She had a difficult childhood; her mother was addicted to drugs...
, American singer
- August 24 – Dave Chappelle
David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelle is an American comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer, and actor. In 2003, he became widely known for his popular sketch comedy television series, Chappelle's Show. Comedy Central ranked him forty-third in the list of the 100 greatest stand-up...
, American actor, comedian
- August 28 – Kirby Morrow
Kirby Morrow is a voice actor, stand-up comedian, and television and stage actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has voiced various roles in anime.- Animation :*.hack//ROOTS – Gord...
, Canadian voice actor
- August 30 – Lisa Ling
Lisa J. Ling is an American journalist, best known for her role as a co-host of ABC's The View , host of National Geographic Explorer, reporter on Channel One News, and special correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show and CNN...
, American journalist
September–October
- September 1 – Ram Kapoor
Ram Kapoor is a television actor. He is best known for his role as Jai Walia in India television show Kasamh Se which was aired on Zee TV....
, Indian actor
- September 1 – J.D. Fortune
Jason Dean Bennison, better known by his stage name J. D. Fortune is a Canadian rock singer, winner of the 2005 CBS reality television series Rock Star: INXS, and was the lead singer of Australian rock band INXS from 2005 to 2009.On 16 February 2009, JD revealed in an interview with Entertainment...
, Canadian rock singer (INXS----INXS achieved international success with a series of hit recordings through the 1980s and 1990s, including the albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, X and Welcome to Wherever You Are and the singles "Original Sin", "Need You Tonight", "Devil Inside" and "New Sensation".Hutchence died in 1997 and...
)
- September 4 – Jason David Frank
Jason David Frank is an American actor and martial artist, best known for playing Tommy in Power Rangers .-Career:...
, American actor and martial artist
- September 5 – Rose McGowan
Rose Arianna McGowan is an American actress known for her role as Paige Matthews in WB Network supernatural drama series Charmed, as well as for her roles in several major Hollywood films including The Doom Generation, Scream, Jawbreaker, and Grindhouse...
, American actress
- September 6 – Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini is an Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He is the son of former AC Milan goalkeeper Fabio Cudicini and grandson of Ponziana Trieste defender Guglielmo Cudicini...
, Italian footballer
- September 6 – Greg Rusedski
Gregory "Greg" Rusedski is a former British Canadian tennis player who turned professional in 1991, and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33....
, Anglo-Canadian tennis player
- September 7 – Shannon Elizabeth
Shannon Elizabeth is an American actress and former fashion model. Elizabeth came to prominence in the 1999 comedy film American Pie.-Early life:...
, American actress
- September 9 – Kazuhisa Ishii
Kazuhisa Ishii is a former Japanese Major League Baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Saitama Seibu Lions....
, Japanese baseball player
- September 12 – Darren Campbell
Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...
, British athlete
- September 12 – Paul Walker
Paul William Walker IV is an American actor. He became well known in 2001 after starring in the surprise summer hit The Fast and the Furious and has since gone on to star in its sequels 2 Fast 2 Furious and Fast & Furious...
, American actor
- September 13 – Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus. He won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2006, making him the first and so far only defender to win the award, as well as the oldest recipient...
, Italian footballer
- September 14 – Andrew Lincoln
Andrew Lincoln is an English actor, known for his roles in the TV series This Life , Teachers and Afterlife. He also played the role of Mark in the film Love Actually.-Early life:...
, British actor
- September 14 – Nas
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones , who performs under the mononym Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was born and raised in the Queensbridge housing projects in New York City...
, American rapper
- September 15 – Julie Cox
Julie Cox is an English actress perhaps best known for her role as Princess Irulan in the Sci Fi channel's 2000 Dune miniseries and its 2003 follow-up, Children of Dune....
, English actress
- September 17 – Anastacia
Anastacia is an American singer-songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Asia, Oceania, South Africa and South America but has not had as much success in her native United States...
, American singer
- September 17 – Ada Choi
Ada Choi Siu Fun is a Hong Kong actress best known for her work for TVB television, and to a lesser extent, for her film work. She was the second runner-up in the 1991 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant....
, Hong Kong actress
- September 18 – Paul Brousseau
Paul Brousseau is a retired professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Colorado Avalanche, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Florida Panthers in the NHL.-Playing career:...
, Canadian ice hockey player
- September 18 – James Marsden
James Paul Marsden is an American actor, singer and former Versace model. He is best known for playing the superhero Cyclops in the three X-Men films, and for his roles in other commercially successful films such as Superman Returns, Hairspray, Enchanted, and 27 Dresses.-Early life and...
