1973 January 1 January – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark entered the European Economic Community. 4 January – 300 children attacked British Army troops in Derry, Northern Ireland. 11 January – The Open University awarded its first degrees. 18 January – Eleven Labour Party councillors in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England, are ordered to pay £6,985 for not enforcing the Housing Finance Act. 19 January – The super tug Statesman was sent to protect British fishing vessels from Icelandic action in the Cod War. 22 January – British share values fell by £4,000,000,000 in one day. 25 January – English actor Derren Nesbitt is convicted of assaulting his wife Anne Aubrey. February
