What Happened In April 1973 In History

Historical Events for April, 1973

• 1st » Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India.
• 2nd » Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
• 2nd » The Liberal Movement (Australia) named Liberal Movement breaks away from the Liberal and Country League in South Australia.
• 3rd » Martin Cooper (inventor) called Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the History of mobile phones called first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, though it took ten years for the DynaTAC 8000X to become the first such phone to be commerc
• 4th » The World Trade Center in New York City e.g New York is officially dedicated.
• 4th » A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the 'Hanoi Taxi', makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
• 6th » Launch of 'Pioneer 11' spacecraft.
• 6th » The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
• 10th » A British Vickers Vanguard turboprop aircraft crashes in a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104 people.
• 17th » George Lucas begins writing the treatment for Star Wars called The Star Wars.
• 19th » The Portuguese Socialist Party (Portugal) called Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
• 30th » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aides H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and others have resigned.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1973

• 1st » Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor
• 1st » Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer
• 1st » Joe Francis, American businessman, founded Girls Gone Wild (franchise) called Girls Gone Wild
• 1st » Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author
• 1st » Kris Marshall, English actor
• 1st » Daryn Tufts, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1st » Kym Wilson, Australian actress
• 2nd » Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer
• 2nd » Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 2nd » Aleksejs Semjonovs, Latvian footballer
• 3rd » Jamie Bamber, English actor
• 3rd » Prabhu Deva, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
• 3rd » Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor
• 3rd » Kelly Price, American singer-songwriter
• 3rd » Adam Scott (actor) e.g Adam Scott, American actor, director, and producer
• 4th » Chris Banks (American football) or Chris Banks, American football player (d. 2014)
• 4th » David Blaine, American magician
• 4th » Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer
• 4th » Peter Hoekstra (footballer) called Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer
• 4th » Chris McCormack (triathlete) called Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete
• 5th » Tony Banks (American football) named Tony Banks, American football player and journalist
• 5th » Élodie Bouchez, French-American actress
• 5th » Jason Done, English actor
• 5th » Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball player (d. 2013)
• 5th » Pharrell Williams, American rapper, producer, and fashion designer (N.E.R.D, The Neptunes, and All City Chess Club))
• 6th » Donnie Edwards, American football player
• 6th » Randall Godfrey, American football player
• 6th » Lori Heuring, American actress
• 6th » Joe Machine, English painter and poet
• 6th » Rie Miyazawa, Japanese model and actress
• 6th » Sun Wen (footballer) or Sun Wen, Chinese footballer
• 7th » Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer
• 7th » Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch politician, List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands or Dutch Minister of Defence
• 7th » Carole Montillet, French skier
• 7th » Ève Salvail, Canadian model and actress
• 7th » Brett Tomko, American baseball player
• 8th » Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer
• 8th » Emma Caulfield, American actress
• 8th » Alex Gonzalez (shortstop, born 1973) known as Alex Gonzalez, American baseball player and manager
• 9th » Spencer Rice, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 10th » Guillaume Canet, French actor and director
• 10th » Roberto Carlos (footballer) called Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 10th » Aidan Moffat, Scottish singer-songwriter (Arab Strap (band) named Arab Strap and The Reindeer Section)
• 10th » Christopher Simmons, Canadian-American graphic designer, author, and academic
• 11th » Jennifer Esposito, American actress
• 12th » J. Scott Campbell, American author and illustrator
• 12th » Claudia Jordan, American model and actress
• 12th » Ryan Kisor, American trumpet player and composer
• 12th » Christina Moore, American actress
• 12th » Antonio Osuna, Mexican-American baseball player
• 13th » Bokeem Woodbine, American actor
• 14th » Roberto Ayala, Argentinian footballer
• 14th » Adrien Brody, American actor and producer
• 14th » David Miller (tenor) known as David Miller, American tenor and actor (Il Divo)
• 16th » Akon, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 16th » Gary Delaney, English comedian
• 16th » Hirofumi Nojima, Japanese voice actor
• 16th » Bonnie Pink, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 16th » Oksana Yermakova, Estonian-Russian fencer
• 17th » Katrin Koov, Estonian architect
• 17th » Jeff Lewis (American football) e.g Jeff Lewis, American football player (d. 2013)
• 17th » Brett Maher, Australian basketball player
• 17th » Theo Ratliff, American basketball player
• 17th » Kaihō Ryōji, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 18th » Jad Abumrad, American radio host and producer
• 18th » Derrick Brooks, American football player
• 18th » Brady Clark, American baseball player
• 18th » Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner
• 19th » George Gregan, Zambian-Australian rugby player and coach
• 19th » Alessio Scarpi, Italian footballer
• 20th » Todd Hollandsworth American baseball player and sportscaster
• 20th » Geoff Lloyd, English radio host
• 20th » Lamond Murray, American basketball player
• 21st » Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian hurdler
• 22nd » Adem Poric, English-Australian footballer
• 22nd » Christopher Sabat, American voice actor, director, and producer
• 22nd » Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
• 23rd » Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 24th » Gabby Logan, English gymnast and radio host
• 24th » Damon Lindelof, American screenwriter and producer
• 24th » Brian Marshall, American bass player and songwriter (Creed (band) or Creed and Alter Bridge)
• 24th » Eric Snow, American basketball player and coach
• 24th » Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
• 24th » Toomas Tohver, Estonian footballer
• 24th » Lee Westwood, English-American golfer
• 25th » Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer (Millencolin)
• 26th » Geoff Blum, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 26th » Jules Naudet, French-American director and producer
• 26th » Chris Perry (footballer) e.g Chris Perry, English footballer
• 26th » Óscar García Junyent, Spanish footballer and coach
• 27th » Duško Adamović, Serbian footballer
• 27th » Andre Gower, American actor
• 27th » Sébastien Lareau, Canadian tennis player
• 28th » Jorge Garcia, American actor
• 28th » Earl Holmes, American football player and coach
• 28th » Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
• 28th » Elisabeth Röhm, German-American actress
• 28th » Serge Zwikker, Dutch-American basketball player
• 29th » David Belle, French actor, stuntman, and choreographer
• 29th » Martin Kesici, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 30th » Leigh Francis, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 30th » Kinna McInroe, American actress
• 30th » Naomi Novik, American author
• 30th » Jamie Staff, English cyclist and coach
• 30th » Jeff Timmons, American singer-songwriter and producer (98 Degrees)

Famous Deaths for April 1973

• 5th » John Coleman (Australian footballer) named John Coleman, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
• 8th » Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)
• 12th » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 16th » István Kertész (conductor) named István Kertész, Hungarian conductor (b. 1929)
• 16th » Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (b. 1944)
• 21st » Arthur Fadden, Australian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 25th » Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896)
• 26th » Irene Ryan, American actress (b. 1902)
• 27th » Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1914)
• 28th » Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
• 30th » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)

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