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

Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate. Date: May 17, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973King Mohammed Zahir Shah Deposed by Mohammed Daoud Khan, July 17, 1973Germany Imposes Autobahn Speed…

Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35). Date: November 27, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina. Date: September 23, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Concorde 001 Follows Moon’s Shadow for Longest Total Eclipse, June 30, 1973Skylab First U.S. Space…

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…

Watergate scandal: "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork. Date: October 20, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20…

World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people. Date: September 8, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973NASA Launches Mariner 10 Toward Mercury – November 3, 1973Fred…