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…
Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59.4, an as-yet-unbeaten record. Date: May 5, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet (442 m) as the world's tallest building. Date: May 4, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run. Date: April 28, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day…
The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel. Date: April 19, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter. Date: April 6, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft. Date: April 6, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)