The Year of Our Lord, 1973
Religion
Bill Gothard’s Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts was founded. J. I. Packer, in his classic 1973 lecture, “The Logic of Penal Substitution: What Did the Cross Achieve?” outlined three sets of theories, or visions. Each vision sees humanity’s main problem differently, and each theory explains how Christ’s death solves that problem.
Military & War
Israel defeats Arabs in Yom Kippur War (or Ramadan War) {1}. US and North Vietnam sign peace agreement (Paris Peace Treaty) A ceasefire is signed, ending involvement of American ground troops in the Vietnam War. (Jan. 28). US bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia (Aug. 15). Yom Kippur War: Fourth and largest Arab-Israeli conflict begins when Egypt and Syria launch a coordinated surprise attack on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), the holiest day in the Jewish calendar (Oct. 6). The attack is repulsed by Israel after fierce fighting and heavy losses. Egypt and Israel sign US-sponsored cease-fire accord (Nov. 11). Israel’s military attache in Washington killed by terrorists. A Libyan civilian plane is erroneously downed by the IDF in Sinai.
Deaths
W.H. Auden {2}, poet and author. His poem “Funeral Blues” was read in the funeral scene of the film “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” His famous poem “September 1, 1939″ was a response to Germany’s invasion of Poland.
Pearl S. Buck (March 6th), author. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, and wrote The Good Earth. Quote:
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Betty Grable (July 2nd), actress
Pablo Picasso (April 8th), artist
Edware G. Robinson (January 26th), actor. He starred in “Double Indemnity” and was cleared of allegations of communist affiliation after testifying for the HUAAC (House Un-American Activities Committee).
Lyndon Baines Johnson (January 22nd), 36th US President
J.R.R. Tolkien (2 September), writer of The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Bruce Lee (July 20th), martial arts actor
David Ben-Gurion, first Israeli prime minister, regarded as the father of the State of Israel
Henry Darger (April 13), reclusive American writer and illustrator, famous for his posthumously-discovered 15,143-page fantasy manuscript called The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion {3}
Births
Saffron Burrows (January 1st), actress
Kate Beckinsale (26 July), actress
Omar Epps (23 July), actor
Stephen Dorff (29 July), actor
Architecture
Construction on the World Trade Center twin towers is completed (April 4th).
