February 7, 1973 (Wednesday)
- Watergate scandal: The United States Senate votes 77–0 to approve S.Res. 60 and establish a select committee to investigate Watergate.
- Nisshin Maru No.8, a Japanese steel fishing vessel of 254 gross tons, on its way to Hobart for a mechanical inspection, hits the Pedra Branca rock off Tasmania and sinks within a few minutes. Only one of the crew of 22, engineer Yoshiichi Meguro, manages to clamber onto the rocks and escape drowning; he is rescued by a fishing vessel.
- In the UK, the RTV31 Tracked Hovercraft train is successfully tested. The project is cancelled a week later.
- The Oshima Shipbuilding company is founded in Nagasaki, Japan.
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—Nancy Banks-Smith, British columnist. Guardian (London, February 20, 1979)