Births on July 4

Michael Johnson (footballer, born 1973)

Born on July 4, 1973

Michael Johnson, English-Jamaican footballer and manager

Michael Owen Johnson (born 4 July 1973) is a former footballer who played as a defender, primarily at centre back, although he also played left-back when called upon. He is a current England U18s coach and club ambassador of Derby County. He made more than 550 appearances in the Football League and Premier League, including more than 250 games for Birmingham City and more than 100 each for Notts County, the club where he began his professional career, and for Derby County. Johnson was born in Nottingham, England, and played 13 times for the Jamaican national team, for which he qualified by descent. He retired as a player at the end of the 2008–09 season, and took up the post of youth team manager with Notts County.

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Events on 1973

20 Jul

Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee, the famous Chinese actor and martial-arts expert, dies in Los Angeles at age 32 from a brain edema possibly caused by a reaction to a prescription painkiller.
15 Aug

Cambodia
Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
22 Aug

Salvador Allende
The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
17 Oct

1973 oil crisis
OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria.
4 Nov

1973 oil crisis
The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.

Births on July 4

Michael Johnson (footballer, born 1973)

Born on July 4, 1973

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Events on 1973

Bruce Lee

Cambodia

Salvador Allende

1973 oil crisis

1973 oil crisis