Today in History for September 1973

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 80 of 80

1st - 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
1st - George Foreman KOs Jose "King" Roman in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
2nd - Billy Martin fired as manager of Tigers
2nd - Netherlands wins hockey world's championship
2nd - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic
3rd - General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA
3rd - Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
4th - William E Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA
5th - "Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 15 performances
5th - 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
6th - NY Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt & Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed
7th - Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion
7th - Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner
8th - 87th US Womens Tennis: M S Court beats E Goolagong Cawley (76 57 62)
8th - Billy Martin named manager of Texas Rangers
8th - Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)
8th - Rebecca Ann King (Colo), 23, crowned 46th Miss America 1974
9th - 93rd US Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62)
9th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Muhammad Ali 10th - Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton
10th - NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis
11th - Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup
12th - 2 bettors win largest US Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit)
12th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
13th - ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
13th - Congress passes & sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout
13th - Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea
14th - Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise
14th - Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s
14th - Pres Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout
15th - "Star Trek-Animated" premieres on TV
15th - Dutch Guilder devalued 5%
15th - Ohio State's Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing
15th - Secretariat wins Marlboro Cup in world record 1:45 2/5 for 1¼ miles
Baseball Player Hank Aaron 16th - "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 15 performances
16th - Buff Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13
16th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
18th - German FR & German DR admitted to UN
19th - Carl XVI Gustaf, becomes King of Sweden
19th - Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park (Arlington Tx)
19th - NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington DC
19th - Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May NJ) forms
19th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
20th - Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
20th - Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
21st - Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000
21st - NY Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12½ games
21st - Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA KC Kings for $450,000
22nd - "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal OJ Simpson 22nd - 20th Ryder Cup: US, 19-13 at Muirfield, Scotland
22nd - Balt Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
22nd - Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State
23rd - Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power
23rd - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Open
23rd - Largest known prime, 2 ^ 132,049-1, is discovered
24th - Guinea-Bissau declares independence
24th - St Louis Cards Jim Bakken sets NFL record kicking 7 field goals
25th - 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days
25th - Mets beat Expos 2-1 on Willie Mays Night at Shea Stadium
26th - Concorde flies from Washington DC to Paris in 3h33m
26th - Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2½ years)
26th - Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors
26th - Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
27th - Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
27th - Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)
27th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
28th - Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train
28th - ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
29th - "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33
29th - "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
29th - Balt Orioles pull their 5th triple play (5-4-3 vs Detroit)
29th - Insurance ind announces auto racers get into more highway accidents
29th - Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
30th - 3rd NYC Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07
30th - 4th NYC Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:21:54
30th - Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
30th - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cameron Park Golf Open
30th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
30th - Yanks close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk
30th - resigns as manager

