What Happened In February 1973 In History

Historical Events for February, 1973

• 9th » Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Odisha, India.
• 11th » Vietnam War: First release of American prisoner of war known as prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
• 21st » Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
• 27th » The American Indian Movement (AIM) Wounded Knee incident or occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1973

• 1st » Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player
• 1st » Yuri Landman, Dutch instrument maker
• 1st » Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress
• 1st » Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican footballer
• 2nd » Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
• 2nd » Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
• 2nd » Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer
• 3rd » Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist
• 4th » Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer
• 4th » Manny Legacé, Canadian ice hockey player
• 5th » Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 5th » Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer
• 5th » Georgios Psykhos, Greek water polo player
• 6th » Jeff B. Davis, American actor and singer
• 7th » Irina Björklund, Finnish actress
• 7th » Mie Sonozaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 7th » Juwan Howard, American basketball player
• 8th » Keith McDonald (baseball) or Keith McDonald, American baseball player
• 8th » Project Pat, American rapper
• 9th » Svetlana Boginskaya, Belorussian gymnast
• 9th » Colin Egglesfield, American actor
• 9th » Shaun Parkes, English actor
• 10th » Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, English businesswoman and politician, co-founded Lastminute.com
• 11th » Jeon Do-yeon, South Korean actress
• 11th » Shawn Hernandez, American wrestler
• 11th » Ethan Iverson, American pianist and composer (The Bad Plus)
• 11th » Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Burzum, Mayhem (band) known as Mayhem, and Old Funeral)
• 12th » Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
• 12th » Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress and singer
• 14th » Tyus Edney, American basketball player
• 14th » Steve McNair, American football player (d. 2009)
• 14th » Yuka Sato, Japanese figure skater
• 15th » Alex Borstein, American actress and singer
• 15th » Kateřina Neumannová, Czech skier
• 15th » Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
• 15th » Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
• 16th » Christian Bassedas, Argentinian footballer
• 16th » Cathy Freeman, Australian sprinter
• 16th » Maureen Johnson, American author
• 16th » Nikos Kostakis, Greek footballer
• 16th » Rebecca Lord, French-American porn actress
• 17th » Drew Barry, American basketball player
• 17th » Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player
• 18th » Shawn Estes, American baseball player
• 18th » Claude Makélélé, French footballer
• 19th » Ramon Kaju, Estonian high jumper, decathlete, and basketball player
• 19th » Eric Lange, American actor
• 19th » Nikos Oikonomou, Greek basketball player
• 20th » Kimberley Davies, Australian actress
• 20th » Rohan Alexander, Jamaican-American cricketer
• 21st » Jacob M. Appel, American ethicist, physician, and academic
• 21st » Heri Joensen, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Týr (band) known as Týr)
• 21st » Brian Rolston, American ice hockey player
• 21st » Marina Stets, Belarusian tennis player
• 21st » Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer and actress
• 22nd » Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer
• 22nd » Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
• 22nd » Scott Phillips (musician) named Scott Phillips, American drummer (Creed (band) or Creed, Alter Bridge, and Projected)
• 22nd » Einar Kristian Tveitå, Norwegian discus thrower
• 23rd » Jason Boyd (baseball) called Jason Boyd, American baseball player
• 23rd » Arnold Dwarika, Trinidadian footballer
• 23rd » Tatyana Gracheva, Russian volleyball player
• 23rd » Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish guitarist (The Cardigans)
• 23rd » Jeff Nordgaard, American-Polish basketball player
• 23rd » Peng Weijun, Chinese footballer
• 23rd » Brad Young, Australian cricketer
• 24th » Richard Clapp, Canadian baseball player
• 24th » Chris Fehn, American drummer (Slipknot (band) named Slipknot and Will Haven)
• 24th » Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player
• 24th » Christína Papadáki, Greek tennis player
• 24th » Yordan Yovchev, Bulgarian gymnast
• 25th » Julio Iglesias, Jr., Spanish singer and actor
• 25th » Anson Mount, American actor
• 25th » Normann Stadler, German triathlete
• 26th » Erinn Bartlett, American actress
• 26th » Marshall Faulk, American football player
• 26th » Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer
• 26th » Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
• 27th » Peter Andre, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
• 27th » Ali Tabatabaee, Iranian-American singer-songwriter (Zebrahead)
• 27th » Mark Taylor (rugby player) named Mark Taylor, Welsh rugby player
• 28th » Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
• 28th » Nicolas Minassian, French race car driver
• 28th » Masato Tanaka, Japanese wrestler

Famous Deaths for February 1973

• 2nd » Hendrik Elias, Belgian politician (b. 1902)
• 9th » Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. 1883)
• 9th » Max Yasgur, American farmer, owned the site of the Woodstock Festival (b. 1919)
• 11th » J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 13th » Marinus Jan Granpré Molière, Dutch architect and educator (b. 1883)
• 15th » Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
• 15th » Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
• 18th » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1891)
• 19th » Kostas Negrepontis, Greek footballer (b. 1897)
• 19th » Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
• 22nd » Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian politician, 21st List of Quebec premiers called Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)
• 22nd » Elizabeth Bowen, Irish-English author (b. 1899)
• 22nd » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900)
• 22nd » Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)
• 23rd » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 27th » Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)

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