Fred Dryer Makes NFL History with Two Safeties in One Game, October 21, 1973
Date: October 21, 1973
Date: October 21, 1973
Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories. Date: July 11, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Norrmalmstorg robbery: Stockholm police secure the surrenders of hostage-takers Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson, defusing the Norrmalmstorg hostage crisis. The behaviours of the hostages later give rise to the term Stockholm syndrome. Date: August 28, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅…
Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured. Date: June 20, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)…
President Nixon nominates House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford as the successor to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Date: October 12, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973UpStairs Lounge Arson Attack Kills 32 in…
The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction. Date: October 20, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Pan Am Flight 816 Crashes in Papeete, Killing 78, July 22,…
In his second shooting spree of the week, Mark Essex fatally shoots seven people and wounds five others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, before being shot to death by police officers. Date: January 7, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1973…