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16 August 1973 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 August 1973 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “The Morning After” by Maureen McGovern.
- Top Film of 1973
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.
- Bestselling Novel of 1973
- “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1973.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “All in the Family” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1973–74 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 16 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 August 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 August 1973 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 16 August
- 1960 Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1964 Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
- 1966 Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
- 1972 In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
- 1975 Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration.
Famous people born on August 16
- Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director (born 1958)
- Sophie Cunningham, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Jannik Sinner, Italian tennis player (born 2001)
- James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1954)
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Events of 1973 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1973 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 22 – Roe v. Wade: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion.
- February 28 – The landmark postmodern novel Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon is published.
- March 26 – TV soap opera The Young and the Restless and game show The $10,000 Pyramid debuts on CBS.
Life in the US in 1973
President
Richard Nixon
Gas (per gallon)
$0.40
Loaf of Bread
$0.27
Average House
$22,100
Weekly Wage
$165
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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
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