Born on 7 January 1973

At A Glance

7 January 1973 at a glance

Day of the week

7 January 1973 was a Sunday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Ben” by Michael Jackson 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 7 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 7 January 1973 fell in the Year of the Rat.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 7 January 1973 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 7 January

• 1968 Surveyor program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36A.
• 1979 Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
• 1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
• 1984 Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
• 1985 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.

Famous people born on 7 January

• Andy Burnham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1970)
• Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver (born 1985)
• Nicolas Cage, American actor (born 1964)
• Jeremy Renner, American actor (born 1971)

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