, Actor
- September 18 – Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Richard Shuttleworth is a South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist. Shuttleworth founded Canonical Ltd...
, South African entrepreneur
- September 18 – Ami Onuki
is a member of the Japanese pop group PUFFY.She has co-hosted several Japanese TV shows with the "cool" half of PUFFY, Yumi Yoshimura, including the talk show Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy, part of a morning show called Saku-Saku, and the 2006 series Hi Hi Puffy Bu, in which Ami and Yumi perform one given task...
, Japanese singer
- September 19 – José Azevedo
José Bento Azevedo Carvalho is a Portuguese former professional road racing cyclist and from 2010, a team manager with Team RadioShack...
, Portuguese cyclist
- September 21 – Oswaldo Sanchez
Oswaldo Javier Sanchez Ibarra is a Mexican footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper and currently plays for CHIVAS in the Mexican Primera Division, where he is also the team captain. He has 99 caps for Mexico....
, Mexican footballer
- September 22 – Craig McRae
Craig McRae is a former Australian rules footballer.Originally from South Australian National Football League club Glenelg, McRae was drafted by AFL club Brisbane as the 22nd pick in the 1994 draft and had an immediate impact, kicking two goals in his first game in 1995, and played every game of...
, Australian footballer
- September 22 – Yoo Chae-yeong
Yoo Chae-yeong is a South Korean singer and actress. She debuted at the age of 17 and was a former member K-Pop group Cool. Because she sported a shaved head, the group received much attention from the media. After their first album, Yoo Chae-yeong was replaced by Yuri as the vocalist. Emotion was...
, South Korean singer and actress
- September 24 – Eddie George
Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
, American football player
- September 25 – Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, American actress
- September 26 – Julienne Davis
Julienne Davis is an American actress, singer, and model. Her acting credits include the pivotal role of "Mandy" in Eyes Wide Shut, Tabloid, House of 9, The Bill, as well as being a main cast member of the television series Too Much Sun...
, American actress/model/singer
- September 29 – Joe Hulbig
Joseph Allan Hulbig is a former professional ice hockey forward. He played left wing. He was selected in the first round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 13th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers...
, American ice hockey player
- October 1 – Christian Borle
Christian Borle is a Tony Award-nominated American actor. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Borle has been primarily featured as an actor in Broadway productions....
, American singer and actor
- October 2 – Verka Serduchka
Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko , better known as his drag character Verka Serduchka , is a Ukrainian comedian and pop and dance singer...
, Ukrainian pop star
- October 2 – LaTocha Scott
Xscape, often referred to mononymously as the word "Escape", was a female American R&B quartet that had a string of hit songs during the 1990s...
, American singer
- October 3 – Neve Campbell
Neve Adrianne Campbell is a Canadian actress. Beginning her career on stage, she came to fame on the 1990s television series Party of Five, playing the role of the teenager Julia Salinger...
, Canadian actress
- October 3 – Richard Ian Cox
Richard Ian Cox is a Welsh-Canadian voice actor best known for his voice acting for English language dubs of anime. He gained prominence for playing Mickey Rooney's teenaged traveler and horse rider, Alec Ramsay, in The Family Channel's Adventures of the Black Stallion during the early...
, Canadian Actor/Voice Actor
- October 4 – Chris Parks
Christopher J. "Chris" Parks , better known by his ring name "The Monster" Abyss, is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion....
, American professional wrestler
- October 5 – Annabelle Chvostek
Annabelle Chvostek is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Montreal. She is known for her rich singing voice, compelling lyrics and genre-spanning musicality, as well as her work with harmony trio The Wailin' Jennys....
, Canadian singer/songwriter/singer
- October 6 – Ioan Gruffudd
Ioan Gruffudd is a Welsh actor.Educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he started off in Welsh language productions, then came to international attention as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in the film Titanic , and as Lt. John Beales in Black Hawk Down...
, Welsh actor
- October 9 – Steven Burns, Blues Clues Actor
- October 9 – Terry Balsamo
Terence Patrick David Balsamo , is an American guitarist. He is a member and guitarist of alternative metal band Cold and is the guitarist of the Grammy Award winning alternative metal band Evanescence....
, American guitarist
- October 10 – Mario López
Mario Lopez, Jr. is an American actor of Mexican descent who has appeared on several television series, in films and on Broadway. He is best-known for his portrayal of the character Albert Clifford A.C...
, American actor
- October 11 – Takeshi Kaneshiro
Takeshi Kaneshiro , born October 11, 1973, is an actor of mixed heritage – his father is Japanese Okinawan and his mother is of Taiwanese descent.-Name:...
