1973

Events

   * January 1 - United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European
     Economic Community, now known as the European Union
   * January 3 - Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York
     Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George
     Steinbrenner.
   * January 15 - Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations,
     President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension
     of offensive action in North Vietnam.
   * January 17 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the
     Philippines
   * January 22 - Supreme Court of the United States rules on Roe v. Wade
   * January 17 - George Foreman breaks Joe Frazier's professional career
     undefeated heavyweight world boxing champion status.
   * January 23 - President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has
     been reached in Vietnam.
   * January 27 - U.S. involvement in Vietnam War ends with the signing of
     peace pacts
   * February 11 - Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war
     from Vietnam takes place
   * February 12 - Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in
     metric on signs.
   * February 21 - Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot
     down a Libyan Arab Airlines jet killing 100.
   * February 22 - Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to
     China, the United States and the People's Republic of China agree to
     establish liaison offices.
   * February 27 - The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South
     Dakota.
   * March 7 - Comet Kohoutek is discovered
   * March 29 - The last United States soldiers leave Vietnam
   * April 6 - Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft
   * May 8 - A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American
     Indian Movement who were occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at
     Wounded Knee, South Dakota, ends with the surrender of the militants.
   * May 14 - Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
   * May 17 - Watergate scandal: Hearings begin in the United States Senate
     and are televised.
   * June 1 - Greek military junta abolishes the monarchy and proclaims a
     republic
   * June 9 - Secretariat wins the "Belmont Stakes" becoming the first
     Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winner since 1948
   * July 10 - The Bahamas gain full independence within the British
     Commonwealth
   * July 16 - Watergate Scandal: Former White House aide Alexander P.
     Butterfield informs the United States Senate committee investigating
     the scandal that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded
     potentially incriminating conversations.
   * July 25 - Soviet Mars 5 space probe launched.
   * August 15 - The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, marking the official
     halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia.
   * September 11 - Chile's democratically elected government is overthrown
     in military coup after serious instability. President Salvador Allende
     dies, and General Augusto Pinochet heads a military junta that will
     govern Chile for the next 17 years.
   * September 15 - Swedens king Gustav VI Adolf dies. Carl XVI Gustav
     becomes king
   * September 20 - Billed as The Battle of the Sexes, Billie Jean King
     defeats Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
   * October 6 - Fourth and largest Arab-Israeli conflict begins as Egyptian
     and Syrian forces attack Israel as Jews mark Yom Kippur.
   * October 10 - Spiro T. Agnew resigns as vice president of the United
     States and then, in federal court in Baltimore, pleads no contest to
     charges of evasion of income taxes on $29,500 he received in 1967 while
     he was governor of Maryland. He is fined $10,000 and put on three
     years' probation.
   * October 20 - Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II
   * November 11 - Egypt and Israel sign a United States-sponsored
     cease-fire accord
   * December - Chile breaks diplomatic contacts with Sweden.

Art, Culture & Fashion

   * 1973 in art
   * 1973 in film
        o The Sting
        o American Graffiti directed by George Lucas, starring Harrison
          Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, and Ron Howard
        o The Exorcist
   * 1973 in literature
   * 1973 in music
   * 1973 in sports
   * 1973 in television
        o January 6 - Schoolhouse Rock! premieres
        o The Six Million Dollar Man debuts
        o Large-screen projection color TVs hit the market

Births

   * January 8 - Sean Paul, Jamaican reggae singer
   * February 4 - Oscar De La Hoya, boxing champion
   * February 26 - Jenny Thompson, U.S. Olympic swimmer
   * February 26 - Marshall Faulk, American football star
   * February 28 - Eric Lindros, ice hockey star
   * April 4 - David Blaine, illusionist
   * May 1 - Oliver Neuville, soccer player, National Soccer Team of Germany
   * May 10 - Dario Franchitti, automobile racer
   * May 16 - Tori Spelling, actress
   * July 20 - Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway
   * July 26 - Kate Beckinsale, actress
   * October 3 - Neve Campbell, actress

Deaths

   * January 22 - Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States
   * January 23 - Kid Ory, musician
   * January 24 - J. Carrol Naish, actor
   * January 26 - Edward G. Robinson, actor
   * February 11 - Hans D Jensen, German physicist.
   * February 15 - Wally Cox, actor
   * March 6 - Pearl S. Buck, writer
   * March 10 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor, segregationist
   * March 8 - Ron Pigpen McKernan of the Grateful Dead
   * March 14 - Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie)
   * March 26 - Noel Coward, composer, playwright
   * April 8 - Pablo Picasso, outstanding artist of the 20th century
   * April 26 - Irene Ryan, actress
   * May 11 - Lex Barker, actor
   * May 18 - Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the United States
     House of Representatives
   * July 6 - Otto Klemperer, conductor
   * July 20 - Bruce Lee, Chinese-American martial artist and film star.
   * August 17 - Jean BarraquŽ, composer
   * September 11 - Salvador Allende, Chilean president
   * September 19 - Gram Parsons, musician
   * September 23 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet.
   * October 2 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner.
   * October 22 - Pau Casals, Catalan virtuoso cellist and conductor
   * December 20 - Bobby Darin, singer
   * W. H. Auden, English poet.

Nobel Prizes

   * Physics - Leo Esaki, Ivar Giaever, Brian David Josephson
   * Chemistry - Ernst Otto Fischer, Geoffrey Wilkinson
   * Medicine - Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz, Nikolaas Tinbergen
   * Literature - Patrick White
   * Peace - Henry A. Kissinger LeDuc Tho
   * Economics - Wassily Leontief

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