February 23, 1973 (Friday)
- Francesco Paolo Bonifacio becomes President of the Constitutional Court of Italy.
- In the lead-up to the Chester-le-Street by-election in the UK, the New Statesman magazine publishes an article by journalist Richard West, alleging that officials of the General and Municipal Workers Union have systematically gained control of the Chester-le-Street Constituency Labour Party and in effect gerrymandered their representation in the division to obtain more votes than affiliated branches of other trade unions during the process of selecting Labour candidate Giles Radice.
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