Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35). Date: November 27, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis. Date: November 25, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months. Date: November 24, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital. Date: November 17, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 17 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
U.S. president Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline. Date: November 16, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission. Date: November 16, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins. Date: November 14, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey. Date: November 14, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million. Date: November 8, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)