, TaiwanTaiwan , also known as Formosa , is the largest island of the Republic of China in East Asia. Taiwan is located east of the Taiwan Strait, off the southeastern coast of mainland China...
ese/Japanese actor
- October 13 – Nanako Matsushima
is a Japanese actress and model. She is known outside Japan for her role in the horror film Ring. She became the highest-paid actress in Japan due to Great Teacher Onizuka and all her following dramas becoming big hits...
, Japanese actress
- October 14 – Lasha Zhvania
Lasha Zhvania is a Georgian politician, the Minister for Economic Development from November 2008 till August 2009 and an ex-Parliament of Georgia...
, Georgian Politician
- October 19 – Joaquin Gage
Joaquin Jesse Gage is a professional ice hockey goaltender. He spent his junior career with the Portland Winter Hawks of the WHL...
, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 21 – Beverly Turner, British TV and radio presenter
- October 22 – Ichiro Suzuki
, often known simply as , is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Seattle Mariners. Ichiro has established a number of batting records, including the sport's single-season record for base hits with 262...
, Japanese baseball player
- October 24 – Levi Leipheimer
Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer who rides with UCI ProTeam . He previously rode for , , and ....
, American professional cyclist
- October 25 – Lamont Bentley
Lamont Bentley was an American actor and rapper. He was known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on Moesha and the series' spin off The Parkers.-Career:...
, American actor (d. 2005)
- October 25 – Maxi Mounds
Maxi Mounds is an American nude model, stripper and pornographic actress from Long Island, New York. Mounds is known for her extremely large breast implants. Mounds' implants are polypropylene string breast implants, which irritate the breast tissue, causing them to grow continuously as they fill...
, American female stripper, largest breasts in the world
- October 26 – Seth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American animator, composer, writer, producer, actor, singer, comedian, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the characters...
, American animator and voice actor
- October 26 – Taka Michinoku
, better known by his stage name Taka Michinoku , is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over the world...
, Japanese professinal wrestler
- October 28 – MVP, WWE Raw
WWE Raw is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States. The show's name, which is sometimes stylized as RAW, is also used to refer to the Raw brand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform...
wrestler
- October 29 – Robert Pirès
Robert Emmanuel Pirès is a French footballer who currently plays as a winger for Villarreal CF of the Spanish La Liga. He normally plays on the left wing but can play all across the midfield or in a position to support the striker...
, French football player
- October 30 – Silvia Corzo
Silvia Milena Corzo Pinto is a Colombian lawyer, journalist and news presenter for Caracol TV.-Biography:...
, Colombian newsreader
- October 30 – Edge
Adam Joseph Copeland is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Edge. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand, but is currently inactive due to an injury....
, Canadian professional wrestler, 2-time WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly-traded, privately-controlled integrated media and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
Champion
November–December
- November 1 – Assia
Assia is a French-born singer with Kabyle origins . Her albums mixed French variety, r&b, and oriental music...
, Algerian singer
- November 1 – Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian actress and former Miss World...
, Indian actress
- November 1 – Li Xiaoshuang
Li Xiaoshuang is a Chinese gymnast and Olympic champion. When he arrived at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he was a talented, but relatively unknown 18-year-old. He ended up leaving the Olympics with three medals...
, Chinese gymnast
- November 3 – Sticky Fingaz, American rapper (onyx
For the 1960s Cornish band, see The Onyx.Onyx is a hip hop group from New York City. Originally formed in 1988 by Fredro Starr, Sonsee, the late Big DS, the group later added Sticky Fingaz, Starr's cousin, in 1991, managed by Diamond Cut Entertainment's Milton Lynch.-Early career:The group was...
)
- November 3 – Mick Thomson, American guitarist (Slipknot
Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995. Slipknot consists of nine members, the current band members are Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor...
)
- November 5 – Johnny Damon
Johnny David Damon is a Major League Baseball outfielder and plays for the New York Yankees. Since the season, through 2008, he was 3rd among active major leaguers in runs , and 7th in hits and stolen bases...
, baseball player
- November 9 – Nick Lachey
Nicholas Scott "Nick" Lachey is an American pop singer, actor, producer, television host, and television personality who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the boy band 98 Degrees....
, American singer
- November 9 – Maija Vilkkumaa
Maija Johanna Vilkkumaa is a Finnish rock/pop singer and songwriter.- Albums :* Pitkä ihana leikki...
, Finnish pop singer
- November 10 – Jacqui Abbott
Jacqui Abbott was the female lead singer with the band, The Beautiful South after 1994, following the departure of Briana Corrigan....
, English singer (The Beautiful SouthThe Beautiful South were an English alternative rock group formed at the end of the 1980s by former members of Hull group The Housemartins - Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway. The duo were initially joined by Sean Welch , Dave Stead and Dave Rotheray , all of whom stayed with the group throughout...
