January 1973

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The following events occurred in January 1973:

January 1, 1973 (Monday)

January 2, 1973 (Tuesday)

January 3, 1973 (Wednesday)
  • Beginning of the 93rd United States Congress.[1]
  • In the US, Democratic Representatives Hale Boggs of Louisiana's 2nd district and Nick Begich of Alaska's At-Large district are declared "presumed dead" by House Resolution 1, nearly three months after the plane carrying both Congressmen is lost over a remote region of Alaska. Although both Boggs and Begich won their re-elections while officially missing after the crash, the House resolution rendered their seats vacant at the start of the 93rd Congress and ordered special elections to fill both seats.
  • Died: Christopher Chenery, 86, American engineer, businessman and racehorse owner; Christine van Meeteren, 87, Dutch silent film actress

January 4, 1973 (Thursday)

January 5, 1973 (Friday)

January 6, 1973 (Saturday)

January 7, 1973 (Sunday)

January 8, 1973 (Monday)

January 9, 1973 (Tuesday)

January 10, 1973 (Wednesday)
  • The body of murdered KGB agent Sergei Kourdakov is sent to Washington D.C. where an English funeral service by Reverend Richard Halverson, a Presbyterian pastor, and a Russian service at a Russian Orthodox church are held.
  • Born: Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico; Ajit Pai, American politician, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in Buffalo, New York

January 11, 1973 (Thursday)
  • 1973 oil crisis: U.S. Phase III price controls are introduced.
  • Vietnam War: All Australian involvement in hostilities ceases.
  • Born: Paul Kehoe, Irish politician, in Bree, County Wexford; Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh

January 12, 1973 (Friday)

January 13, 1973 (Saturday)

January 14, 1973 (Sunday)

January 15, 1973 (Monday)

January 16, 1973 (Tuesday)
  • Died: Clara Ward, 48, American gospel singer, after suffering two strokes

January 17, 1973 (Wednesday)
  • Following a referendum in the Philippines, Proclamation No. 1102 certifies and proclaims that the Constitution proposed by the Constitutional Convention of 1971 has been ratified by the Filipino people and thereby come into effect.
  • Died: Ted Koehler, 78, American lyricist

January 18, 1973 (Thursday)

January 19, 1973 (Friday)

January 20, 1973 (Saturday)

January 21, 1973 (Sunday)

January 22, 1973 (Monday)

January 23, 1973 (Tuesday)

January 24, 1973 (Wednesday)

January 25, 1973 (Thursday)

January 26, 1973 (Friday)

January 27, 1973 (Saturday)

January 28, 1973 (Sunday)

January 29, 1973 (Monday)
  • The Troubles: The Ulster Defence Association shoots dead a Catholic civilian at his workplace, a petrol station on Kennedy Way, Belfast. On the same day the UDA kills a 15-year-old Catholic civilian in a drive-by shooting at Falls Road/Donegall Road junction, Belfast, and the Provisional IRA shoots dead UDA member Francis 'Hatchet' Smith in west Belfast; Smith was rumoured to have led the group that shot the teenager.[4]
  • The Miss Dominican Republic 1973 contest is won by Liliana Maritza Fernández González.
  • Born: Jason Schmidt, American baseball pitcher, in Lewiston, Idaho

January 30, 1973 (Tuesday)
  • Born: Jay Manalo, Filipino actor, in Saigon, South Vietnam; Jordan Prentice, Canadian actor, in London, Ontario
  • Died: Titina Silla, 29, Guinea-Bissau freedom fighter, in an ambush by Portuguese authorities. The anniversary of her death later comes to be celebrated as National Women's Day in Guinea Bissau.[5]

January 31, 1973 (Wednesday)
gollark: You should probably not trust that network at all if it's MitMing you constantly.
gollark: The obvious solution is piracy™.
gollark: I can't actually be bothered, myself.
gollark: Only for the US though, and I think this is using an outdated architecture.
gollark: https://nirvan66.github.io/geoguessr.html

References
  1. "Chronology 1973". The World Book Year Book 1974. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. 1974. p. 8. ISBN 0-7166-0474-4. LCCN 62-4818.
  2. Stille, Darlene R. (1974). "Disasters". The World Book Year Book 1974. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. p. 293. ISBN 0-7166-0474-4. LCCN 62-4818.
  3. "CURIA - Court of Justice - Court of Justice of the European Union". curia.europa.eu. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  4. McKittrick, David. Lost Lives. Mainstream, 1999. p.320
  5. Guiné-Bissau assinala Dia da Mulher, PANAPress, 2004-01-30.
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