February 20, 1973 (Tuesday)
- Western Australian state election, 1971: The four-term Liberal-Country Party coalition government, led by Premier David Brand, is defeated by the Labor Party, led by John Tonkin.
- Two Pakistanis are shot dead by police in London after being spotted carrying pistols; the guns are later established to have been fake.
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