December 21, 1973, was a Friday. It was 50 years and 11 months ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.
These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on December 21, 1973:
These songs were dominating the music charts:
The top movie on this day was "The Way We Were".
This date occurred 18,598 days ago. Approximately 620 months have passed. It was the 355th day of 1973, in week 51. The decade was the seventies. The start of 1974 was just 10 days away. People who were born on December 21, 1973, are now 50 years old and belong to the Generation X generation. 207 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.
Let's take a walk down memory lane.
The date is December 21, 1973, and it's a Friday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Sagittarius. Many people have "that Friday feeling" and are looking forward to the weekend.
Christmas Day of 1973 is fast approaching and the excitement is building. Department stores are packed with Christmas shoppers, and people are meeting up with friends that they haven't seen in a while. In America, the song "The Most Beautiful Girl" by Charlie Rich is at the top of the singles charts, while "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade is the number-one song in the UK. Richard Nixon is the President of the United States, and the movie The Way We Were is at the top of the box office.
Edward Heath is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Gunsmoke", "Adam-12", "The Brady Bunch", and "McCloud". 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 Oskar Schindler would be still alive. People are playing video games such as "Pong", "Space Race", and "Gotcha".
Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Underdog", "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines", "The Brady Bunch", and "Inch High, Private Eye". Children are playing with toys such as Big Jim (action figure), Baby Alive (doll), Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle, and Shrinky Dinks.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around December 21, 1973.
People in December 1973 were watching the following TV series:
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.
Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:
If you were a child on this date, then you may have had some of the following toys:
Popular video games that people were playing in December 1973.
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 December 21, 1979, instead.
Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on December 21.
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Richard Nixon was the President of the United States on December 21, 1973.
Edward Heath was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Liam Cosgrave was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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