Born on 14 May 1973

At A Glance

14 May 1973 at a glance

Day of the week

14 May 1973 was a Monday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Top of the World” by The Carpenters was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1973

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.

Star sign

The star sign for 14 May is Taurus.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 14 May 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.

Birthstone

The birthstone for May is Emerald.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 14 May 1973 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 14 May

• 1953 Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike.
• 1955 Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
• 1970 Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
• 1973 Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
• 1987 Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.

Famous people born on 14 May

• Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founder of Facebook (born 1984)
• George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm (born 1944)
• Cate Blanchett, Australian actress (born 1969)
• Rob Gronkowski, American football player (born 1989)

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