February 28, 1973 (Wednesday)
- The Republic of Ireland general election is held. Jack Lynch becomes the first Taoiseach to concede defeat live on Irish television.
- The landmark postmodern novel Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon is published.
- Died: Tito RodrÃguez, 50, Puerto Rican singer and bandleader, of leukemia.
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