and one of the world's largest hotels at the time, quietly opened in Las Vegas. A celebrity-studded grand opening was held the next day. Born: Tyra Banks, American supermodel, film and TV actress, known for producing and hosting America's Next Top Model; in Inglewood, California Died: Michael O'Shea, 67, American film and television actor and husband of Virginia Mayo December 5, 1973 (Wednesday) Elections were held for parliament and the president were held in the southern African nation of Zambia. Voters had a choice from multiple candidates from Zambia's only legal political party, the United National Independence Party (UNIP), for the 125 seats of the National Assembly, and three cabinet ministers were defeated by other UNIP candidates in their districts. President Kenneth Kaunda was re-elected in a yes-no vote with 88.8% of voters in his favor. Voter turnout was only 39% for the presidential election, and only 33% of eligible voters participated in the National Assembly election election. Born: Sorin Grindeanu, Prime Minister of Romania during 2017; in Caransebeș Shalom Harlow, Canadian actress and model; in Oshawa, Ontario Died: Eugeni Xammar, 85, Spanish Catalan journalist Tom Dorrien-Smith, 60, the exclusive leaseholder of the island of Tresco in Cornwall, England, since 1955, died from cancer. His position was inherited by his son, Robert Dorrien-Smith. December 6, 1973 (Thursday) The U.S. House of Representatives voted, 387 to 35, to confirm U.S. Representative Gerald Ford of Michigan as the 40th Vice President of the United States, after the U.S. Senate had approved the nomination, 92 to 3, on November 27. Ford was sworn in later in the day. Ford became the first vice president to be confirmed under the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Afterward, in speech to the joint session of Congress, the new vice president invoked the names of two related automobile lines by joking, "I'm a Ford, not a Lincoln." The Fuel and Electricity (Control) Act 1973, title "An Act to make temporary provision for controlling the production, supply, acquisition and use of certain substances and of electricity; and for purposes connected with those matters," took effect in the United Kingdom after being given royal assent. A landslide killed 14 residents of a slum neighborhood in southwest Mexico City, and injured 25 others, most of them seriously. Victor E. Samuelson, an executive for the energy producing Exxon Corporation, was kidnapped in Argentina by the terrorist Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo