February 3rd, 1973.

Music charts.

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on February 3rd, 1973.

• United States: Crocodile Rock - Elton John
• United Kingdom: Block Buster - Sweet

Take me back to February 3rd, 1973!

Let's take a stroll down memory lane!

The date is February 3rd, 1973, and it's a Saturday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Aquarius. Currently, people are enjoying their weekend.

In America, the song Crocodile Rock by Elton John is on top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Block Buster by Sweet is the number one hit song. Richard Nixon is currently the President of the United States, and the movie The Poseidon Adventure is at the top of the Box Office.

In the United Kingdom, Edward Heath is the current Prime Minister. In fashion, the hippie look from the 1960s is still popular. Clothing items such as tie dye shirts, bell-bottoms, midi skirts, gauchos and Mexican blouses are being worn by women. Meanwhile, men are wearing dark satin shirts, ethnic-looking tunics, bell bottom jeans, tweed sports jackets and turtlenecks. It's 1973, so radio stations are playing songs from artists such as The Rolling Stones, Tony Orlando & Dawn, Sweet, Elton John, Roberta Flack, Carly Simon, Marvin Gaye and Jim Croce.

If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Pablo Picasso, Bruce Lee, J. R. R. Tolkien and Gram Parsons would all be still alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Here's Lucy", "Room 222", "Marcus Welby, M.D." and "Maude". Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "Pong".

Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines", "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" and "The Electric Company". Popular toys at the moment include the likes of Etch A Sketch, Big Jim (action figure), Kenner SSP Racers and Magnavox Odyssey.

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are trending news stories and fads that were prevalent at this time. These are topics that would have been in the media on February 3rd, 1973.

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  The Watergate Scandal heats up.

  The Watergate Scandal was heating up at the start of 1973. Two former aides to Richard Nixon were convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping. However, the truth behind the break-in at the offices of the Democratic National Committee had not been completely revealed at this point.

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  1973-74 stock market crash.

  Between January, 1973 and December, 1974, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost over 45% of its value. The U.K. stock market fared even worse, with the FT 30 losing over 70% of its value.

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  The US military is withdrawing from the Vietnam War.

  During 1973, the war in Vietnam was still ongoing. However, by this stage, the US was steadily withdrawing its military from the country. Between 1972 and 1973, the number of US troops in Vietnam fell from 24,200 to 50. Although a peace agreement was signed at the start of 1973, it was quickly broken by both sides.

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  Who were the best NBA players in 1973?

  The best NBA players in 1973 were Dave Cowens, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Havlicek, Spencer Haywood, Nate Archibald and Jerry West.

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  Who were the best football players in 1973?

  In 1973, the best soccer players were Johan Cruyff, Dino Zoff, Gerd Müller, Franz Beckenbauer, Billy Bremner, Kazimierz Deyna, Eusébio, Gianni Rivera, Gunter Netzer and Ralf Edström.

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  The Sting.

  "The Sting" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1973.

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  Roberta Flack - "Killing Me Softly with His Song"

  "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack won a Grammy for 1973's Song of the Year.

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  1973 in movies.

  Movies released in 1973 included The Sting, The Exorcist, American Graffiti, Papillon, The Way We Were, Charlotte's Web, Magnum Force, Last Tango in Paris, Live and Let Die, Robin Hood, Paper Moon, The Wicker Man, The Legend of Hell House and Badlands.

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  John Sirica.

  John Sirica was named as the Time Person of the Year in 1973. Sirica was the judge who ordered U.S. President Richard Nixon to hand over the Watergate-related recordings.

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  1973 in music.

  The Billboard Charts in 1973 were dominated by Marvin Gaye, Carly Simon, Dawn & Tony Orlando, Eddie Kendricks, Elton John, Roberta Flack, Paul McCartney and Wings, Clint Holmes, Billy Preston, Cher, Jim Croce and Diana Ross.

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  The Co-ed Killer is targeting students in California.

  Between May of 1972 and April of 1973, serial killer Edmund Kemper (aka the "Co-ed Killer") was targeting female college students in California.

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  Music cassette tapes are becoming popular.

