Saturday 30 June 1973
It was Saturday, under the sign of Cancer. The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Chan Ho Park and Chan-ho Park.
In that special week of June people in US were listening to Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) by George Harrison.
In UK Can The Can by Suzi Quatro was in the top 5 hits.
40 Carats, directed by Milton Katselas, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1973
while Once Is Not Enough by Jacqueline Susann was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Match Game 73.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Lemonade Stand or TREK73.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
You can also have a look at the whole 1973 or at June 30 across the years.
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of 30 June 1973 ?
Holidays:
- Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- First Martyrs of the See of Rome.
Famous Birthdays:
- Chan Ho Park: Kong Ju City, South Korea -- Pitcher (LA Dodgers).
- Chan-ho Park: South Korean baseball player.
- Frank Rost: German soccer/football player, retired.
- Robert Bales: American soldier.
- Ümit Davala: Turkish footballer and manager.
- Chan Park: South Korean baseball player
- Noam Zylberman: Israeli-born Canadian actor
Famous Deaths:
- Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky CSsR: Ukrainian-born Canadian Greek-Catholic bishop and martyr (Born 1903).
Facts:
- Burns & Schreiber Comedy Hour, TV Variety
- Biggest US tanker Brooklyn christened (230,000 ton)
- Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse.
- A very long total solar eclipse occurs!--confirmed here --. During the entire 2nd millennium, only 7 total solar eclipses exceeded 7 minutes of totality.
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of June 1973 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
- Paul McCartney - My Love
- Billy Preston - Will It Go Round In Circles
- Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby
- Paul Simon - Kodachrome
- Sylvia - Pillow Talk
- Clint Holmes - Playground In My Mind
- The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
- Dr. John - Right Place Wrong Time
- Three Dog Night - Shambala
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in June 1973?
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Leonid Brezhnev -- June 25, 1973
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.8337
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: The U.S. Economy -- June 18, 1973
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
The Odessa File
The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: of a Mafia-like organization called Odessa ...of a real-life fugitive known as the "Butcher of Riga"..of a young German journalist tumed obsessed avenger.......and,
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Breakfast of Champions
In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth.
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The new complete edition of a timeless classic that includes the never-before-published Part Four and Last Words by Richard Bach.This is the story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules…people who get special pleasure out of ...
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Once Is Not Enough
Once upon a time, the entertainment industry was a world that never slept. Magazine editors, models, pop stars, and all the rest visited "vitamin doctors" to get the shots that would allow them to stay up all night and then ...
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