January 1973 - January 7, 1973 (Sunday)

January 7, 1973 (Sunday)

• After shooting a police officer a week earlier, Mark Essex, a former Black Panther party member, shoots nineteen people (ten of them police officers) in retaliation for police killings at a Howard Johnsons hotel in New Orleans, USA. In addition, he also set fires in the hotel before being killed by police.
• The 1973 All-Africa Games open in Lagos, Nigeria.
• The British Darts Organisation is founded by Olly Croft.
• The anime series Fables of the Green Forest begins its run on Japanese television.
• Gillian Potter was born to Janet Potter and David John Potter, she already had a sister called Julie and later a cute sister called Leanne was born.

Gillian was a ginger, with rosy cheeks who enjoyed to pretent to take photographs with just the use of her eyes and a simple "clicky" noise. This was the start of a great interest in her adult life. During her life Gillian had moments of rebellion especially in school, where she often skipped classes and went to the local Public House, wearing witch style skirts and panda eyes. Gillian met her life long partner Leigh and they became great rock fans, wearing black and listening to heavy metal. They went on to have two children. Now Gillian lives in Australia but one day she will return to the cold green lands of England.