September 12th, 1973.

Born on September 12th, 1973.

People who were born on this exact date.

• Paul Walker: Actor.

Music charts.

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on September 12th, 1973.

• United States: Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
• United Kingdom: Young Love - Donny Osmond

Take me back to September 12th, 1973!

Let's take a stroll down memory lane!

The date is September 12th, 1973 and it's a Wednesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Virgo. Schools and colleges are starting again and Autumn has officially arrived. As a result, temperatures are beginning to cool and trees are starting to shed their leaves.

In America, the song Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye is on top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Young Love by Donny Osmond is the number one hit song. Richard Nixon is currently the President of the United States and the movie Lady Kung Fu 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 Gram Parsons and Oskar Schindler would be still alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Medical Center", "The Brady Bunch", "Soul Train" and "M*A*S*H". Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "Pong" and "Space Race".

Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "JOT the Dot", "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines", "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" and "Bailey's Comets". If you're a kid or a teenager, then you're probably playing with toys such as the Easy-Bake Oven, Battleship (game), Clackers and Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle.

News topics, fads & culture.

Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent at this time. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on September 12th, 1973.

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  The kung fu craze.

  Following the success of the Hong Kong martial arts film "Five Fingers of Death" in March of 1973, multiple kung fu movies went on to reach the top of the US box office that year.

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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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 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 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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  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.

• 48 years, 4 months and 15 days have passed since September 12th, 1973.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 37 of 1973.
• Leap Year: 1973 was NOT a leap year.
• Age: Anyone born on September 12th, 1973, will be 48 years of age.
• Generation: People born in 1973 belong to the Generation X generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 116636400.

Around this time.

Notable events that occurred around September 12th, 1973.

• August 25th, 1973: 11-year-old Joanne Ratcliffe and 4-year-old Kirste Gordon go missing at an Australian rules football match in Adelaide, Australia.
• August 28th, 1973: Soul singer Marvin Gaye releases his landmark album "Let's Get It On".
• September 2nd, 1973: Author J.R.R. Tolkien passes away.
• This date: September 12th, 1973
• September 19th, 1973: Singer Gram Parsons dies of a drugs overdose.
• September 20th, 1973: American singer Jim Croce is killed in a plane crash.
• September 20th, 1973: Battle of the Sexes: 90 million people tune in to watch female tennis player Billie Jean King defeating Bobby Riggs at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
• October 6th, 1973: Liam Brady makes his debut for Arsenal.
• October 6th, 1973: The Yom Kippur War begins.
• October 9th, 1973: Elvis and Priscilla Presley are divorced.
• October 10th, 1973: Spiro T. Agnew resigns as the Vice President of the United States and pleads "No Contest" to one felony charge of tax fraud.

Personality traits.

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Horoscope, birthstone & birth flower information.

Zodiac & Birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on September 12th, 1973, will have the star sign Virgo.
• However, if you are going by the new star sign system that was discovered in 2020, then the sign for this date is actually Leo.
• Zodiac Element: Earth.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1973 was the year of the Ox (Yin Wood).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 5.
• Native American Zodiac: September 12th, 1973 falls under the Bear.
• Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of September will have the birthstone Sapphire.
• Birth flower (September): The Aster and the Morning Glory.

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 from their early childhood.

If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then check out September 12th, 1979 instead.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on September 12th, 1973 was most likely conceived around December 20th, 1972.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on September 12th, 1973 is close to June 5th, 1974.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about September 12th, 1973.

• A total of 17,669 days have passed since this date.
• 2,524 weeks have passed.
• 1,526,605,200 seconds have passed since the September 12th, 1973.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,781,039,400 times.
• Since September 12th, 1973, the earth has travelled approximately 787,728,283,200 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 254,434,200 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 131,288,047 steps. That's about 58,350 miles!
• Since this date, 18,319,262 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!

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