What Happened In March 1973 In History

Historical Events for March, 1973

• 1st » Black September (group) Black September storms the Saudi Arabia Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the Attack on the Saudi embassy in Khartoum assassination of three Western hostages.
• 17th » The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph 'Burst of Joy' is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
• 24th » Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles.
• 29th » Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
• 29th » Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop PAVN known as communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1973

• 1st » Jack Davenport, English actor
• 1st » Anton Gunn, American politician
• 1st » Carlo Resoort, Dutch DJ and producer (4 Strings)
• 1st » Chris Webber, American basketball player
• 2nd » Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
• 2nd » Trevor Sinclair, English footballer
• 3rd » Alison King, English actress
• 3rd » Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer
• 3rd » Romāns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
• 3rd » Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian-American porn actress and model
• 4th » Massimo Brambilla, Italian footballer
• 4th » Phillip Daniels, American football player
• 4th » Sadik Harchaoui, Moroccan-Dutch civil servant and academic
• 4th » Valery Kobelev, Russian ski jumper
• 4th » Mark Lavine, Barbadian cricketer (d. 2001)
• 4th » Linus of Hollywood, American singer-songwriter and producer (Size 14 and Nerf Herder)
• 4th » Penny Mordaunt, English politician
• 4th » Len Wiseman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 4th » Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, Indian director and screenwriter
• 5th » Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer
• 5th » Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (d. 2009)
• 5th » Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
• 5th » Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis player
• 6th » Michael Finley, American basketball player
• 6th » Peter Lindgren (musician) named Peter Lindgren, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Opeth)
• 6th » Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
• 6th » Trent Willmon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 7th » Jason Bright, Australian race car driver
• 7th » Sébastien Izambard, French tenor (Il Divo)
• 7th » Ray Parlour, English footballer
• 8th » Boris Kodjoe, Austrian-American actor and model
• 8th » Mark Lukasiewicz, American baseball player
• 8th » Kurt Mollekens, Belgian race car driver
• 8th » Justin Thompson, American baseball player
• 8th » Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gathering (band) named The Gathering)
• 9th » Aaron Boone, American baseball player
• 10th » Eva Herzigová, Czech model and actress
• 10th » John LeCompt, American guitarist (Evanescence, We Are the Fallen, Machina (band) named Machina, and Mourningside)
• 10th » Chris Sutton, English footballer
• 10th » Dan Swanö, Swedish guitarist (Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Ribspreader, and Nightingale (band) known as Nightingale)
• 10th » Mauricio Taricco, Argentinian footballer
• 11th » Sylvia Day, American author
• 11th » Martin Hiden, Austrian footballer
• 11th » Vincent Pereira, American independent filmmaker
• 11th » Wataru Sakata, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 13th » Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer
• 13th » David Draiman, American singer-songwriter (Disturbed (band) e.g Disturbed and Device (heavy metal band) e.g Device)
• 13th » Bobby Jackson (basketball) e.g Bobby Jackson, American basketball player and coach
• 15th » Robin Hunicke, American video game designer
• 15th » Lee Jung-jae, South Korean actor
• 15th » Masayuki Naruse, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 16th » Tim Kang, American actor
• 16th » Patrick N. Millsaps, American lawyer
• 16th » Vonda Ward, American boxer
• 17th » Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Rivermaya)
• 17th » Caroline Corr, Irish singer and drummer (The Corrs)
• 17th » Amelia Heinle, American actress
• 17th » Vance Wilson, American baseball player
• 17th » Jerome Woods, American football player
• 18th » Max Barry, Australian author
• 18th » Luci Christian, American voice actress and screenwriter
• 19th » Bun B, American rapper and producer (UGK)
• 19th » Brant Bjork, American drummer (Kyuss, Vista Chino, and Fu Manchu (band) called Fu Manchu)
