Date: May 8, 1973
Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon fires White House Counsel John Dean; other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, resign. Date: April 30, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Watergate…
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…
Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people. Date: April 10, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Aeroflot Flight X-167 Crashes at Semey Airport, 32…
Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam. Date: March 29, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Aeroméxico Flight 229 Crashes on Approach, Killing 27 June 20, 1973EgyptAir Flight 741 Crashes…
A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills eleven firefighters. Date: July 5, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅…
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 1973Ezeiza Massacre: Snipers Attack Left-Wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, June…