Date: June 24, 1973
Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft. Date: April 6, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Pan Am Flight 816 Crashes in Papeete, Killing 78, July 22, 1973Ms 7.6 Luhuo Earthquake Devastates Sichuan, Kills 2,199 -…
A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants. Date: May 8, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day…
In a game versus the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers teammates Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey and Bill Russell play together as an infield for the first time, going on to set the Major League Baseball record of staying together for 8+1⁄2 years. Date: June 13, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia…
Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. Date: January 14, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 14 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
The Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Date: March 17, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in…
David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that we'll ever do" on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour. Date: July 3, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 3 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On…