Date: June 20, 1973
Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter. Date: December 3, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Fred Dryer Makes NFL History with Two Safeties in One Game, October 21,…
Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board. Date: May 18, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Soviet Mars…
A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale. Date: June 23, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June…
JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew. Date: September 11, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Pioneer 10 Sends…
In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers. Date: October 14, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Summer…
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) More events from 1973Aeroflot Flight X-167 Crashes at Semey Airport, 32 Killed, February 28,…