79 events found for 1973
Singer Jim Croce, songwriter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes…
Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
Texas International Airlines Flight 655 crashes into the Black Fork Mountain Wilderness near Mena, Arkansas, killing…
The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.
Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
President Nixon nominates House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford as the successor to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew.
In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government.…
Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
Watergate scandal: "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot…
The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the…