Juvénal Habyarimana Seizes Power in Rwanda Coup d’État, July 5, 1973

Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete, French Polynesia, killing 78. Date: July 22, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Uruguay President Bordaberry Dissolves Parliament, Establishes Dictatorship, June…

A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming. Date: April 4, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Aeroflot Flight 19 Hijacked and Stormed at Vnukovo Airport, November…

Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched. Date: May 14, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973World Trade Center Twin Towers Dedicated in New York City, April 4, 1973Aeroméxico Flight 229 Crashes…

President Nixon nominates House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford as the successor to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Date: October 12, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Elvis Presley Aloha from Hawaii Broadcast Sets…

Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Date: October 16, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Israeli Fighter Jets Shoot Down Libyan Flight 114, 108 Killed, February 21, 1973Aeroméxico…