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)
A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman. Date: September 1, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 1 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 📅…
A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome". Date: August 23, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅…
The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections. Date: August 22, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day…
Aeroflot Flight A-13 crashes after takeoff from Baku-Bina International Airport in Azerbaijan, killing 56 people and injuring eight. Date: August 18, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: The US Air Force bombing of Cambodia ends. Date: August 15, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
At the 1520 Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx, New York, DJ Kool Herc hosts a house party widely considered to mark the birthplace of hip hop culture and music. DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of beat juggling and Coke La Rock performs a new style of vocal performance called rapping. Date:…
Mars 7 is launched from the USSR. Date: August 9, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)