Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs. Date: April 3, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India. Date: April 1, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends. Date: March 29, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Date: March 17, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in…
An Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 collides in mid-air with a Spantax Convair 990 Coronado over Nantes, France, killing all 68 people aboard the DC-9, including music manager Michael Jeffery. Date: March 5, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day…
Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages. Date: March 1, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight X-167 crashes during takeoff from Semey Airport, killing 32 people. Date: February 28, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government. Date: February 27, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices. Date: February 22, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)