February 1973 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1973 Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
• 02 Feb 1973 Midnight Special rock music show debuts on NBC-TV
• 03 Feb 1973 US President Richard Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law.
• 04 Feb 1973 No, No Nanette closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 861 performances
• 05 Feb 1973 Comic strip Hagar The Horrible debuted
• 06 Feb 1973 Shelter opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 31 performances
• 07 Feb 1973 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
• 08 Feb 1973 Jean Kerrs Finishing Touches, premieres in New York City
• 09 Feb 1973 Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
• 10 Feb 1973 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
• 11 Feb 1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic.
• 12 Feb 1973 Ohio becomes the first US state to post distances on signs in System International (Metric) units.
• 13 Feb 1973 Musical El Grande de Coca-Cola, premieres in New York City
• 14 Feb 1973 The last American is conscripted into the armed forces.
• 15 Feb 1973 USSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun
• 16 Feb 1973 The Court of Appeal of England and Wales rules that the ''Sunday Times'' can publish articles on Thalidomide and Distillers Company, despite ongoing legal actions by parents (the decision is overturned in July by the House of Lords).
• 18 Feb 1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic.
• 20 Feb 1973 10th time New York Islanders shut-out - 4-0 versus Pittsburgh Penguins.
• 21 Feb 1973 Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108
• 22 Feb 1973 US and China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing and Washington DC.
• 23 Feb 1973 Gold goes up US$10 overnight to record US$95 an ounce in London, England.
• 25 Feb 1973 Little Night Music opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 601 performances
• 26 Feb 1973 Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record US$5.7 million.
• 27 Feb 1973 Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee
• 28 Feb 1973 Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders.

Famous Birthday

• Hélène de Fougerolles
• Victor Webster

  Actor.

• Oscar de la Hoya
• Varg Vikernes

  Norwegian musician, writer, and a convicted murderer and arsonist.

• Chris Fehn

  American percussionist (Slipknot).

• Raphaël Ibañez

  French rugby player, a member of the French rugby team 1999, playing as hooker.

• Cathy Freeman

  Australian Aboriginal sprinter, a talented and determined woman from Palm Island in tropical Queensland, who specialised in the 400 metres...

• Claude Makelele

  French footballer.

• Anson Mount

  American actor and producer.

• Antonio de la Rúa
• James Hird

  Australian footballer and coach in the Australian Football League (AFL).

• Gérald Merceron
• Erinn Bartlett

  American actress who also competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

• Benoît Teilleria
• Deena Kastor
• Sarah Wynter

  Australian actress.

• Kimberly Davies
• Tyus Edney

  American basketball player: guard, Celtics.

• Olivier Girault

  French team handball player, who is currently the coach of the Paris Handball team.

• Amy Van Dyken

  American swimmer and sportscaster.

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Famous Deaths

• Wally Cox

  American character actor and comedian, remembered mostly as the TV actor, Mr.

• Tim Holt

  American noted family, an actor and the son of cowboy star Tim Holt, Sr.

• Katina Paxinou

  Actress (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Zita), dies at 72.

• George Morrison

  Dies at 82.

• L C William Nolde

  Last US soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral.

• Maurice Dallimore

  Actor (Collector), dies at 60.

• Art Smith

  Actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73.

• Mary Finney

  Actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68.

• Hope Landin

  Actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79.

• Dickinson W Richards

  American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Born 1895).

• Henry J Elias

  Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at age 70.

• Ira S Bowen

  US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at age 74.

• Franc Costello

  US gangster, dies at age 82.

• Joseph Szigeti

  Hungarian/US violinist, dies at age 80.

• Brigitte Reimann

  Writer, dies at 39.

• Winthrop Rockefeller

  US Governor (Arkansas), dies at age 60.

• Kostas Negrepontis

  Greek footballer (Born 1897).

• Frank Costello

  Italian-American gangster and crime boss.

• Bill Everett

  American comic book artist, co-created Daredevil and Namor the Sub-Mariner for Marvel Comics (Born 1917).

• Elizabeth Bowen

  Anglo-Irish Novelist (Cat Jumps), dies in London at 73.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Elton John - Crocodile Rock
2. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
3. Carly Simon - You're So Vain
4. Deliverance - Dueling Banjos
5. Stevie Wonder - Superstition

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Sweet - Blockbuster
2. Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
3. The Strawbs - Part Of The Union
4. Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never
5. Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)