1973 events

Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped. Date: August 8, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

Mars 6 is launched from the USSR. Date: August 5, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

A flash fire kills 50 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man. Date: August 2, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89. Date: July 31, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed. Date: July 29, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi. Date: July 29, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched. Date: July 25, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete, French Polynesia, killing 78. Date: July 22, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre. Date: July 21, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)