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# 1973

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Years : | 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years: | 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

## [edit] Events

- January 1 - United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, now known as the European Union.
- January 3 - Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner.
- January 15 - Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
- January 17 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines.
- January 22 - Supreme Court of the United States rules on Roe v. Wade.
- January 22 - George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier for the heavyweight world boxing championship.
- January 23 - Eruption in Heimaey begins.
- January 23 - President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
- January 27 - U.S. involvement in Vietnam War ends with the signing of peace pacts. See Paris Peace Accords.
- February-The Blue Oyster Cult, Tyranny and Mutation is released.
- Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley divorce.
- The rock group KISS form in New York City.
- Hager the Horrible first appears in newspapers.
- Homosexuality is no longer considered a mental disorder.

## [edit] Births

- January 8 - Sean Paul, Jamaican reggae singer
- January 11 - Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
- January 13 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian NHL goalie
- January 18 - Crispian Mills, British musician (The Jeevas and Kula Shaker)
- January 19 - Drea de Matteo, American actress
- January 19 - Karen Lancaume, pornographic actress (d. 2005)
- January 29 - Jason Schmidt, Major League Baseball player

## [edit] Deaths

- January 22 - Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States (b. 1908)
- January 23 - Kid Ory, musician
- January 24 - J. Carrol Naish, actor
- January 26 - Edward G. Robinson, actor
- September 20 -Jim Croce, singer
- November 11 - David "Stringbean" Akeman, musician and actor

## [edit] Films released

- The Sting
- American Graffiti
- The Exorcist
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Live and Let Die
- Westworld
- Posidean Adventure
- The Wicker Man

## [edit] Hit songs

- "Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Roberta Flack
- "Radar Love" - Golden Earring
- "Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple
- "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
- "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce
- "Crocodile Rock" - Elton John
- "Delta Dawn" - Helen Reddy
- "D'yer Mak'er" - Led Zeppelin
- "Frankenstein" - The Edgar Winter Group
- "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - Elton John
- "Half Breed" - Cher
- "Higher Ground" - Stevie Wonder
- "Keep On Truckin' " - Eddie Kendricks
- "Kodachrome" - Paul Simon
- "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
- "Live and Let Die" - Paul McCartney and Wings
- "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" - ABBA
- "Loves Me Like a Rock" - Paul Simon (with The Dixie Hummingbirds)
- "Me and Mrs. Jones" - Billy Paul
- "Midnight Train to Georgia" - Gladys Knight
- "Morning After"- Maureen McGovern
- "My Love" - Paul McCartney & Wings
- "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" - Vicki Lawrence
- "Over the Hills and Far Away" - Led Zeppelin
- "Photograph" - Ringo Starr
- "Ramblin' Man" - Allman Brothers Band
- "Ring Ring" - ABBA
- "Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting" - Elton John
- "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder
- "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" - Paul Simon
- "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin
- "Tie a Yellow Ribbon around the Old Oak Tree" - Tony Orlando & Dawn
- "Top of the World" - Carpenters
- "Touch Me in the Morning" - Diana Ross
- "Why Me" - Kris Kristofferson
- "Will It Go Around in Circles" - Billy Preston

## [edit] New books

- The Billion Dollar Sure Thing – Paul E. Erdman
- The Black Prince - Iris Murdoch
- Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- Burnt Offerings - Robert Marasco
- Burr - Gore Vidal
- The Court-Martial of Daniel Boone - Allan W. Eckert
- Cromwell, our Chief of Men - Antonia Fraser
- Demon Seed - Dean R. Koontz
- The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker
- Devil Tree - Jerzy Kosinski
- Evening in Byzantium - Irwin Shaw
- Eye of the Storm - Patrick White
- Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 - Hunter S. Thompson
- Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
- The Honorary Consul - Graham Greene
- If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Send Me Home - Tim O'Brien
- The Matlock Paper - Robert Ludlum
- Momo - Michael Ende
- The Odessa File - Frederick Forsyth
- Once Is Not Enough - Jacqueline Susann
- The Rachel Papers - Martin Amis
- The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb - Mervyn Peake (posthumous)
- The Stone That Never Came Down - John Brunner
- Sula - Toni Morrison
- Tar Baby - Jerome Charyn
- Temporary Kings - Anthony Powell
- Temptations of Big Bear - Rudy Wiebe
- There Is A Tree More Ancient Than Eden - Leon Forrest
- A Touch of Danger - James Jones
- Who Are You? - Anna Kavan

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