Timeline November 1973

Events in November 1973 10

• 1886 – 1973 Sessue Hayakawa (1886-1973) Japanese actor, one of the first Asian film stars in Hollywood, later Oscar-nominated for The Bridge on the River Kwai.
• 1895 – 1973 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen Nobel Prize in Chemistry Inventor of AIV fodder, which revolutionized food preservation and earned him a Nobel Prize.
• 1928 – 1973 Laurence Harvey (1928-1973) Lithuanian-born British actor, star of Room at the Top and The Manchurian Candidate.
• 1973 Six Phoenix missiles at six targets AIM-54 test An F-14 fires six AIM-54 Phoenix missiles in quick succession at six separate drones — a test never repeated.
• 1973 War Powers Resolution enacted US Congress limits presidential power to wage war The United States Congress passed the War Powers Resolution over President Nixon's veto, requiring the president to notify Congress before committing armed forces to conflict and limiting deployments without congressional approval. It was a direct response to the escalation of the Vietnam War without formal declarations of war.
• 1973 Billy Joel releases Piano Man Signature song The title song becomes his signature.
• 1973 Sessue Hayakawa dies in Tokyo Sessue Hayakawa dies aged 87.
• 1973 Laurence Harvey dies in London Laurence Harvey dies aged 45.
• 1973 Death of John Rostill 26 November 1973 Former bassist John Rostill died on 26 November 1973, electrocuted while playing a faulty electric guitar in his home studio in Shenley — discovered by Bruce Welch. A coroner later attributed the death to suicide. Rostill was just 31 and had written several of the band's most successful later compositions.
• 1973 – present Ryan Giggs The Welsh Wizard The most decorated player in English football history with 13 Premier League titles.