February 22, 1973 (Thursday)
- Sino-American relations: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to mainland China, the United States and the People's Republic of China agree to establish liaison offices.
- Died: Jean-Jacques Bertrand, 56, Canadian politician and 20th Premier of Quebec; Elizabeth Bowen, 73, Irish novelist; Winthrop Rockefeller, 60, first Republican Governor of the US state of Arkansas since Reconstruction.
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