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 86 of 86

1st - Gillian Boxx, Fontana CA, softball catcher (Olympics-gold-96)
1st - Trent Bray, NZ, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics-96)
1st - Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
1st - J. D. Fortune, Canadian singer (INXS)
1st - Zach Thomas, American football player
1st - Polly Shannon, Canadian actress
2nd - Matthew Dunn, Leeton NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
2nd - Jason Blake, American hockey player
3rd - Brian Thure, NFL tackle (Washington Redskins)
3rd - Chen Hsiao-Fen, Miss Universe-Taiwan ROC (1996)
3rd - Damon Stoudamire, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
3rd - Joanette Kruger, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star
3rd - Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
4th - Robert Couch, NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
4th - Stacy Sanches, Dallas TX, playmate (Mar, 1995)
5th - Jenny Whittle, Australian basketball center (Olympics-bronze-96)
5th - Tina Yothers, actress (Family Ties)
5th - Paddy Considine, English actor
6th - Greg Rusedski, Montreal Quebec, tennis star (1995 Seoul)
6th - Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer
7th - Sam Couch, Newport Beach California, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
7th - Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
8th - Bob Wolcott, Huntington Beach Ca, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
8th - Jason Downs, actor (Bobby-Hairspray)
8th - Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi Arabian footballer
9th - Mike Schlegel, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
9th - Peter Scott, Newcastle Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
9th - Todd McMillon, CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
9th - Troy Rudolph, production asst (Suburbanators, Viper)
9th - Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player
10th - Ghada Shouaa, Syria, heptatlete (Olympics-gold-96)
10th - Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
11th - Fred Thomas, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
12th - Darren Campbell, British athlete
12th - Martin Lapointe, Canadian hockey player
12th - Paul Walker, American actor
13th - Brian Evans, NBA forward (Orlando Magic)
13th - Philip Dulebohn, Washington DC, figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr - 3rd)
13th - Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer
13th - Marcelinho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
13th - Christine Arron, French runner
13th - Kelly Chen, Chinese singer
14th - Terrell Fletcher, NFL running back (San Diego Chargers)
14th - Tony Bui, Vietnamese film director
14th - Linvoy Primus, English footballer
14th - Mike Ward, Canadian comedian
15th - Julie Cox, English actress
16th - Clint Peay, Columbia Md, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
16th - Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist
16th - Justin Haythe, American writer
16th - George Corrie, English Footballer
17th - David Reid, Phila, light middleweight boxer (Olympics-gold-96)
17th - Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer
17th - Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress
18th - Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
18th - James Marsden, American actor
18th - Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi)
18th - Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur
19th - Jeremy Jordan, singer
19th - Nick Colgan, Irish footballer
19th - Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver
20th - Ronald McKinnon, National Football League linebacker
21st - Virginia Ruano-Pascual, Madrid Spain, tennis star
21st - Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican footballer
21st - Vanessa Grigoriadis, American journalist
23rd - Grant McDonald, Australian baseball outfielder (Olympics-1996)
23rd - Michelle Tolson, Manchester NH, Miss America-NH (1997)
23rd - Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist
24th - Rodrick Rhodes, NBA forward (Houston Rockets)
24th - Eddie George, American football player
25th - Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, Gold Beach Oregon, Miss Teen USA (1990)
25th - Melonie McGarrah, Rogers Arkansas, Miss America-Arkansas (1997)
25th - Tijani Babangida, soccer player (Roda JC)
25th - Bridget Marquardt, American model
26th - David Richie, NFL nost tackle (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
26th - Marty Casey, American singer (Lovehammers)
26th - Chris Small, Scottish snooker player
26th - Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper
27th - Larry McSeed, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
27th - Tina Nicholson, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
27th - Chris Demakes, American singer/guitarist (Less Than Jake)
28th - Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician
28th - Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
29th - Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
29th - Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
29th - Scout Niblett, British singer/songwriter

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

17th - "The Osmonds" lead singer and bassist Merrill Osmond (20) weds Mary Carlson

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 32 of 32

2nd - John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of ulcer at 81
2nd - Carl Dudley, American film director (b. 1910)
5th - Jack Fournier, American baseball player (b. 1889)
6th - William H Harris, composer, dies at 90
7th - Hans Lorbeer, writer, dies at 72
9th - Samuel N Behrman, US stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80
11th - Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile (1970-73), dies at 65
11th - Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru
12th - Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77
12th - Marjorie Post, US philanthropic/multi-millionaire ($200m), dies at 86
13th - Betty Field, actress (Kings Row), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 60
15th - Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
15th - Victor Jara, Chilean musician (b. 1941)
16th - Frederic Meyer, actor (Faraway Hill), dies at 63
17th - Hugo Winterhalter, composer, dies at 63
18th - Nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80
19th - Bob Gilbert, actor (Never the Twain Shall Meet), dies of hepatitis 75
19th - Gram Parsons, rocker (Byrds), dies of OD at 26
20th - Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist, dies
Writer J. R. R. Tolkien (2nd) 20th - Glenn Strange, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
20th - Jim Croce, vocalist (Time in a Bottle), dies in a plane crash at 30
21st - Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39
21st - William CF Plomer, S Afr libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69
23rd - A S Neill, British headmaster, dies at at 89
23rd - Manuel Borguno, composer, dies at 87
23rd - Pablo Neruda, [N R R Basoalto], poet (100 Love Sonnets), dies at 69
26th - Anton Schnack, German writer/poet, dies at 81
28th - Mantan Moreland, comedian (Watermelon Man), dies at 71
28th - Norma Crane, actress (Rayola-Mr Peepers), dies of cancer at 44
28th - Wystan H Auden, British/US writer (Spain/Platonic Blow), dies at 66
29th - W H Auden, Vienna poet, dies
30th - Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (b. 1902)