The following events occurred in October 1973: October 1, 1973 (Monday) Spyros Markezinis was chosen by president Georgios Papadopoulos as the first prime minister of the Hellenic Republic of Greece since the overthrow of the monarchy on June 1, as the military junta of ministers stepped down/ The accidental explosion of an antipersonnel mine at Pakistan's largest ammunition factory killed 10 people and injured 12 others at the city of Wah near Rawalpindi. The kingdom of Denmark legalized abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 took effect, replacing the six counties of Northern Ireland (Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone) with 26 local government boroughs. Eight of the new districts contained parts of different counties; Craigavon had districts from Armagh, Down and Antrim. Born: Christian Borle, American stage actor, winner of two Tony Awards for his roles in Peter and the Starcatcher and in Something Rotten!; in Pittsburgh John Mackey, American classical music composer; in New Philadelphia, Ohio Devin Nunes, U.S. Congressman for California 2003 to 2022, later the CEO for former President Donald Trump's social media network, Truth Social; in Tulare, California Died: Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, 52, former Prime Minister of Afghanistan, died in a prison in Kabul 11 days after his arrest on charges of plotting to overthrow President Mohammad Daoud Khan, either by suicide or by internal bleeding caused by torture. October 2, 1973 (Tuesday) In a primary election race in Atlanta, Georgia, Vice Mayor Maynard Jackson, seeking to become the Southern U.S. city's first African-American mayor, with more than twice as many votes as incumbent Mayor Sam Massell, but his plurality of 47,041 votes was 47% of the vote, short of a majority. Massell had 18,946 votes for 18.9%. A runoff between Jackson and Massell took place on October 16. Born: Melissa Harris-Perry, American TV journalist and MSNBC commentator; in Seattle Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer-songwriter for Aqua; in Tønsberg Verka Serduchka (stage name for Andriy Danylko), Ukrainian drag queen comedian; in Poltava, Ukrainian SSR Susana González, Mexican TV actress; in Calera de Víctor Rosales, Zacatecas state Proof (stage name for DeShaun Holton), American rapper and actor; in Detroit (d. 2006); Died: Paavo Nurmi, 76, Finnish runner nicknamed "The Flying Finn", with nine Olympic gold medals Paul Hartman, 69, American dancer and film and TV actor October 3, 1973 (Wednesday) The Providence Journal-Bulletin broke the news story that