)
- November 11 – Jason White
Jason White is a U.S. guitarist who has played in various punk rock bands. He is most notable for being a guitarist for Green Day and guitarist for Californian punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder. Jason White has been a backing member of Green Day since 1999 when they recorded Warning...
, American rock musician (Green DayGreen Day is an American rock trio formed in 1987. The band has consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong , Mike Dirnt , and Tré Cool for the majority of its existence....
)
- November 12 – Martin M. Weiss
Martin M. Weiss is the author of two popular Exam Cram books, including Security+ Exam Cram and i-Net+ Exam Cram. He is also author of the Windows 2000 System Administrator's Handbook and Windows 2000 Configuration Wizards.Weiss was born in Miami, Florida, and served in the United States Navy for...
, American author
- November 14 – Lawyer Milloy
Lawyer Milloy is an American football safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington....
, American football player
- November 14 – Dana Snyder
Dana Tiberius Snyder is an American voice actor.- Personal life :A native of the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, Snyder grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1992 and Webster University in Missouri...
, American voice actor
- November 20 – Sav Rocca, American football player and former Australian rules footballer
- November 26 – Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli is an American actor, best-known as the star of FOX's 2002 television series Fastlane. He played Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptation of Twilight.-Early life:...
, American actor
- November 28 – Jade Puget
Jade Errol Puget is the guitarist for alternative-rock band AFI , and the keyboardist/synthesizer operator for the electronic duo Blaqk Audio. He takes his stepfather's surname...
, American guitarist (AFIAFI is an American rock band from Ukiah, California, formed in 1991. They have consisted of the same lineup since 1998, lead vocalist Davey Havok, drummer and backup vocalist Adam Carson, with bassist Hunter Burgan and guitarist Jade Puget, who both play keyboard and contribute backup vocals..AFI...
)
- November 28 – Rob Conway
Robert Thomas Conway better known as Rob Conway, is an American professional wrestler and is best known for his seven year stint with World Wrestling Entertainment.-Professional wrestling career:...
, American professional wrestler
- November 29 – Ryan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh footballer who has played for Manchester United for his entire club career...
, Welsh footballer
- November 29 – Raphael Smith
Raphael Schrire Smith born Cape Town, South Africa November 29 1973 is a screenwriter based in London, United Kingdom. He studied law and Jewish Civilisation at the University of Cape Town. He also holds an MA in screenwriting from the National Film and Television School...
, South African screenwriter and songwriter
- November 30 – Lim Chang-jung
Lim Chang-jung is a South Korean actor and singer.-Filmography:-External links:...
, South Korean actor
- November 30 – Jason Reso
William Jason Reso is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor, currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its ECW brand as Christian, where he is the reigning ECW Champion. Reso has also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Christian Cage, where he was notable for...
, Canadian professional wrestler
- December 2 – Monica Seles
Monica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994...
, Yugoslavian-born tennis player
- December 2 – Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and third in 2005. He is considered one of the best time-trialists in the history of the sport...
, German professional road bicycle racer
- December 3 – Holly Marie Combs
Holly Marie Combs is an American film and television actress and producer. Her roles have included the portrayal of Piper Halliwell in the television series Charmed and of Kimberly Brock in Picket Fences. She received a Young Artist Award for her role in Picket Fences.-Early life:Holly Marie Combs...
, American actress
- December 4 – Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American media personality, actress, occasional singer, former model and businesswoman. She first became famous as a model in Paris, Milan, London, Tokyo and New York, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough...
, American supermodel and talk show host
- December 4 – Steven Menzies
Steve "Beaver" Menzies is an Australian professional rugby league footballer best known for his stellar career with the Manly Sea Eagles. He currently plays for the Bradford Bulls of the European Super League...
, Australian rugby leagueRugby league football is a full-contact form of football, played with a prolate spheroid ball by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. Rugby league is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union...
player
- December 5 – Mikelangelo Loconte
Mikelangelo Loconte is an Italian singer, author, composer, musician, performer and artistic director.He began an actor and performer career in France in the musical Les Nouveaux Nomades by Claude Barzotti and Anne-Marie Gaspard...
, Italian singer
- December 7 – Terrell Owens
Terrell Joe Gallagher Owens is an American football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. A six-time Pro Bowl selection, and holder of the league single-game reception record, Owens has been one of the dominant receivers of his era...
, American football player
- December 8 – Corey Taylor
Corey Todd Taylor, sometimes known by his number #8, is an American musician best known as the vocalist of American Heavy metal band Slipknot and the hard rock band Stone Sour. He was ranked #86 in Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time list. He also co-hosted the 2009 Kerrang! Awards...
