Month February 1973 Calendar

About Month of February Calendar

• February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years.
  
  February symbols: Its birth flower is the violet (Viola) and the common primrose (Primula vulgaris). Its birthstone is the amethyst. It symbolizes piety, humility, spiritual wisdom, and sincerity. Its Zodiac signs are Aquarius (until February 18) and Pisces (February 19 onwards).

Historical Events for February, 1973

• Day of Week 9th » Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Odisha, India.
• Day of Week 11th » Vietnam War: First release of American prisoner of war known as prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
• Day of Week 21st » Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
• Day of Week 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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