• 19th » Ashley Giles, English cricketer
• 19th » Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress
• 20th » Magnar Freimuth, Estonian skier
• 20th » Jane March, English model and actress
• 20th » Jung Woo-sung, South Korean actor
• 20th » Cedric Yarbrough, American actor
• 21st » Vanessa Branch, English-American model and actress
• 21st » Ananda Lewis, American television host
• 21st » Stuart Nethercott, English footballer
• 21st » Large Professor, American rapper and producer (Main Source)
• 21st » Jerry Supiran, American actor
• 22nd » Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 22nd » Joe Nedney, American football player
• 22nd » Christopher Wheeldon, English dancer and choreographer
• 23rd » Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
• 23rd » Wim Eyckmans, Belgian race car driver
• 23rd » Jason Kidd, American basketball player and coach
• 23rd » Kevin Northcutt, American wrestler
• 23rd » Patiparn Pataweekarn, Thai actor
• 24th » Jacek Bąk, Polish footballer
• 24th » Philippe Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player
• 24th » Steve Corica, Australian footballer and coach
• 24th » Mette Jacobsen, Danish swimmer
• 24th » Jim Parsons, American actor
• 25th » Anthony Barness, English footballer
• 25th » Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
• 25th » Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (In Flames, Passenger (Swedish band) e.g Passenger, Dark Tranquillity, and Ceremonial Oath)
• 25th » Bob Sura, American basketball player
• 26th » Matt Burke, Australian rugby player
• 26th » Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
• 26th » T. R. Knight, American actor
• 26th » Larry Page, American computer scientist, co-founder and CEO of Google
• 27th » Ade Adepitan, Nigerian-English basketball player
• 27th » Rui Jorge, Portuguese footballer
• 27th » Greg Lalas, Greek-American soccer player and sportscaster
• 27th » Pablo Pozo, Chilean footballer and referee
• 27th » Roger Telemachus, South African cricketer
• 28th » Umaga (wrestler) e.g Umaga, American wrestler (d. 2009)
• 28th » Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee
• 28th » Scott Mills, English radio host and actor
• 28th » Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 28th » Morné van der Merwe, South African rugby player (d. 2013)
• 29th » Brandi Love, American porn actress and model
• 29th » Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer
• 29th » Sebastiano Siviglia Italian footballer
• 29th » Steve Smith (British high jumper) known as Steve Smith, English high jumper
• 30th » Ali Ahmed (archer) known as Ali Ahmed, Qatari archer
• 30th » Robin Coleman, American actress and bodybuilder
• 30th » Adam Goldstein, American keyboard player, DJ, and producer (Crazy Town and TRV$DJAM) (d. 2009)
• 30th » Jan Koller, Czech footballer
• 30th » Matthew Pritchard, Welsh skateboarder
• 30th » Rodney Thomas, American football player (d. 2014)
• 31st » Christopher Hampson, English ballet dancer and choreographer

Famous Deaths for March 1973

• 2nd » Cleo A. Noel, Jr., American diplomat (b. 1918)
• 4th » Samuel Tolansky, English physicist and academic (b. 1907)
• 5th » Michael Jeffery (manager) e.g Michael Jeffery, English manager (b. 1933)
• 6th » Pearl S. Buck, American author, Nobel Prize in Literature e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 8th » Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (Grateful Dead) (b. 1945)
• 10th » Bull Connor, American politician (b. 1897)
• 12th » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 14th » Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist (b. 1900)
• 14th » Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
• 14th » Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
• 18th » Johannes Aavik, Estonian philologist (b. 1880)
• 19th » Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor (b. 1890)
• 21st » Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, Turkish poet (b. 1894)
• 25th » Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1883)
• 26th » Noël Coward, English actor, director, playwright, and composer (b. 1899)
• 26th » Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
• 26th » Don Messer, Canadian-American fiddler (b. 1909)
• 26th » George Sisler, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 27th » Timo K. Mukka, Swedish-Finnish author (b. 1944)
• 30th » Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish pilot and politician (b. 1903)

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