, American rock vocalist (SlipknotSlipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995. Slipknot consists of nine members, the current band members are Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor...
, Stone SourStone Sour is an American three time Grammy Award-nominated rock band from Des Moines, Iowa.-Early days:Stone Sour was founded by Corey Taylor, vocalist of Slipknot, and former drummer Joel Ekman. Taylor's long time friend, Shawn Economaki joined shortly after, and filled in as the bass player...
)
- December 11 – Cameron Alexander, British musician
- December 14 – Thuy Trang
Thuy Trang was a Vietnamese American actress. She is best known for her role as Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Ranger of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers franchise.-Early life:...
, Vietnamese-born actress (d. 2001)
- December 14 – Tomasz Radzinski
Tomasz Radziński is a Polish Canadian football striker who is currently signed to Lierse in the Belgian Second Division.-Career:...
, Canadian footballer
- December 15 – Surya Bonaly
Surya Bonaly is a French-American professional figure skater.-Career:Bonaly was born in Nice, France in 1973. Her figure skating started when she was 10 years of age. When she was a child, her skating heroes were Midori Ito and Brian Boitano.When Bonaly first began to compete at the international...
, French figure skater
- December 16 – Scott Storch
Scott Storch is a Canadian record producer. He has found success in many genres of music, particularly hip hop, pop, and R&B. He has his own record label, Storch Music Company and his own music production company called Tuff Jew Productions LLC.Storch has produced for a variety of artists...
, American hip-hop producer
- December 17 – Paula Radcliffe
Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is a British long-distance runner and currently holds several world records....
, British athlete
- December 18 – Darryl Brown
Darryl Brown is a former West Indian cricketer who played three ODIs in 2001-02....
, Trinidad and West Indian cricketer
- December 24 – Kerry Nettle
Kerry Michelle Nettle is a former Australian Senator and member of the Australian Greens in New South Wales. Elected at the 2001 federal election on a primary vote of 4.36 percent with One Nation and micro-party preferences, she failed to gain re-election at the 2007 federal election, despite an...
, Australian Senator
- December 24 – Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer is an American author, known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition, won multiple literary awards and sold over 70 million copies worldwide, with translations into 37 different languages around the globe...
, American author
- December 25 – Chris Harris
Chris Harris is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he was formerly one-half of the tag team America's Most Wanted along with partner James Storm....
, American professional wrestler
- December 27 – Wilson Cruz
Wilson Cruz is an American actor, best known for playing a gay teenager on My So-Called Life and a recurring character on Noah's Arc...
, American actor
- December 27 – Kristoffer Zegers
Kristoffer Zegers is a Dutch composer.Taught by Gilius van Bergeijk, Jan Boerman, Martijn Padding, Clarence Barlow, Diderik Wagenaar at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag.In Zegers' music microtonal clusters are the main object...
, Dutch composer
- December 28 – Ids Postma
Ids Hylke Postma is a Dutch former speed skater. He is an Olympic gold medalist and former world champion....
, Dutch speed skater
- December 29 – Theo Epstein
Theo Nathaniel Epstein is the Executive Vice President/General Manager of the Boston Red Sox. On November 25, 2002, the Red Sox made him the youngest GM in the history of Major League Baseball by hiring him at the age of 28. In 2004, he engineered the first World Series championship by the Red Sox...
, American baseball general manager
- December 29 – Pimp C
Chad Lamont Butler , better known by his stage name Pimp C, was an American rapper and producer. He was one half of the influential hip-hop group UGK.- Early life :...
, American rapper (d. 2007)
- December 30 – Jason Behr
Jason Nathaniel Behr is a Saturn Award nominated American film and television actor. He first starred in the American television series Roswell followed by roles in the films The Shipping News and the Japanese horror film The Grudge.Behr had a series of guest appearances in various television...
, American actor
- December 30 – Ato Boldon
Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals...
, West Indian athlete
- December 31 – Nikolay Tsiskaridze
Nikolay Tsiskaridze , also spelled Ziskaridze, is a premier dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet. Ethnically Georgian, he was born in Tbilisi on 31 December, 1973. He joined the Moscow Ballet School in 1987 and was admitted into the Bolshoi Ballet in 1991...
, Russian dancer
January–March
- January 19 – Max Adrian
Max Adrian was a Northern Irish stage, film and television actor and singer. He was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre....
, Northern Irish actor (b. 1903)
- January 22 – Lyndon Baines Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson , served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963...
, 36th President of the United StatesThe President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition...
