At A Glance
3 February 1973 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 February 1973 was a Saturday.
- 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 3 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 February 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 February 1973 was New Moon.
On this day: 3 February
- 1958 Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
- 1960 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation.
- 1966 The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
- 1984 Doctor John Buster and a research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in the United States announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
- 1984 Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
Famous people born on 3 February
- Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress (born 1976)
- Amal Clooney, British-Lebanese barrister and activist (born 1978)
- Maura Tierney, American actress and producer (born 1965)
- Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
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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