Date: May 25, 1973
Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet. Date: November 3, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Ellsberg Pentagon…
The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War. Date: May 31, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashes in Semey, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan), killing all 63 aboard. Date: May 11, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Bahamas Gains Full Independence Within Commonwealth of Nations, July…
A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Tangier-Boukhalef Airport in Tangier, Morocco, killing 106. Date: December 22, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Aeroflot Flight 19 Hijacked and Stormed at Vnukovo Airport,…
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) More events from 1973Skylab First U.S. Space Station Launched May 14, 1973Portuguese Socialist Party Founded in…
At the 1520 Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx, New York, DJ Kool Herc hosts a house party widely considered to mark the birthplace of hip hop culture and music. DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of beat juggling and Coke La Rock performs a new style of vocal performance called rapping. Date:…