(b. 1908)
- January 23 – Kid Ory
Edward "Kid" Ory was a jazz trombonist and bandleader. He was born in Woodland Plantation near LaPlace, Louisiana.-Biography:...
, American musician (b. 1886)
- January 24 – J. Carrol Naish
Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish was an American character actor born in New York City, New York. Naish did many film roles, but they were eclipsed when he found fame in the title role of radio's Life with Luigi, which surpassed Bob Hope in the 1950 ratings.Naish appeared on stage for several years...
, American actor (b. 1897)
- January 26 – Edward G. Robinson
Edward Goldenberg Robinson, Sr. was an American actor born in Romania...
, American actor (b. 1893)
- January 28 – John Banner
John Banner , born Johann Banner in Vienna, was a Jewish Austrian American actor. He is best known for his role as a World War II German soldier, the comedic Sergeant Schultz on the television situation comedy Hogan's Heroes...
, Austrian-born actor (b. 1910)
- January 29 – Ludwig Stössel
Ludwig Stössel was an actor born in Lockenhaus, Austria. He was one of many Jewish actors and actresses that were forced to flee Europe when the Nazis came to power in 1933....
, Austrian actor (b. 1883)
- January 31 – Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch
Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch was a Norwegian economist and the co-winner withJan Tinbergen of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969.-Biography:...
, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
- February 11 – Hans D Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in chemistry, Nobel Prize in literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
laureate (b. 1907)
- February 15 – Wally Cox
Wallace Maynard Cox was an American comedian and actor, particularly associated with the early years of television in the United States. He appeared in the U.S. TV series Mr. Peepers , plus several other popular shows, and as a character actor in over 20 films...
, American actor (b. 1924)
- February 15 – Tim Holt
Tim Holt was an American film actor.-Early life:Born Charles John Holt III in Beverly Hills, California, he was the son of actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods...
, American actor (b. 1919)
- February 16 – Francisco Caamaño
Col. Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó [Cah-MAH-nyoh Deh-NYOH] was a Dominican soldier and politician.His entry into history books came during the Dominican Republic Civil War that began on April 24, 1965. He was one of the leaders in the movement to restore the democratically elected President Dr...
, Dominican politician (b. 1932) (executed)
- February 19 – Joseph Szigeti
Joseph Szigeti was a Hungarian virtuoso violinist.Born into a musical family, he spent his early childhood in a small town in Transylvania. He quickly proved himself to be a child prodigy on the violin, and moved to Budapest with his father to study with renowned pedagogue Jenő Hubay...
, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
- February 22 – Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen, CBE was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer.-Life:Elixabeth Bowen was born in Dublin and later brought to Bowen’s Court in County Cork where she spent her summers. When her father became mentally ill in 1907, she and her mother moved to England, eventually...
, Irish novelist (b. 1899)
- February 22 – Katina Paxinou
Katina Paxinou was a Greek film and theatre actress.-Early life:Born Aikaterini Konstantopoulou in Piraeus, Greece, she trained as an opera singer but changed career and joined the Greek Royal Theater in 1929. Paxinou distinguished herself on the stage. When World War II broke out, she was...
, Greek actress (b. 1900)
- February 23 – Dickinson W. Richards
Dr. Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. was an American physician and physiologist. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac...
, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Physiology or Medicine...
(b. 1895)
- February 28 – Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway , born in Cape Town, South Africa, was a character actor.Cecil Kellaway spent many years as an actor, author and director in the Australian film industry until he tried his luck in Hollywood in the 1930s. Finding he could get only gangster bit parts, he got discouraged and returned...
, South African actor (b. 1893)
- March 3 – Vera Panova
Vera Fyodorovna Panova was a Soviet Russian writer.Vera was born to the family of an impoverished merchant in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. When she was five, her father drowned in the Don River...
, Soviet-Russian writer (b. 1905)
- March 6 – Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck also known as Sai Zhen Zhu , was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer who spent the majority of her life in China...
, American writer, Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
laureate (b. 1892)
- March 8 – Ron Pigpen McKernan, American rock musician (Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, jazz, psychedelia, and space rock—and for live performances of long musical...
) (b. 1945)
- March 10 – Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:...
, German-American director (b. 1900)
- March 13 – Melville Cooper
Melville Cooper was a British stage, film and television actor. Among his best-known roles are the cowardly Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, and Mr...
, British actor (b. 1896)
- March 14 – Rafael Godoy
Rafael Godoy was a well-known Colombian composer born in Natagaima, Tolima, in 1907.From a young age, he was linked to the trade-union movement in Barrancabermeja, Santander, from where he had to emigrate when his personal security was threatened...
, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
- March 14 – Chic Young
Murat Bernard "Chic" Young was an American cartoonist known primarily as the creator and original artist of the comic strip Blondie. He received the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Blondie in 1948....
, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
- March 18 – Lauritz Melchoir, Danish opera singer (b. 1890)
- March 23 – Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard was an American motion picture stuntman and actor.-Biography:Born Kenneth Olin Maynard in Vevay, Indiana, he was one of five children. His younger brother, Kermit Maynard, also became a stuntman and actor.Working at carnivals and circuses, starting at age 16, Maynard became an...
, American actor (b. 1895)
- March 25 – Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen , born in Bivange, Luxembourg, was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. He was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. Steichen also contributed the logo...
, American photographer (b. 1879)
- March 26 – Noel Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of Richmond upon Thames, London, Coward...
, English composer and playwright (b. 1899)
- March 26 – George Sisler
George Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gorgeous George," was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball for fifteen seasons, primarily as a first baseman with the St. Louis Browns. Although his career ended in , from until , Sisler held the MLB record for most hits in a single season...
, American baseball player (b. 1893)
April–June
- April 8 – Pablo Picasso
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. Commonly known simply as Picasso, he is one of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art...
, Spanish artist (b. 1881)
- April 12 – Arthur Freed
Arthur Freed was born Arthur Grossman in Charleston, South Carolina. He was an American lyricist and a Hollywood film producer.-Biography:Freed began his career as a song plugger and pianist in Chicago...
, American film producer (b. 1894)
- April 16 – Istvan Kertesz
István Kertész was a world-renowned Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor.-Childhood:Kertész was born in Budapest, Hungary, the first child of Margit Muresian and Miklós Kertész. A daughter, Vera was born four years later...
, Hungarian conductor (b. 1929)
- April 16 – Nino Bravo
Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis , popularly known by the artistic name of Nino Bravo, was an international singing star from Spain....
, singer (b. 1944)
- April 19 – Hans Kelsen
Hans Kelsen was a Jewish Austrian-American jurist.- Biography :Kelsen was born in Prague to Jewish parents. He moved to Vienna with his family when he was two years old. There he attended some classes of Mr. Thomas Mertens...
, Austrian-born legal theorist (b. 1881)
- April 20 – Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong was an American film actor best remembered for his role as Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong by RKO Pictures. He uttered the famous exit quote, "'Twas beauty killed the beast," at the film's end...
, American actor (b. 1890)
- April 21 – Merian C. Cooper
Merian Caldwell Cooper was an American aviator, United States Air Force and Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, director, screenwriter and producer.Cooper's most famous film work was the 1933 movie King Kong.Cooper was the father of Polish translator and writer...
, American aviator, director, and producer (b. 1893)
- April 21 – Arthur Fadden
Sir Arthur William Fadden, GCMG , Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia, born in Ingham, Queensland, the son of a Presbyterian police officer.-Introduction:...
, 13th Prime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful political office in Australia...
(b. 1894)
- April 26 – Irene Ryan
Irene Ryan was an American actress, one of the few entertainers who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television and Broadway....
, American actress (b. 1902)
- April 28 – Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a Protestant, he converted to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive St. Thomas Aquinas for modern times and is a prominent drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
, Catholic philosopher (b. 1882)
- April 30 – Václav Renč
Václav Renč was a Czech poet, dramatist and translator. Like other catholic ruralistic writers, his themes included God, traditions and the countryside....
, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (b. 1911)
- May 2 – Alan Carney
Alan Carney was an American actor and comedian.Alan Carney was born David Boughal in Brooklyn, New York. He had performed in vaudeville for years as a comic dialectican. After making his first film, 1941's Convoy, Carney signed a contract at RKO Pictures, in choice supporting roles in such films...
, American actor and comedian (b. 1909)
- May 10 – Jack E. Leonard
Jack E. Leonard was an American comedian who made frequent appearances on television variety and game shows.-Biography:...
, American comedian (b. 1910)
- May 11 – Lex Barker
Lex Barker was an American actor best known for playing Tarzan of the Apes and leading characters from Karl May's novels.-Early life:...
, American actor (b. 1919)
- May 12 – Frances Marion
Frances Marion was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the twentieth century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos-Career:...
, American screenwriter (b. 1888)
- May 14 – Jean Gebser
Jean Gebser was a prodigy, a student of the transformations of human consciousness, a linguist, and a poet.-Biography:...
, German author, linguist, and poet (b. 1905)
- May 18 – Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Pickering Rankin was the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and the first female member of the Congress sometimes referred to as the Lady of the House...
, first U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1880)
- May 20 – Jarno Saarinen
Jarno Karl Keimo Saarinen was a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is the only Finn to win a road racing World Championship.- Career :...
, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
- May 21 – Vaughn Monroe
Vaughn Wilton Monroe was an American singer, trumpeter and big band leader, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s...
, American singer (b. 1911)
- June 1 – Mary Kornman
Mary Kornman was an American child actress who was the leading female star of the Our Gang series during the Pathe silent era.-Our Gang:...
, American actress (b. 1915)
- June 3 – Dory Funk
Dorrance Wilhelm "Dory" Funk was a professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestlers Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk.-Career:...
, American professional wrestler (b. 1919)
- June 4 – Arna Bontemps
Arna Wendell Bontemps was a well-known American poet and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. As the librarian at Fisk University, he established important collections of African-American literature and culture, establishing it as an important goal of scholarly study...
, African-American Harlem Renaissance writer (b. 1902)
- June 5 – Max Terhune
Max Terhune Cottonwood, Texas., was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956....
, American actor (b. 1891)
- June 10 – William Inge
William Motter Inge was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. In the early 1950s, he had a string of memorable Broadway productions, and one of these, Picnic, earned him a Pulitzer Prize...
, American playwright (b. 1913)
- June 18 – Roger Delgado
Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto was a British actor, best known for his role as the Master in Doctor Who....
, English actor (b. 1918)
- June 23 – Fay Holden
Fay Holden , was an American actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1935 and 1958, but is perhaps best known for her recurring role as Emily Hardy, Mickey Rooney's mother in the MGM Andy Hardy movie series....
, American actress (b. 1893)
- June 24 – Mary Carr
Mary Carr was an American film actress and was married to the actor William Carr. She appeared in 144 films between 1915 and 1956. Her son was the director Thomas Carr...
, American actress (b. 1874)
- June 26 – Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex was an American actor of stage and film. He started acting at age five and was toured through Missouri at age nine as "The Child Wonder in Scenes from Shakespeare"....
, American actor (b. 1889)
- June 30 – Nancy Mitford
Nancy Freeman-Mitford, CBE , styled The Hon. Nancy Mitford before her marriage and The Hon. Mrs Rodd thereafter, was an English novelist and biographer, one of the "Bright Young Things" on the London social scene in the inter-war years...
, English novelist (b. 1904)
- June 30 – Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R
Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky - blessed bishop of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church , whose body 30 years after his death was reportedly found to be uncorrupt...
, Ukrainian Catholic bishop and martyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce a belief, usually religious.-Meaning:...
(b. 1903)
July–September
- July 2 – Betty Grable
Betty Grable was an American dancer, singer, and actress.Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. It was later included in the Life magazine project "100 Photos that Changed the World"...
, American actress (b. 1916)
- July 2 – Swede Savage
David Earl "Swede" Savage, Jr. was an American race car driver.-Early life:Born in San Bernardino, California, Savage began Soap Box Derby racing at the age of five. He moved up to racing quarter midget cars then at age twelve to Go-Kart racing. By his mid-teens he was racing motorcycles...
, American race car driver (b. 1946)
- July 5 – Golwalkar, Second sarsanghchalak
The Sarsanghchalak is the paramount leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.He is supposed to be the Philosophical guide of the organisation. He is nominated by the predecessor.The six individuals who have held the post so far have been...
of Rashtriya Swayamsevak SanghThe Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , also known as the Sangh or the RSS, is world's largest volunteer organization in India. It was founded by Dr. K. B...
(b. 1906)
- July 6 – Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer was a German-born conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading conductors of the 20th century.-Biography:...
, German-born conductor (b. 1885)
- July 6 – Joe E. Brown, American actor (b. 1892)
- July 7 – Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake was an American film actress and pin-up model who enjoyed both popular and critical acclaim, most notably for her femme fatale roles in film noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s, as well as her peek-a-boo hairstyle.-Early life and career:Veronica Lake was born Constance Frances Marie...
, American actress (b. 1922)
- July 8 – Wilfred Rhodes
Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who holds the world records for both the most appearances made and the most wickets taken in first-class cricket. He played for Yorkshire and England, making 1110 appearances in first-class cricket from 1898 to 1930, including 58 in Test cricket...
, English cricketer (b. 1877)
- July 11 – Robert Ryan
Robert Bushnell Ryan was an American actor who often played hardened cops and ruthless villains.Ryan was born in Chicago, Illinois, the first child of Timothy Ryan and his wife Mabel Bushnell Ryan . He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932, having held the school's heavyweight boxing title all...
, American actor (b. 1909)
- July 12 – Lon Chaney, Jr.
Lon Chaney, Jr. was an American character actor, known mainly for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as "