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December 24, 1973

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The Mideast

By Unknown Author

In Washington, American officials said that they expected fairly rapid progress in talks between Egypt and Israel on separating their forces along the Suez Canal. Page 3.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 19, 1973, covering December 24, 1973.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

    Elton John

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Joker by The Steve Miller Band

    The Joker

    The Steve Miller Band

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Ringo by Ringo Starr

    Ringo

    Ringo Starr

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for Jonathan Livingston Seagull/soundtrack by Neil Diamond

    Jonathan Livingston Seagull/soundtrack

    Neil Diamond

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Quadrophenia by The Who

    Quadrophenia

    The Who

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

1973Liu Dong, Chinese-Spanish runner[†]

Liu Dong is a retired Chinese middle-distance runner. She holds the current Asian record over 800 metres with 1:55.54. She set that record while winning at the 7th Chinese National Games. Her personal best over 1500 metres was 3:56.31. She was trained from 1991 to 1993 by the famous Ma Junren in Liaoning Province.

Stephenie Meyer

1973Stephenie Meyer, American author and film producer[†]

Stephenie Meyer is an American novelist and film producer. She is best known for writing the vampire romance series Twilight, which has sold over 160 million copies, with translations into 37 different languages. She was the bestselling author of 2008 and 2009 in the United States, having sold over 29 million books in 2008 and 26.5 million in 2009.

Ali Salem Tamek

1973Ali Salem Tamek, Moroccan activist[†]

Ali Salem Tamek is a Sahrawi independence activist and trade unionist.

Notable Deaths

1973Fritz Gause, German historian and author (born 1893)[†]

Fritz Gause was a German historian, archivist, and curator described as the last great historian of his native city, Königsberg, East Prussia. Gause's most important work was his three-volume history of Königsberg, Die Geschichte der Stadt Königsberg in Preußen. He was connected to nationalist historic movement called Ostforschung

Historical Events

District of Columbia Home Rule Act

1973District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.[†]

The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a United States federal law passed on December 24, 1973, which devolved certain congressional powers of the District of Columbia to local government, furthering District of Columbia home rule. In particular, it includes the District Charter, which provides for an elected mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia. The council is composed of a chair elected at large and twelve members, four of whom are elected at large, and one from each of the District's eight wards. Council members are elected to four-year terms.

Historical Context for December 24, 1973

In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]