1994. December 28, 1973 (Friday) Alexander Solzhenitsyn's book The Gulag Archipelago, was published for the first time, as the book about Soviet prison camps was put on sale by a French company, Éditions du Seuil of Paris. The manuscript had been smuggled out of the U.S.S.R. and translated into the French language. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 was signed into law by U.S. President Nixon, after having passed the Senate on a voice vote on December 9, and by the House of Representatives on December 20, by a margin of 355 to 4. Nixon also signed the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) into law to train workers for jobs in public service, in a program that would last for nine years until replaced by the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982. The eagerly-anticipated Comet Kohoutek made its closest approach to the Sun and, though at its brightest, was not visible from Earth because it was directly on the opposite side of the Sun, making "Kohoutek" synonymous with disappointment. Born: Fatuma Roba, Ethiopian long-distance runner and 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the women's marathon, winner of the Boston Marathon three consecutive times (1997, 1998 and 1999); in Bekoji Died: Rasheed Turabi, 65, Pakistani Shia Islamic scholar December 29, 1973 (Saturday) Carlos Arias Navarro was named as the new Prime Minister of Spain by the Chief of State, Generalissimo Francisco Franco. The "HMO" was created in the U.S. as the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 was signed into law by U.S. President Nixon. Died: Wang Zhiming, 66, Chinese missionary and Christian martyr, was publicly executed in Wuding in the Yunnan province, after having been imprisoned since 1969 for his outspoken criticism of the anti-religious campaigns of the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. He would be honored in 1998 at London's Westminster Abbey as one of the "ten modern martyrs of the 20th century", whose images are carved into the west door of the Abbey. Cécile Cerf, 57, French Resistance fighter and humanitarian worker December 30, 1973 (Sunday) Terrorist plotter "Carlos the Jackal" ( Ilich Ramírez Sánchez) failed in his attempt to assassinate British businessman Joseph Sieff. Despite being shot in the face at point blank range, Sieff survived his injuries. The Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins won the NFC and AFC championships, respectively, by the same score, putting both into Super Bowl VIII, scheduled for January 13,