Date: December 15, 1973
Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook." Date: November 17, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 17 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Mysore Renamed Karnataka to Unite…
A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Date: September 11, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Black September Storms Saudi Embassy, Khartoum Hostage Killings March…
OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War. Date: October 17, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Denmark, Ireland, UK Join European Economic Community…
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 📅…
Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages. Date: March 1, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Vietnam War: Last U.S. Combat Soldiers Leave South…
A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale. Date: June 23, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June…