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1973 Trivia
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1973 Trivia
compiled by Ted Yates |
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Top movies of 1973 included American Graffiti, The Exorcist, The Sting, Serpico, Paper Moon, Last Tango in Paris, The Last Detail, The Way We Were and Live And Let Die.
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Notable people we lost in 1973 included Jim Croce, Bobby Darin, Gene Krupa, Betty Grable, Noel Coward, Lon Chaney JR., Edward G. Robinson, Lyndon B. Johnson and Pablo Picasso.
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O.J. Simpson became the first N.F.L. player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.
Reggie Jackson and the Oakland A’s repeat as World Series champions by defeating the New York Mets.
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On TV, All In The Family is once again the most popular series, followed by the Waltons, Sanford and Son, M*A*S*H and Hawaii Five-0.
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The Watergate scandal became a North American spectator sport as millions watched the Senate Watergate hearings on television.
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The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 4 games to 2.
The Ottawa roughriders beat the Edmonton Eskimos 22-16 to win the Grey Cup.
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A cease- fire in Vietnam ended the direct involvement of U.S. troops in Indochina.
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U.S. president Richard Nixon agrees to hand over tape recordings of conversations that might have some bearing on the Watergate break -in.
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The CB radio craze began to spread everywhere.
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On Elvis Presley’s 38th birthday, he files for divorce from his wife Priscilla.
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The Grammy award winning record of the year was ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’ by Roberta Flack. |
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Helen Reddy becomes the host of NBC TV’s late night Friday night concert series ‘Midnight Special’.
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George Foreman knocked out Joe Frazier to win the Heavyweight Boxing crown.
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Former Detroit Red Wings hockey
star, Gordie Howe, signed a 4 year contract with the Houston Astros for ‘close to a million dollars’.
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The halter top was the hottest new fashion statement.
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Debut artists of ‘73 included Aerosmith, B.T.O. and E.LO.
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A new postal code system was introduced in Canada.
The metric system started being used in schools across Canada.
The minimum wage in Canada increased from $1.80 to $2.00 an hour.
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Car licence renewals were made easier in Ontario. Instead of being issued new plates every year, you simply put a coloured sticker on your existing license plate.
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Jesus Christ Superstar opened in Toronto for the first time. The show played at the O’keefe Center and tickets were around $7.50.
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