April 1973

April 1, 1973 (Sunday)

  • VAT comes into effect in the UK.[1]
  • The U.S. Army Health Services Command is activated as part of a reorganization of the Army Medical Department, and takes control of Army medical facilities in the continental US.[2]
  • The Government of India launches a campaign to save the tiger from extinction.
  • British European Airways begins replacing Viscounts and Tridents on the Aberdeen–Heathrow route with One-Eleven 500s, as the latter are considered more efficient and have greater passenger appeal.[3][4]
  • The first Doraemon anime begins airing on Nippon TV in Japan.
  • Project Tiger was launched in India

April 2, 1973 (Monday)

April 3, 1973 (Tuesday)

April 4, 1973 (Wednesday)

April 5, 1973 (Thursday)

The launch of the Atlas-Centaur carrying the Pioneer G (11) spacecraft on April 5, 1973.

April 6, 1973 (Friday)

April 7, 1973 (Saturday)

April 8, 1973 (Sunday)

April 9, 1973 (Monday)

April 10, 1973 (Tuesday)

April 11, 1973 (Wednesday)

April 12, 1973 (Thursday)

April 13, 1973 (Friday)

April 14, 1973 (Saturday)

  • Born: Adrien Brody, American actor, in Woodhaven, Queens, New York

April 15, 1973 (Sunday)

  • Naim Talu, a former civil servant, forms the new government of Turkey (36th government)

April 16, 1973 (Monday)

  • Controversial US sheriff Noah W. Cross, having pleaded guilty to a charge of jury tampering, is ordered to report to U.S. marshals in Shreveport for transportation to federal prison.[14]
  • Died: Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian conductor, 43 (drowned); Nino Bravo, 28, Spanish singer (car accident)

April 17, 1973 (Tuesday)

April 18, 1973 (Wednesday)

April 19, 1973 (Thursday)

April 20, 1973 (Friday)

April 21, 1973 (Saturday)

April 22, 1973 (Sunday)

April 23, 1973 (Monday)

April 24, 1973 (Tuesday)

April 25, 1973 (Wednesday)

US performs a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site

April 26, 1973 (Thursday)

April 27, 1973 (Friday)

  • The Singapore cargo ship Globe Star runs aground on the Nyali Reef, off Mombasa, Kenya. Five people are killed during salvage operations in November 1973, and the ship is later scrapped in situ.
  • The German coaster Belle Virtue collides with Panama's Maritime Pioneer in the English Channel and sank. All eight crew were rescued by Suderau ( West Germany).[16]

April 28, 1973 (Saturday)

April 29, 1973 (Sunday)

April 30, 1973 (Monday)

References

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  2. "Commanders of U.S. Army Health Services Command". U.S. Army Medical Department Office of History. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  3. Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA: Jet equipment), Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 51/2, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, June 2012
  4. "History & heritage – Explore our past: 1960 - 1969 (17 November 1968)". British Airways. Archived from the original on 2012-07-01.
  5. Larkspirit Irish History Archived July 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Private ship runs aground". The Times (58748). London. 3 April 1973. col A, p. 5.
  7. Thewes, Guy (2006). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. p. 179. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  8. "Chronology 1973". The World Book Year Book 1974. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. 1974. p. 10. ISBN 0-7166-0474-4. LCCN 62004818.
  9. The Sevens wonder of the world, (IRB.COM) Friday 14 August 2009, by Chris Thau
  10. John Bowyer Bell; Irving Louis Horowitz (1979). Assassin: Theory and Practice of Political Violence. Transaction Publishers. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-4128-1759-2. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  11. Maslin, Janet (December 15, 2005). "A Massacre in Munich, and What Came After". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  12. The UN-OAU Conference on Southern Africa : Oslo, 9–14 April 1973 /edited by Olav Stokke & Carl Widstrand
  13. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN, 1973 Archived February 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  14. "Cross Resignation Slated April 15th", Concordia Sentinel, April 4, 1973, p. 1
  15. "Mississippi River flooding in 1973 left dead animals everywhere, old-timers remember". nola.com. 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  16. "Container hazard to ships after Channel collision". The Times (58769). London. 28 April 1973. col D, p. 1.
  17. "Liverpool, Celtic wrap up titles". The Windsor Star. Apr 30, 1973. p. 20. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
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