1973
Richard Marshall, American general (born 1895)
Major General Richard Jaquelin Marshall was a senior officer in the United States Army.
Richard Marshall, American general (born 1895)
The 1970s
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1973
Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (born 1901)
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was a Cuban military officer, political leader, and dictator who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power in the 1930s u…
Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (born 1901)
1973
Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (born 1895)
Jack Morrison Gregory was an Australian cricketer.
Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (born 1895)
1973
Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (born 1898)
Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater. His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with his four‑volume…
Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (born 1898)
1973
Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917)
Jean-Pierre Grumbach, known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville, was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-i…
Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917)
1973
Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
Walter Rudolf Hess was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs.…
Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
1973
Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
Karl Waldemar Ziegler was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work…
Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
1973
Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (born 1908)
Frederick Benjamin Gipson was an American writer and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the 1956 novel Old Yeller, which became a popular 1957 Walt Disney film. Gipson was …
Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (born 1908)
1973
Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
Selman Abraham Waksman was a Russian-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discove…
Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
1973
Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (born 1889)
Conrad Potter Aiken was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published w…
Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (born 1889)
1973
Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (born 1928)
Jean-Henri-Alphonse Barraqué was a French composer and music writer. His relatively small œuvre is known for its serialism.
Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (born 1928)
1973
Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (born 1939)
Paul Williams was an American baritone singer. He was noted for being one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Motown group the Temptations. Personal problem…
Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (born 1939)
1973
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1875)
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám de Dancka was a conservative Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister and temporary Minister of Finance of the second counter-revolutionary govern…
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1875)
1973
Della Aleksander co-presented an episode of Open Door on transgender women's lives
Della Aleksander (1923–2001) was a British teacher and campaigner for trans rights. She was a co-producer of an episode of the current affairs programme Open Door, which was the f…
Della Aleksander co-presented an episode of Open Door on transgender women's lives
1973
Juvénal Habyarimana (pictured) orchestrated a bloodless coup d'état of the Rwandan government and began a totalitarian…
Juvénal Habyarimana was a Rwandan politician and military officer who was the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until his assassination in 1994. He was nicknamed Kinani, a Kiny…
Juvénal Habyarimana (pictured) orchestrated a bloodless coup d'état of the Rwandan government and began a totalitarian…
1973
George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars
George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars franchise and its fictional universe, the Indiana Jones franchise, and founded Lucasfi…
George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars
1973
The album The Dark Side of the Moon by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd entered the Billboard Top LPs & Tape
The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Capitol Records in the US and on 16 March 1973 by …
The album The Dark Side of the Moon by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd entered the Billboard Top LPs & Tape
1973
At the Paris Air Show, a Tupolev Tu-144 broke up in mid-air, killing all six members of its crew and eight bystanders on
The Paris Air Show is a trade fair and air show held in odd years at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France. Organized by the French aerospace industry's primary representative body, t…
At the Paris Air Show, a Tupolev Tu-144 broke up in mid-air, killing all six members of its crew and eight bystanders on
1973
The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables (racing colors pictured), won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving t
Secretariat, also known as Big Red, was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time…
The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables (racing colors pictured), won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving t
1973
The U
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The U
1973
A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.
The Summerland disaster occurred when a fire spread through the Summerland leisure centre in Douglas on the Isle of Man on the night of 2 August 1973. Fifty people were killed and …
A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.
1973
The Los Angeles Dodgers started Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, and Bill Russell in the infield, beginning a record
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League …
The Los Angeles Dodgers started Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, and Bill Russell in the infield, beginning a record
1973
British singer David Bowie retired his stage persona Ziggy Stardust in a surprise announcement on the last day of a…
David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, he was known for his co…
British singer David Bowie retired his stage persona Ziggy Stardust in a surprise announcement on the last day of a…
1973
John Paul Getty III, a grandson of the American oil magnate J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped in Rome.
John Paul Getty III was the grandson of the American-born British oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who was once the richest man in the world. While living in Rome in 1973, he was kidnappe…
John Paul Getty III, a grandson of the American oil magnate J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped in Rome.