What day of the week was January 23, 1973?

The day of the week January 23rd, 1973 fell on was a Tuesday.

Alexander Onassis the American- Greek son of Aristotle Onassis (b. 1948) died on this day in 1973. As did Kid Ory the American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886) .

President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland.