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Events from the year 1973 in the United States. The year saw a number of important historical events in the country, including the death of former President Lyndon B. Johnson , the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Roe v.
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1973 – The Paris Peace Accords ends direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. 1973 – The Senate Watergate hearings begin, highlighted by Fred Thompson's discovery of Nixon's secret tapes. 1973 – Skylab is launched as the USA's first space station. October 10, 1973 – Vice President Agnew resigns in disgrace as part of a plea bargain.
1 March Dick Taverne, having resigned from the Parliament of the United Kingdom on leaving the Labour Party, is re-elected as a 'Democratic Labour' candidate.; Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, one of rock's landmark and bestselling albums, is released in the UK.
October 6, 1973: Syrian troops invade Israel from the east October 10, 1973: Facing criminal indictment, Spiro Agnew becomes first U.S. Vice President in more than 140 years to resign October 6, 1973: Army of Egypt recaptures the Suez Canal after six years as Yom Kippur War starts with invasion of Israel from the south
The passing of Emory O’Banion on Dec. 3, 1973 marks the end of his more than 18 years of service as a Merced County supervisor. He was 61. He first took office in January 1955 and served as ...
Four Olympic Games were held in the 1970s, Sapporo and Munich in 1972, Innsbruck and Montreal in 1976 (all during the Cold War, and prompting significant events like the Munich massacre in 1972 and the African-led boycott in 1976).
At a meeting in Chicago, the 24 Major League Baseball team owners voted to allow the American League to implement the "designated hitter" rule starting with the 1973 season, marking the first time since the American League's founding in 1901 that the two leagues would be playing the game under different rules. The change, which permitted a team ...