Lillehammer Mistaken Mossad Killing of Waiter, July 21, 1973
Date: July 21, 1973
Date: July 21, 1973
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 β π Other events on June…
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 β π Other events on March 29 π Events on this day in 1973 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Soviet Mars 5 Space Probe Launched July…
Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched. Date: July 25, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 25 π Events on this day in 1973 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Watergate: Butterfield Reveals Secret Oval Office Taping System, July 13, 1973Supreme Court Legalizes Abortion Nationwide in Roe v….
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 β π Other events on May 18 π Events on this day in 1973 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Mars 6…
David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that we'll ever do" on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour. Date: July 3, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 3 π Events on this day in 1973 π On…
A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming. Date: April 4, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 4 π Events on this day in 1973 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1973AeromΓ©xico Flight 229 Crashes on Approach, Killing 27 June 20,…