At A Glance
14 February 1973 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 February 1973 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Blockbuster!” by The Sweet.
- Top Film of 1973
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 14 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 February 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 February 1973 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 14 February
- 1949 The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
- 1954 First Indochina War - small French garrison at Đắk Đoa is overrun by the Viet Minh after a week's siege.
- 1961 Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
- 1983 United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
- 1990 The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot.
Famous people born on 14 February
- Kevin Keegan, English footballer and manager (1951–2026)
- Jimmy Hoffa, American trade union leader (1913–1975)
- Freddie Highmore, English actor (born 1992)
- Steve McNair, American football player (1973–2009)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1973 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1973 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 1 March – Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, one of rock's landmark and bestselling albums, is released in the UK. Sleeve design is by Hipgnosis.
- 17 March – Elizabeth II opens the replacement London Bridge.
- 6 July – The eighth James Bond film – Live and Let Die – is released in British cinemas, with the spy being played for the first time by 45-year-old The Saint star Roger Moore.
Life in 1973
Prime Minister
Edward Heath
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
20p
Loaf of Bread
12p
Average House
£9,942
Weekly Wage
£40.92
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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
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