  From about 1972 onward, audio cassettes started to become more widespread. Although they lacked the sound quality of vinyl records, they were far more convenient and portable.

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  Color TV surpasses black-and-white.

  Around this period, sales of color TV sets began to surpass sales of the older black-and-white sets. By this stage, almost all of the popular daytime networks were broadcasting in color.

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  Have a nice day!

  Around this time, the smiley face and phrases such as "Have a nice day!" and "Have a happy day!" were being plastered onto t-shirts, mugs and badges.

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  People are using wallpaper to decorate their homes.

  Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, wallpaper was extremely common in people's homes. It wasn't until the mid-late 1980s that "modernism" started to creep in.

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  The Hippie movement.

  In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the hippie counterculture was at its height in popularity. The movement, which sprung up in opposition to the Vietnam War, was centered around peace, psychedelic music, sexual liberation, bright colors and drugs such as LSD and marijuana.

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  Lava lamps are all the rage.

  In the late 1960s, sales of lava lamps took off. It wasn't until the second half of the 1970s that they started to go out of fashion.

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  The afro hairstyle is at its peak in popularity.

  In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the afro hairstyle was at its peak in popularity. Public figures such as Angela Davis, Pam Grier, Jimi Hendrix and the Jackson 5 were among those who sported the style.

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

• This date fell on a weekend.
• 50 years, 1 months and 23 days have passed since February 3rd, 1973.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 05 of 1973.
• Leap Year: 1973 was not a leap year.
• Age: A person born on February 3rd, 1973 will be 50 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1973 belong to the Generation X generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 97545600.

Around this time.

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around February 3rd, 1973.

• January 5th, 1973: Aerosmith release their first album.
• January 7th, 1973: Serial killer Edmund Kemper murders 18-year-old student Cynthia Ann Schall.
• January 7th, 1973: 23-year-old Mark Essex shoots and kills 9 people at the Howard Johnson's hotel in New Orleans.
• January 13th, 1973: The last episode of the American Western series "Alias Smith and Jones" is aired on ABC.
• January 14th, 1973: Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins 14-7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
• January 14th, 1973: Elvis Presley performs his concert "Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite".
• January 22nd, 1973: Boxing: George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to become the new heavyweight champion.
• January 22nd, 1973: Former US President Lyndon B. Johnson passes away.
• January 22nd, 1973: Roberta Flack releases the single "Killing Me Softly with His Song".
• January 27th, 1973: U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends.
• This date: February 3rd, 1973
• February 5th, 1973: Serial killer Ed Kemper murders Rosalind Heather Thorpe and Alice Helen Liu on the UCSC campus in Santa Cruz, California.
• February 19th, 1973: Dawn and Tony Orlando release the song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree".
• February 21st, 1973: 108 people are killed when Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 is shot down by an Israeli fighter plane.
• March 1st, 1973: Pink Floyd release their album The Dark Side of the Moon.

Personality traits.

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Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on February 3rd, 1973, will have the star sign Aquarius.
• Zodiac Element: Air.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1973 was the year of the Ox (Yin Wood).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 7.
• Native American Zodiac: February 3rd, 1973 falls under the Otter.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of February will have the birthstone Amethyst.
• Birth flower (February): The Violet and the Primrose.

Photos of 1970s fashion.

Photographs of 1970s fashion and hairstyles.

Cars in 1973.

1974 saw the introduction of cars such as the Ford Mustang (second generation), the Mitsubishi Lancer, the Toyota Starlet, the Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna, the Buick Regal and the Volkswagen Passat.

Were you born on this date?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1973.

This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.

If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out February 3rd, 1979, instead.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on February 3rd, 1973 was most likely conceived around May 13th, 1972.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on February 3rd, 1973 is close to October 27th, 1973.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about February 3rd, 1973.

• A total of 18,314 days have passed since this date.
• 2,616 weeks have passed.
• 1,582,326,000 seconds have passed since the February 3rd, 1973.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,846,047,000 times.
• Since February 3rd, 1973, the Earth has travelled approximately 816,480,216,000 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 263,721,000 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 136,080,036 steps. That's about 60,480 miles!
• Since this date, 18,987,912 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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