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Historical Events for January 1973

1st - 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75)

1st - Britain, Ireland & Denmark become 7th-9th members of Common Market

1st - West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)

3rd - George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million

5th - Mali & Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel

5th - Netherlands recognizes German DR

6th - "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock

7th - "Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 14 performances

7th - British Darts Organisation founded in North London

7th - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational

7th - Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 v Pakistan Never again

7th - US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize

7th - WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting

8th - "Tricks" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 8 performances

8th - Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 v Pakistan at SCG

8th - Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris

8th - USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing

9th - Luna 21 launched, to Moon

10th - Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die

New York Yankees Owner George SteinbrennerNew York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner 11th - American League adopts designated hitter rule

11th - Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106

11th - Trial of Watergate burglars begins in Wash DC

13th - "Tricks" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 8 performances

13th - Efskind skates world record 1000m (1:17.6)

14th - Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in Calif

14th - Superbowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Wash Red Skins, 14-7 in LA

14th - Tap dancer Roy Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV

14th - Superbowl MVP: Jake Scott, Miami, S

15th - 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court

15th - Gene Shalit joins Today Show panel

15th - Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at Vatican

15th - Pres Nixon suspends all US offensive action in N Vietnam

16th - NBC presents 440th & final showing of "Bonanza"

16th - USSR's Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of Moon

17th - City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi

17th - New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life

18th - Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH

18th - Islanders break 12 game losing streak, 20 game road winless streak

18th - John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC

21st - 3rd NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 33-28

21st - Leslie Nielson appears on M*A*S*H in "Ringbanger"

Boxing Champ George ForemanBoxing Champ George Foreman 22nd - George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

22nd - Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes some abortions

22nd - US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord

23rd - 23rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 104-84 at Chicago

23rd - Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs

23rd - Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims

23rd - Pres Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War

24th - Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

26th - Belgium government of Leburton forms

27th - UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record)

27th - US & Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war & milt draft

27th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn

27th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr

27th - William Rogers & Nguyen Duy Trinh sign US-N Vietnam treaty

28th - "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV

28th - Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont

28th - Mickey Welch, George Kelly & Billy Evans elected to Hall of Fame

28th - Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"

30th - 26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at NY Rangers

30th - Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy & McCord guilty on all counts

30th - KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens NY)

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