Aeroméxico Flight 229 Crashes on Approach, Killing 27 June 20, 1973

Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco: A car bomb planted by ETA in Madrid kills three people, including the Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco. Date: December 20, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

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

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 1973Invicta Flight 435 Crashes in Basel Snowstorm, 108 Killed, April…

Aviaco Flight 118 crashes on approach to A Coruña Airport in A Coruña, Spain, killing all 85 people on the plane and one other one the ground. Date: August 13, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 13 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

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 1973World Airways Flight 802 Crashes…

Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal. Date: September 24, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 24 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Norrmalmstorg Robbery Ends, Stockholm Police Secure Surrenders, August 28, 1973Ezeiza Massacre: Snipers Attack Left-Wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, June…