Aeroflot Flight 6551 Crashes in Semey, 63 Killed, May 11, 1973

Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashes in Semey, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan), killing all 63 aboard. Date: May 11, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Spyros Markezinis Begins 48-Day Greek Premiership Attempt, October 8,…

Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco: A car bomb planted by ETA in Madrid kills three people, including the Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco. Date: December 20, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board. Date: May 18, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973ITT Building…

The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations. Date: July 10, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad Sign CARICOM Treaty July 4, 1973Iberia DC-9 Mid-Air Collision Over Nantes…

The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship. Date: June 27, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon Tops Billboard April 28,…

The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states. This decision is subsequently overturned in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in 2022. Date: January 22, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 22 📅…