Date: January 22, 1973
The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Date: December 15, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Dodgers…
King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan. Date: July 17, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Royal Air Maroc Caravelle Crash Near…
Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs. Date: April 3, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Bahamas, East Germany, West Germany Join United…
In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer Velos mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy. Date: May 25, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)…
A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176. Date: January 22, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 22 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Juvénal Habyarimana Seizes Power in Rwanda Coup d’État, July 5,…
Norrmalmstorg robbery: Stockholm police secure the surrenders of hostage-takers Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson, defusing the Norrmalmstorg hostage crisis. The behaviours of the hostages later give rise to the term Stockholm syndrome. Date: August 28, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅…